Gone in 60 seconds: Spambot cracks Live Hotmail CAPTCHA
A security firm is now reporting that the CAPTCHA used for Windows Live Mail can now be cracked in as little as 60 seconds.
To make matters worse, Websense Security Labs is now reporting that the method for getting around Windows Live Mail’s CAPTCHA has been improved to the point that a bot can decipher the text and make a guess in less than six seconds, on average. Windows Live Hotmail’s Anti-CAPTCHA automatic bot, which hooks itself into Internet Explorer on a victim’s machine, has a success rate of about 10-15 percent. That means that it takes up to one minute for a single bot to create a new account.
Gone in 60 seconds: Spambot cracks Live Hotmail CAPTCHA
admin @ April 15, 2008
