Comments on: Social Engineering 101: Mitnick and other hackers show how it's done
Former jailed hacker Kevin Mitnick gives preview of his tell-all book and TV series in keynote and panel at Last HOPE hacker confab.
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He turned himself in if I'm not mistaken.
Linus Torvalds is a hacker, Kevin Mitnick is cracker.
b) if you make computers for fools, fools end-up using them.
So, the credit for the security problems of having fools using computers should be given to microsoft and not those who scum on them.
c) he was tracked down by a pirate hunter and e-crime forensic specialist called Tsutomu Shimomura
If you need to read a book, read the books he read to get Mitnick.
If I said that Mitnick was a really "cool" guy, would you think that I was referring to his internal temperature? Or would you understand as well that the definition of the word "cool" has also changed over time to mean more than temperature?
He is light on technical skills but as anyone who knows even the slightest about security, he used the one tool that can get past any hardened system, no matter how solid it is. The weak link in security are the users and most users are woefully ignorant about security. Social Engineering works because either companies haven't spent enough time drilling security into the head of every employee from CEO down to the janitor. You can spend $1 billion on security and have the best of everything with a network team to match and it can still be beaten by a slick talker and an ignorant employee.
People look down on social engineers but they are the most effective at breaking into systems.
JT
www.FireMe.To/udi
Sort of "War Games" meets "Catch Me If You Can"
Maybe they can get Tom Hanks to do a reprisal on the FBI guy.
Kevin? I vote for Shia LeBeouf. He even looks a little like him.
it's called hackers : takedown
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159784/
N.
http://www.chilipress.com/technology.php
The pathetic thing is Emmanual (a.k.a. "The Pedophile Wookie") always uses the same stunt on Starbucks. This is like the 3rd HOPE he has done the same exact thing. I am beginning to wonder if it's a friend that works there. Mitnick, The Wookie and their cronies have no real talent.....except fooling feable minded individuals (Kids and Media).
Not really, but they do much much more damage than a cracker could do with far less effort.
In the end does it matter if the social engineer has no technical skills? He owns your network and data despite the lack of technical knowledge.
He paid his debt to society. What would you have him do?
a. Work in a non-computer related field
b. Use his experiences to help people
c. Go back to his old ways.
I don't condone what he did, but regardless of whether he is making money from spreading the word or not, he is providing a valuable service and by doing so is making amends.
You don't seem to mind that Microsoft makes money from their illegal activities. Why the double standard? I guarantee you that as much damage as Mitnick did, it pales in comparison to the damage that MS causes.
I am not sure what is more sad, that the someone cooked up this obvious lie or that a judge was stupid enough to believe it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3S0RjrXhw0
SEND KEVIN BACK!
- by wyoming.knott July 25, 2008 4:08 PM PDT
- ^Media prostitute^ ... since ***** is censored on cnet.
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