In the past few months there have been many discussions about hackers being
hacked back through the tools they use. The trend is steady and increasing.
More and more tools advertised in the most notorious hackers and security professionals
mailing lists and websites hide keyloggers or even rootkits.Penetration testing tools and brute forcers seem the most infected. While at the beginning this appeared as the attempt
of hackers to hack other hackers, some rumors and some (reverse engineering)
findings uncovered that the authorities may be behind this infection. With this new tactic
and new anti hacking-tools laws enforced in some European countries, tracking back
hacking tools consumers through rootkits can be the ultimate proof of crime.
