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_at_fuzzyit.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:36 PM
To: webappsec_at_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_at_csc.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11:00 PM
>To: Chacon, Oscar
>Cc: Edward Miller; jasonmerriman11_at_aol.com; 'Levenglick, Jeff'; Mike
Andrews; webappsec_at_securityfocus.com
>Subject: RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media
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>There is a German TV movie about this story - from the hacker's view.
>The name is "23" : http://imdb.com/title/tt0126765/
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> "Chacon, Oscar"
> <Oscar.Chacon To: "'Levenglick,
Jeff'" <JLevenglick_at_fhlbatl.com>, Edward Miller
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<EMiller_at_tax.state.va.us>, jasonmerriman11_at_aol.com
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>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.
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>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
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Levenglick, Jeff [mailto:JLevenglick_at_fhlbatl.com]
>Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 6:08 AM
>To: Edward Miller; jasonmerriman11_at_aol.com
>Cc: Mike Andrews; webappsec_at_securityfocus.com
>Subject: RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media
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>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?)
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>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
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Edward Miller [mailto:EMiller_at_tax.state.va.us]
>Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 05:12 PM
>To: jasonmerriman11_at_aol.com
>Cc: Mike Andrews; webappsec_at_securityfocus.com
>Subject: Re: Hacking/security in main-stream media
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>how about Minority Report - biometric access control by retina scan
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> "Jason Merriman"
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To
> "Mike Andrews" <mike_at_se.fit.edu>
> 09/30/2004 09:46
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> > 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.
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> > Hackers - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film]
>Characters dumpster dive to get materials which assist in accessing
>systems.
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>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
> >
> >
> >
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