Cyber Security Articles & News

Yikes! Online phishing attacks up 297% over last year

To prevent criminals from opening bank, utility and phone accounts in your name, you need more than a credit freeze. Here's what to do.

It's no question that online shopping has continued to grow over the past few years, making it easy to order anything you like from practically wherever you like.

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WATCH THIS: How RATs infect computers with malicious software

Kevin Mitnick, founder, Mitnick Security Consulting, discusses how remote access Trojans grab data from computers.

CNET's Dan Patterson interviewed Kevin Mitnick, founder of Mitnick Security Consulting, and Chief Hacking Officer of the security awareness training company KnowBe4, who demonstrates the dangers of RATs (remote access trojans) and how easily it grabs data from computers.

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WATCH THIS: How sophisticated phishing grants attackers total control of your computer

Phishing is all about the bad guy and fooling the victim, says Kevin Mitnick, founder, Mitnick Security Consulting. Mitnick knows about bad guys—he used to be one.

CNET's Dan Patterson interviewed Kevin Mitnick, a former most wanted computer criminal, and now the founder of Mitnick Security Consulting and chief Hacking Officer of the security awareness training company KnowBe4. He discussed phishing, spam, and the similarities, differences and dangers of both. 

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SEE LIVE (North Carolina): Legendary Hacker, Kevin Mitnick to Keynote at IE’s OktoberTekfest 2018A

Our 6th Annual OktoberTekfest returns September 27, 2018, featuring The World's Most Famous Hacker, Kevin Mitnick!

Where: The Westin Charlotte

601 South College Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Since 2013, IE’s OktoberTekfest has been brewing up the best in IT solutions with Mobility, Intelligent Infrastructure, Collaboration and Security. We bring together over 300 IT professionals from across the Southeast to tap into technology, inspire innovation, explore the biggest trends in the industry and connect over bratwursts & brews!

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Kevin Mitnick: An interview on Trump, Russians, and blockchain with the world’s most famous hacker

Kevin Mitnick was once the world’s most wanted hacker. He broke into 40 major companies for the challenge of it, and he eventually got caught in a spectacular cat-and-mouse game. He did five years in prison, including a year in solitary confinement because the judge in his case was told that he might be able to launch nuclear weapons from a payphone.

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BOOK REVIEW: Cybersecurity Classic The Art of Deception

Cybersecurity Classic The Art of Deception

The Art of Deception is a brilliant cybersecurity book written by legendary hacker Kevin Mitnick. In stunning detail, he shares how social engineering works — how he and other hackers con people into giving up passwords, account numbers, and social security numbers. Deception is how hackers acquire the keys to the kingdom. Published in 2002, it remains a cybersecurity classic. The primary point of his book? In cybersecurity, we, humans, are the weakest link.

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Kevin Mitnick, from hacker to king of cybersecurity

In the 90s, Mitnick put the FBI's research department in check by being the most wanted hacker in the United States.

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EVENT REVIEW: Kevin Mitnick: the Houdini of hacking shows his tricks in Mexico

The show begins with the musical theme of Mission Impossible , followed by a series of 'tricks' that leave the audience both surprised and alarmed by exclaiming "oh!". But this is not a magic show , but a demonstration of hacking by the American Kevin Mitnick.

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SEE LIVE: Legendary Hacker and Security Expert Kevin Mitnick to Keynote Continuum’s Navigate 2017

At Continuum’s Navigate 2017 conference, October 2-5 in Las Vegas, Kevin Mitnick will share insights from his 30 years of information security experience

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EVENT REVIEW: Mitnick on Misdirection: Hacking as Close-up Magic

Information security experts routinely warn those they work with about the dangers of social engineering. One way to approach social engineering is to realize that it's magic, and by that we mean stage-and-street magic, not ritual magic. Like the conjuror who performs at a kid's birthday party, the social engineer relies on your trust, your expectations, and your susceptibility to misdirection.

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