Re: Re[2]: Hacking/security in main-stream media

[Morgan Reed <morgan.s.reed () gmail com>]

You are correct there is a movie associated with that book but 98% of
it is baseless fabrication, if you want a movie/documentary that
portrays something like the truth try 2600's docufilm "Freedom
Downtime"

I own Kevin Mitnick's book "The Art of Deception : Controlling the
Human Element of Security" I found it an interesting read and I
thouroughly recomend it to anybody involved in computer security as it
provides a valuable insight into the risks presented by social
engineering and presents 'best practises' to help obviate or at least
reduce said risks. He has also just finished editing a new book, "The
Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers,
Intruders, and Deceivers".

[disclaimer] I am not in any way related to Kevin Mitnick, his company
defensive thinking, or wiley publishing, opinions presented herein are
purely my own. [/disclaimer]

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:11:33 +0200, David Sanchez <dsanchez2k () gmail com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There is a movie about this book, TAKEDOWN:
>
>    -  Skeet Ulrich (Kevin Mitnick)
>    -  Russell Wong (Tsutomu Shimomura)
>
>
>
>
>  http://imdb.com/title/tt0159784/
>
> > Shimomura and Markoff wrote a self-agrandizing distortion, which
> > inflated Mitnick's image as a dangerous criminal.  They contributed to a
> > hysteria that had Kevin incarcerated in _solitary_confinement_ without
> > charges for over a year.
>
> > Their book may be a good read.  A lot of literary fiction is.  Most
> > fiction  is not such a callous instrument of injury.
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Serg Belokamen [mailto:serg () fuzzyit com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:06 AM
> > > To: webappsec () securityfocus com
> > > Subject: Re: Hacking/security in main-stream media
> > >
> > > There is also a  book by Kevin Mitnick (and others imho)
> > > called The Art Of Deception, talking about social engineering.
> > >
> > >
> > >     Serg
> > >
> > > Arun Vishwanathan wrote:
> > >
> > > > Kevin Mitnick was caught by this guy called Tsutomu
> > > Shimomura. There is a book called "Takedown" by John Markoff
> > > which describes the whole episode. Nice read.
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Arun
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Frank Draeger [mailto:fdraeger () csc com]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11:00 PM
> > > > To: Chacon, Oscar
> > > > Cc: Edward Miller; jasonmerriman11 () aol com; 'Levenglick,
> > > Jeff'; Mike Andrews; webappsec () securityfocus com
> > > > Subject: RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > There is a German TV movie about this story - from the hacker's view.
> > > > The name is "23" : http://imdb.com/title/tt0126765/
> > >
> > >
> > > >                      "Chacon, Oscar"
> > >
> > >
> > > >                      <Oscar.Chacon            To:
> > > "'Levenglick, Jeff'" <JLevenglick () fhlbatl com>, Edward Miller
> > >
> > > >                      @cnb.com>
> > > <EMiller () tax state va us>, jasonmerriman11 () aol com
> > >
> > > >                                               cc:      Mike
> > > Andrews <mike () se fit edu>, webappsec () securityfocus com
> > >
> > > >                      19/10/2004 17:18         Subject: RE:
> > > Hacking/security in main-stream media
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Its called The Cuckoo's Egg.  My buddy was one of the guys
> > > who investigated
> > > > and caught Kevin Mitnick, or was it Kevin Poulsen?  The guy
> > > who disappeared
> > > > was most likely killed by German/Russian intelligence.
> > > >
> > > > Oscar Chacon, CISA
> > > > Vice President & Manager
> > > > Information Security
> > > > Information Services Division
> > > > City National Bank
> > > > 555 South Flower Street
> > > > Los Angeles, California 90071
> > > > Telephone:  213 - 673 - 8051
> > > > Facsimile:  213 - 637 - 3915
> > > > oscar.chacon () cnb com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Levenglick, Jeff [mailto:JLevenglick () fhlbatl com]
> > > > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 6:08 AM
> > > > To: Edward Miller; jasonmerriman11 () aol com
> > > > Cc: Mike Andrews; webappsec () securityfocus com
> > > > Subject: RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media
> > > >
> > > > This one might be the oldest that I know of.
> > > >
> > > > I can't really remember the movie name. (its on the tip of
> > > my tongue...)
> > > > (something egg?)
> > > >
> > > > It is based on the real story of a student who discovers
> > > that the school
> > > > was
> > > > being
> > > > used as a 'pass thru' to US military computers. I think it
> > > was back in the
> > > > 70's.
> > > > I remember bits:
> > > >
> > > > 1 - He hooked up line printers to each phone line to trace
> > > the person and
> > > > print what he
> > > > was doing.
> > > > 2 - He had each operator on a call and listened as each one
> > > traced and then
> > > > call the next operator.
> > > > 3- They traced it to Germany. (If I remember correctly?)
> > > > 4 - I think it was 3 hackers. 2 of them disappeared and the
> > > last one, in a
> > > > panic, spilled the beans. (He insisted that the govt was covering
> > > > everything
> > > > up and killed his friends)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jeffrey
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Edward Miller [mailto:EMiller () tax state va us]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 05:12 PM
> > > > To: jasonmerriman11 () aol com
> > > > Cc: Mike Andrews; webappsec () securityfocus com
> > > > Subject: Re: Hacking/security in main-stream media
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > how about Minority Report - biometric access control by retina scan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >             "Jason Merriman"
> > > >             <jasonmerriman11@
> > > >             aol.com>
> > >            To
> > > >                                       "Mike Andrews"
> > > <mike () se fit edu>
> > > >             09/30/2004 09:46
> > >            cc
> > > >             AM                        webappsec () securityfocus com
> > >       Subject
> > > >                                       Re: Hacking/security
> > > in main-stream
> > > >             Please respond to         media
> > > >             jasonmerriman11@a
> > > >                  ol.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > War Games - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film]
> > > >
> > > > Computer creator uses his son's name as the main password
> > > for the system.
> > > > > Hackers - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film]
> > > > Characters dumpster dive to get materials which assist in accessing
> > > > systems.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Mike Andrews wrote on 9/29/2004, 4:00 PM:
> > > >
> > > > > A bit off the wall, but as good a place to post this as any :)
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm writing a tutorial/courseware on security (both basic
> > > topics and
> > > > > programming) and I'm looking for clips from movies or tv
> > > to introduce
> > > > > subjects - I've found that videos work well with
> > > introductions and short
> > > > > breaks to getting the audience in the right frame of mind
> > > (as well as
> > > > > getting them relaxed).  So far I have the following....
> > > > >
> > > > > Jurassic Park - insider threat (the programmer gets the
> > > system to bypass
> > > > > security while he steals the DNA/embryos)
> > > > >
> > > > > Sneakers - Cryptography (when the team discovers it's a
> > > crypto box they
> > > > > have)
> > > > >
> > > > > The Net - Personally identifiable information (main
> > > characters personal
> > > > > information is deleted)
> > > > >
> > > > > War Games - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film]
> > > > >
> > > > > Hackers - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film]
> > > > >
> > > > > Any other suggestions?  I'm only wanting short (5min)
> > > sections, but I'm
> > > > > willing to edit bit's out if needed.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Mike.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----
> > > > > Mike Andrews
> > > > > Florida Institute of Technology
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------
> > > > Jason Merriman
> > > > Systems Administrator, America Online
> > > > aim: jasonmerriman11
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----------------------------------------
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> > > or privileged
> > > > information.
>
> --
> Un cordial saludo
> David Sánchez


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