Hackers working for the so-called Islamic State are bad at coding and hiding what they do, suggests research.They produce buggy malware and easily crackable encryption programs, said senior security researcher Kyle Wilhoit at security conference DerbyCon.In particular, he called three attack tools created by one large IS hacker collective “garbage”.Their poor skills meant IS groups had switched to online services and the dark web for attack code, he said.Little harmWhile IS was very proficient at using social media as a recruitment and propaganda tool, its cyber-attack arm was nowhere near as effective, said Mr Wilhoit, a cyber-security researcher at Domain Tools, while presenting his work at the conference in Kentucky.
Källa: Poor coding limits IS hackers’ cyber-capabilities, says researcher – BBC News
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