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Hollywood Treats Hackers Pretty Well
angry tapir writes "According to Damian Gordon, a lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology, hackers are treated pretty well by movie-makers. Gordon studied 50 movies, produced over five decades, to help write an academic paper for the International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions. The results amazed him. In the movies, most hackers aren't teenaged whiz-kids. They're professionals, over 30 years old, who work in IT."
Why did this "study" get funding? Because it would make headlines.
Poor old Professor Knowsmath and his study of non-commutive ring structures in siberian oscillations. He'll have to make do with the money the university raised from raffling off that cat (4 euros).
I beg to differ, I'm pretty sure Hugh Jackman's character in Swordfish was treated pretty well...during some of the "hacking" scenes, anyway.
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It's the same phenomenon at play in journalism. The more you know about a topic, the more you realize they have no idea what they are talking about.
Sneakers is the best hacking movie ever.
No, you need to get one of those matte finish monitors, the anti-glare. You're just seeing your reflection in the monitor. It's been awhile since you showered and shaved, so you probably don't recognize him.
check out the "ease-of-use of the Zeus crimeware toolkit":
http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zeus-king-underground-crimeware-toolkits
In the YouTube video at 1:48 you can see the ZuesBuilder gui