IT security experts have long loved totroll through hacker forums to gather intelligence on emergingthreats and even (as in the ill-fated case of HBGaryFederalCEO Aaron Barr) try to profile the hackers themselves. Butas a report from IT security firm Imperva shows, many of theso-called hacker portals out there are more hangouts for newbie hackers(and possibly a few budding FBI informants) looking at how to getstarted in the game.[arstechnica.com]