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Mitnick Speaks About Hacking

Rob_Warwick writes "I've just posted a one on one interview with Kevin Mitnick on Applefritter. In just less than 20 minutes, we take a look at who generally gets targeted by social engineering schemes, and how social engineering can assist in making a technical exploit work. Mitnick speaks about which industries are at highest risk from social enginerering, and what types of workers are generally easier to talk into doing something for you. Kevin also talks about who his heroes were when getting into phreaking and computers, as well as a humbling moment when he was on the recieving end of some social engineering. The HOPE keynotes for both Kevin and The Woz are also available for download."

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  1. off topic nitpick by wk633 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's "heros" not "hero's". Why do people insist on using an apostrophe before an s indicating plurality, no possesion?

  2. Re:Mitnick stories... by Ilgaz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I bet many people were against Roman empire at 0-100 years but only one named "Jesus" by people became prophet.

    to figure what he did, you must read some books or news stories.

    He did GOOD imho!

  3. Re:Mitnick stories... by Ilgaz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    its 'overrated' moron moderator, not offtopic.

    like I care, anyway...

  4. Mod me up, and I will become more powerful... by stienman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do not mod me up. This has been a test of the emergency bookmarking system. This is only a test.

    -Adam