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RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media
From: "Arun Vishwanathan" <arun.vishwanathan () nevisnetworks com>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 15:36:03 +0530
Ya, it's a nice book by the master himself :) It shows that no matter whatever security we build using software/hardware the weakest link will always be the HUMAN FACTOR. Regards, Arun -----Original Message----- From: Serg Belokamen [mailto:serg () fuzzyit com] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:36 PM 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
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Subject
Re: Hacking/security in
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Please respond to media jasonmerriman11@a ol.comWar 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 ---------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- This e-mail message is private and may contain confidential or
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Current thread:
- RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media, (continued)
- RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media Arun Vishwanathan (Oct 21)
- Re: Hacking/security in main-stream media XinuniX SuriviruS (Oct 22)
- Re: Hacking/security in main-stream media Mariano Cunietti (Oct 22)
- Re: Hacking/security in main-stream media Serg Belokamen (Oct 22)
- Re: Hacking/security in main-stream media Thierry Laurion (Oct 24)
- Re: Hacking/security in main-stream media Dave Ockwell-Jenner (Oct 22)
- RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media net shark (Oct 22)
- RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media Jeremiah Cornelius (Oct 21)
- Re: Hacking/security in main-stream media Tello Totti (Oct 22)
- RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media Jeremiah Cornelius (Oct 22)
- RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media Arun Vishwanathan (Oct 24)
- RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media Jeremiah Cornelius (Oct 24)
- Re[2]: Hacking/security in main-stream media David Sanchez (Oct 25)
- Re: Re[2]: Hacking/security in main-stream media Morgan Reed (Oct 28)
- RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media Arun Vishwanathan (Oct 21)