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Kevin Mitnick to Keynote Annual Conference

Kevin Mitnick, a security consultant and well-known white hat hacker, has signed on to deliver the keynote address at HostingCon Global 2017.

Kevin Mitnick to Present Keynote at Data Center World and HostingCon Events

Data Center World, the global conference for data center, facilities and IT professionals, and HostingCon, the global event for the cloud and service provider ecosystem, today officially announced Kevin Mitnick, will keynote both events, which will take place in Los Angeles, CA at the Los Angeles Convention Center April 3-6, 2017.  Mitnick's address will shed light on ways companies can protect themselves from malicious hacking attempts.

An Unexpected Journey With Werner Herzog ‘Lo and Behold’ celebrates the digital connection that defines us

In the rainforest. Wearing a bandana and a loincloth, and wielding a chainsaw instead of a machete, he knew exactly what to do." Werner paused and took a sip of wine. "The Peruvian native tied the bandana around his thigh, pulled the knot tight, pulled the throttle on the chainsaw and cut off his leg above the knee." Looking with earnest concern, I manage to utter, "Really?" Werner smiles, "He lived."

“Social Manipulation”: When it is human, it is often dangerous

 Data gaps are the order of the day, but the threats to infrastructures and enterprises are growing.  

SEE LIVE: The Art of Invisibility: Kevin Mitnick in Conversation with Jeff Lanza

Linda Hall LibraryMay 4, 2017, 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
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4 tips to protect your PM business online

Property managers handle lots of confidential information and can be targets for cyber thieves. World-renowned hacker turned cyber security consultant Kevin Mitnick provides his top tips on protecting your business from cyber attacks.

KnowBe4 Research Shows Eighty-Two Percent of Email Servers are Misconfigured

KnowBe4, provider of the world’s most popular integrated new-school security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, analyzed more than 10,000 email servers and identified that eighty-two percent of them are misconfigured, allowing spoofed emails to enter an organization disguised as coming from a company’s own domain.

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (4 stars)

Werner Herzog's personal style of documentary-making is unique. With his clipped German voice posing unusual but intelligent questions, Herzog chooses to remain behind the camera throughout this offbeat investigation of the development of the internet – but Lo and Behold is so idiosyncratic it could only have been made by the celebrated filmmaker.

Inside the Mind of a Hacker: Kevin Mitnick

The world’s most famous hacker, Kevin Mitnick, was once on the FBI’s Most Wanted List for hacking into 40 major corporations, including IBM, Nokia and Motorola. He now is a leading security consultant who is hired by companies to reveal vulnerabilities in their security system using the very skills that landed him in prison for five years.hacker