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Nobel Laureate is the father of Kevin Mitnick investigator

Nobel Laureate is the father of Kevin Mitnick investigatorKevin Mitnick is NOT a hacker ...but a [b]cracker[/b], a pirate, a man with no respect for the law ...

Tags: Piracy, Kevin Mitnick, Nobel Laureate

Discussion threads 2008-10-11

Nobel Laureate is the father of Kevin Mitnick investigator

We tend to say that information security is a small world. Conferences quickly become real-life demonstrations of the principle of six-degrees-of-separation. After a few years working in this industry, you either meet all or are within one hop of all the major players in the space; there just...

Tags: Information Security, Kevin Mitnick, Nobel Laureate, Osamu Shimomura, Productivity, Security, Adam O'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Not Steganography anyway...

Not Steganography anyway...Why do they have to be attached?c:My Documentsaegis-radar-specsc:My Documentsasian-teen-xxxc:My Documentsaegis-algorithms...Select everything and drag it. The question is whsy information was intentionally copied and what was accidental, if any."Can you make a tech scenario in which this works as described without invoking an action that could only have...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Data Only, Kevin Mitnick, security, Warships, barrier

Discussion threads 2007-04-09

'Computer terrorist' Mitnick teaches hacker blocking

'Computer terrorist' Mitnick teaches hacker blocking'Computer terrorist' Mitnick teaches hacker blockingTerrorist? Well if Reuters isn't sensationalizing the news just a tad. Does this mean that whenever someone commits a crime they are a "terrorist"? I always thought he was just a hacker/computer geek/social engineer. I guess...

Tags: Government, Homeland security, Hacking, SECURITY, computer, Even Better, Kevin Mitnick

Discussion threads 2006-03-08

Palm pitches celebrity connections

Palm pitches celebrity connectionsI love this line"It would be unseemly to ask a multimillionaire for money."Does anyone else see anything wrong with this concept?Carl RapsonI like this one better."Celebrity ex-hacker Kevin Mitnick has joined the club, too. Colombano met Mitnick at a social occasion where Mitnick demonstrated to him--purely for...

Tags: Kevin Mitnick, celebrity connection, Palm Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-02-13

Additional Resources

Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak

Weak Passwords suckUntil about 4 years ago my organization had no restrictions on passwords. Our students got their birthdays or their phone numbers as passwords and our staff could choose whatever they wanted. Most common staff password was 1234. Well after years of security breaches and administration...

Tags: MSN Hotmail, phishing, password, weak password

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who’s buying...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-10-10

News to know: Cloud wars; Apple; Google; China is watching you

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Amazon launches pre-emptive strike against Microsoft’s planned cloud platform. Techmeme A new mystery: What's Microsoft got up its Office Live sleeve? Zack Whittaker:...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IPO, Robots, Linux, E-mail, Digital Media, Financial Services, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-10-02

News to know: Amazon S3 outage; iPhone 3G; SOA debugging; Microsoft

Notable headlines: Michael Krigsman: Amazon S3: 'Elevated error rates'. Techmeme GigaOm: S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services Dana Blankenhorn: Do open source applications take security seriously? Dancho Danchev: Spam coming from free email providers increasing ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, S3 Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Microsoft Corp., Outage, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Open Source, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Targeted spear phishing attacks

Targeted spear phishing attacksFederal Subpoena email spamIt is kind of a whaling attack targeting big fishes in corporate offices like CEO's, top executives and managers."This is one of the best phish e-mails I've seen in the past 6 years" quoted by Mr. Steve Kirsch, a well known Silicon Valley entrepreneurRemember,...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, SECURITY, e-mail, phishing, Abaca Email Protection Gateway, attack

Discussion threads 2008-04-17

Hackers raising funds for cancer research

Hackers attending next month's Hack in the Box conference in Kuala Lumpur are pitching in to raise funds for the Malaysian National Cancer Council.Conference organizers plan to screen two indie films celebrating the hacker culture -- Freedom Downtime and Urchin -- and donate all the proceeds to cancer research. ...

