Hacking the hackers
Steve Mansfield-Devine · Computer Fraud & Security · 2009
Which system manager, while under attack from hackers or botnets, hasn't fantasised about hacking back? Using the bad guys' own techniques and technologies against them — so-called ‘active defence’ — is tempting. But whether for purposes of research, prosecution or revenge, this kind of activity is fraught with dangers, legal and technical.