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" I get hired by companies to hack into their systems and break into their physical facilities to find security holes. Our success rate is 100%; we've always found a hole. "
Kevin Mitnick
Security
Break
Always
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" My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims. "
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Pure
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" It's true, I had hacked into a lot of companies, and took copies of the source code to analyze it for security bugs. If I could locate security bugs, I could become better at hacking into their systems. It was all towards becoming a better hacker. "
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True
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" I keep my stuff updated all the time. Being in the security industry, I keep up to date with securities. "
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" For the average home-user, anti-virus software is a must. A personal firewall such as Zone Alarm and running a program like HFNetcheck, which is a free download for personal users. It checks your system to see if anything needs to be patched. I'd also recommend a program such as SpyCop to periodically check for any spyware on your system. "
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Free
Average
Personal
" But a lot of businesses out there don't see the return on investment, they look at it as a liability, and until they can understand that proactive security actually returns, gives them a return on investment, it's still a hard sell for people. "
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See
Look
" Then again, my case was all about the misappropriation of source code because I wanted to become the best hacker in the world and I enjoyed beating the security mechanisms. "
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Become
Security
" I got so passionate about technology. Hacking to me was like a video game. It was about getting trophies. I just kept going on and on, despite all the trouble I was getting into, because I was hooked. "
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Technology
Me
Hacking
" I saw myself as an electronic joy rider. "
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Myself
Rider
Saw
" As a young boy, I was taught in high school that hacking was cool. "
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Boy
Young
School
" Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion. "
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Discussion
Intention
Heart
" Social engineering is using deception, manipulation and influence to convince a human who has access to a computer system to do something, like click on an attachment in an e-mail. "
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Human
Engineering
Deception
" To have transactions made on your web site via credit card, you must be PCI compliant. Businesses make the mistake of thinking that because you passed the requirements and are PCI certified, you are immune to attacks. "
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Mistake
Credit
Web
" Any type of operating system that I wanted to be able to hack, I basically compromised the source code, copied it over to the university because I didn't have enough space on my 200 megabyte hard drive. "
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Hard
University
Space
" Oracle, for example, has even hired people to dumpster dive for information about its competitor, Microsoft. It's not even illegal, because trash isn't covered by data secrecy laws. "
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Dive
People
Data
" I'm an expert witness in a case that's in appeal about a guy who allegedly misappropriated source code from a major, major company - he actually worked there and then apparently they found it on his laptop later. "
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Witness
Guy
Source
" The hacking trend has definitely turned criminal because of e-commerce. "
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Hacking
Criminal
Because
" You can never protect yourself 100%. What you do is protect yourself as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk. "
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Possible
Never
You
" I don't know the capabilities of our enemies. But I found it quite easy to circumvent security at certain phone companies throughout the United States. So if an inquisitive kid can do it, why can't a cyberterrorist do it? "
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Security
Why
Phone
" I have done a lot to rehabilitate my reputation. "
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Lot
Reputation
Done
" I did get a huge endorphin rush when I was able to crack a system because it was like a video game. "
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Like
Because
Crack
" Choosing a hard-to-guess, but easy-to-remember password is important! "
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Important
Choosing
" New security loopholes are constantly popping up because of wireless networking. The cat-and-mouse game between hackers and system administrators is still in full swing. "
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Security
New
Game
" Penetrating a company's security often starts with the bad guy obtaining some piece of information that seems so innocent, so everyday and unimportant, that most people in the organization don't see any reason why the item should be protected and restricted. "
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Security
Innocent
Organization
" So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school. "
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Taught
Life
My Life
" There's a feature on Facebook where you can enable security that checks the device you're coming from. By default these features are likely off, but as a consumer, you can enable them. "
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Facebook
Off
You
" Somebody could send you an office document or a PDF file, and as soon as you open it, it's a booby trap and the hacker has complete control of your computer. Another major problem is password management. People use the same password on multiple sites, so when the hacker compromises one site, they have your password for everywhere else. "
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People
Control
Management
" People are prone to taking mental shortcuts. They may know that they shouldn't give out certain information, but the fear of not being nice, the fear of appearing ignorant, the fear of a perceived authority figure - all these are triggers, which can be used by a social engineer to convince a person to override established security procedures. "
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Information
People
Nice
" A lot of companies are clueless, because they spend most or all of their security budget on high-tech security like fire walls and biometric authentication - which are important and needed - but then they don't train their people. "
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Important
Fire
Train
" A log-in simulator is a program to trick some unknowing user into providing their user name and password. "
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Some
Program
Trick
" I trust online banking. You know why? Because if somebody hacks into my account and defrauds my credit card company, or my online bank account, guess who takes the loss? The bank, not me. "
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Credit
Me
Trust