Cyber Security Articles & News

Cyber threats impact businesses large and small

Yahoo announced within the past month that user data from more than 500 million accounts had been compromised.  E-mails and documents were stolen from the Democratic National Committee's servers and leaked to the media.  Several major hospitals disclosed that their internal computer networks had been shut down and files encrypted by criminal gangs demanding ransom.  And last month, hackers unleashed a massive denial of service attack that enlisted thousands of compromised devices like DVRs and cameras to shut down a popular cybersecurity website.

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Think you can’t be hacked, Virginia? Famous hacker turned consultant Kevin Mitnick says think again

Kevin Mitnick, a famous hacker who went to federal prison in the 1990s, fields questions from the audience at the Virginia Cyber Convention & Expo in Virginia Beach on Oct. 6, 2016. Mitnick now helps companies avoid being hacked, and was the keynote speaker at the expo.

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Social Engineering and Influence: A Study that Examines Kevin Mitnick’s Attacks through Robert Cialdini’s Influence Principles

Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE credits
Student thesis
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Lo and Behold: the future is now, review of Werner Herzog documentary

Lo and Behold: the future is now, review of Werner Herzog documentary

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Kevin Mitnick World’s most famous hacker to speak at ULM Business Symposium

MONROE, La. — Kevin Mitnick, known as the world’s most famous hacker, will deliver the keynote address at the ULM College of Business and Social Science’s annual Business Symposium on Thursday, October 13 at 6 p.m at the Monroe Civic Center’s Jack Howard Theatre.

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Review: Ghost in the Wires

Ghost in the Wires’ is the autobiography of Kevin Mitnick, the “world’s most wanted hacker”. The book came out in 2011. Mitnick now claims to be reformed and has his own security consulting company.

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American Small Business Cybersecurity Xchange Conference

American Small Business Cybersecurity Xchange Conference
October 4th

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LO AND BEHOLD: Werzog’s newest exploration

Lo and Behold, Reveries From a Connected World is Werner Herzog's latest cinematic project, one that takes the viewer through the history of the internet, in details you wouldn't possibly imagine. The past, present and future of our digital interactions are scrutinised and philosophised upon by the director himself, as we've come to expect from his previous films such as Grizzly Bear, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Into the Abyss. The film is divided into chapters, each taking into consideration both the amazement and the darkness of such a monumental invention.

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Lo and Behold - first run

Special Event - FIRST VISION

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Lauri Love on US extradition and how hackers can help companies

The British hacker, who is facing extradition to the US, discusses the plus side of cyber intrusion

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