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Kevin Mitnick Biography

Kevin David Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is an American computer security consultant, author and hacker, best known for his high-profile 1995 arrest and later five years in prison for various computer and communications-related crimes.

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I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.

Actually, Computer, Easier, Hack, Sometimes, Years

Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.

Intellectual, Curiosity, Thrill, Business, Pursuit, Big

You can't go to Windows Update and get a patch for stupidity.

Patch, Stupidity, Update, Updates, Window, Windows

The hacker mindset doesn't actually see what happens on the other side, to the victim.

Actually, Hackers, Happens, Mindset, See, Sides

For the average home-user, anti-virus software is a must.

Average, Home, Software, Viruses

We have problems with our physical security, operational security through to management.

Management, Operational, Physical, Physical Attraction, Problem, Security

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.

Able, Enough, Operating, Source, Space, University

All they need to do is to set up some website somewhere selling some bogus product at twenty percent of the normal market prices and people are going to be tricked into providing their credit card numbers.

Numbers, People, Percent, Selling, Tricked, Twenties

The methods that will most effectively minimize the ability of intruders to compromise information security are comprehensive user training and education. Enacting policies and procedures simply won't suffice. Even with oversight the policies and procedures may not be effective: my access to Motorola, Nokia, ATT, Sun depended upon the willingness of people to bypass policies and procedures that were in place for years before I compromised them successfully.

Effective, Oversight, People, Policies And Procedures, User, Years

You can never protect yourself 100%. What you do is protect your self as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk.

100, Degrees, Mitigate, Risk, Self

I can go into LinkedIn and search for network engineers and come up with a list of great spear-phishing targets because they usually have administrator rights over the network. Then I go onto Twitter or Facebook and trick them into doing something, and I have privileged access.

Come, Engineers, Facebook, Lists, Rights, Target

I believe in having each device secured and monitoring each device, rather than just monitoring holistically on the network, and then responding in short enough time for damage control.

Believe, Damage Control, Enough Time, Holistically, Short

Some people think technology has the answers.

Answers, People, Technology, Think, Thinking

When an attacker fails with one person, they often go to another person. The key is to report the attack to other departments. Workers should know to act like they are going along with what the hacker wants and take copious notes so the company will know what the hacker is trying to find.

Act, Attack, Keys, Trying, Want, Workers

Social engineering bypasses all technologies, including firewalls.

Bypass, Engineering, Firewalls, Social, Technology

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.

Cat, Constantly, Game, Games, Swings, Wireless

Both social engineering and technical attacks played a big part in what I was able to do. It was a hybrid. I used social engineering when it was appropriate, and exploited technical vulnerabilities when it was appropriate.

Able, Attacks, Big, Engineering, Social, Used

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.

Banking, Cards, Hacks, Loss, Online, Takes

As a young boy, I was taught in high school that hacking was cool.

Boy, Boys, Hacking, High, School

Choosing a hard-to-guess, but easy-to-remember password is important!

Choosing, Easy, Important, Password, Remember

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