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Mitnick is quite famous for his successful TCP Hijacking (or maybe more accurately described as TCP SYN / Sequence Number) attack that compromised Tsutomu Shimomura. He is rightly associated with social engineering, but he had technical chops as well. http://www.phreak.com/archives/security/ip_seq/shi momur.txt
I started noticing this a while back with regard to Amazon "top reviewers". They tend to write these glowing reviews that read like professional advertisements. This G. Cooke person (if it is only one person) is only one example. If you look at other top reviewers at Amazon I'll wager that you'll find the same phenomenon.
It's kind of like a stock brokers who gives everything a "Buy" rating so that you'll invest more.
When reading things like product reviews, you need to be aware of ulterior motives, be very skeptical, and use your best judgement.
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Mitnick is quite famous for his successful TCP Hijacking (or maybe more accurately described as TCP SYN / Sequence Number) attack that compromised Tsutomu Shimomura. He is rightly associated with social engineering, but he had technical chops as well.i momur.txt
http://www.phreak.com/archives/security/ip_seq/sh
I started noticing this a while back with regard to Amazon "top reviewers". They tend to write these glowing reviews that read like professional advertisements. This G. Cooke person (if it is only one person) is only one example. If you look at other top reviewers at Amazon I'll wager that you'll find the same phenomenon. It's kind of like a stock brokers who gives everything a "Buy" rating so that you'll invest more. When reading things like product reviews, you need to be aware of ulterior motives, be very skeptical, and use your best judgement.