WebApp Sec: RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media

["Kevin Poulsen" <klp () securityfocus com>]

> 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.  
That was me. (I got better.)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chacon, Oscar [mailto:Oscar.Chacon () cnb com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 9:18 AM
> To: 'Levenglick, Jeff'; Edward Miller; jasonmerriman11 () aol com
> Cc: Mike Andrews; webappsec () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media
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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.  
>
> 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
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> -----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
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> This one might be the oldest that I know of.
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> 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)
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>
> Jeffrey 
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> -----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
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> how about Minority Report - biometric access control by retina scan
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>  > War Games - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film]
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> 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:
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>  > 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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