Tags: Black Hat, Botnets, Data theft, Exploit code, Hackers, Metasploit, Passwords, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Punditocracy, Responsible disclosure, Vulnerability research, Zero-day attacks

Blog posts 2007-07-10

Assemble a well-equipped hardware hacker's toolkit

Every hardware hacker needs the right arsenal of hardware hacking tools to get the job done right. For some hacks, you may need a single screwdriver. For others, a workshop complete with power tools and advanced electronic equipment may be required. In this sample chapter from Hardware...

Tags: Hardware, Hacker, Tool, Syngress, Hardware Hacker, Productivity, Hacking, Security

Book chapters 2006-12-19

Kevin Mitnick Web site hacked

Kevin Mitnick Web site hackedMoronsBig deal. They hacked a small hosting company. Mitnick owned? Not. Just some script kiddies with more free time than brains.Kevin Mitnick Web site hackedMust have been running linux. One more black eye to the penguin. How much more abuse can it take?Sites Run...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Hacking, SECURITY, Mitnick, Kevin Mitnick Web site, Linux, password, hosting company, Hostedhere, Kevin

Discussion threads 2006-08-22

Teens arrested in alleged MySpace extortion scam

Teens arrested in alleged MySpace extortion scam4 years for hacking, 5 for extortion, and 20 for STOOPID.And they thought the MySpace folks were just going to hand over $150K in cash. Buwahahahaha, only a real geek could be this out of touch with reality...Reminds me of...valve software and ther...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, MySpace

Discussion threads 2006-05-26

Tech industry attacks state anti-RFID laws

Tech industry attacks state anti-RFID lawsTin foil hatswell, industries sometimes prove themselves worthy of such protections, because without voiced concerns over implementation and protections, most industries would employ laxed standards and protections creating an initial scenario for mishap and misuse. This has been good enough to show the Tech...

Tags: GPS, identity theft, RFID

Discussion threads 2006-04-20

Browsers to get sturdier padlocks

Browsers to get sturdier padlocksAt what cost?I've known a lot of small developers that simply can not afford the cost of a certificate. Unless the price issue is resolved don't look for this to mean anything to anyone.Certificate Authority LiabilityThe problem is the certification authority makes this claim:"This person...

Tags: Web browsers, INTERNET, padlock, security, Web browser

Discussion threads 2005-12-12

Mitnick: It's a new breed of hackers

Mitnick: It's a new breed of hackersnetwork security in future tense...the social aspect of security, yes, will remain relevent until high-end pbx systems come down in price and voicetext technology improves..one aspect of what i forsee things becoming, is the concept of old attacks becoming re-invented into new attacks. ...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Financial services, Mitnick, hacker, hacking, computer

Discussion threads 2005-11-04

The end of spyware? Fat chance

The end of spyware? Fat chanceThe problem is ...You may have 2 or 3 companies that want to 'play fair', but what about the rest? Honestly the whole adware/spyware thing needs to go. If you introduced me to anyone who is involved with pushing either of the above, I can...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, spyware, virus, adware

Discussion threads 2005-05-06

Hacker speaks out.

Sigh, Yet another call for social solutions to technical problems. Hacker Kevin Mitnick calls for more employee awareness training. Anyone who has ever been in an IT department knows that within a week after the two day seminar on using strong passwords like W9T%$zx0 instead of weak passwords like "manchester"...

Tags: strong password, password

Blog posts 2005-03-04

Security firm to hire alleged Sasser author

Security firm to hire alleged Sasser authorWho said...this would happen and who said it wouldn't? In these forums?ObviousThey want to send the subtle message that this kind of behavior, while it may get you in trouble, will land you an extremely high paying job. Think about it. Most...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, security, Sasser worm, virus, job

Discussion threads 2004-09-20