From “prankster” to the hacker, or how Kevin Mitnick started
Kevin Mitnick is the most famous hacker in the world. For years, however, has been working on the side of "the good ones". Companies hire Mitnick to help protect their valuable data.
SEE LIVE (Poland) “I will show how hackers use our weakness”
Among his "favorite actions" he mentions, among others hacking communication lines of McDonald's restaurants. When customers came through the so-called DriveThru, employees could hear them and receive applications, but it was Kevin Mitnick who responded, blocking this possibility of service. "I sat in front of the window and took over communication" - recalls years later the most famous hacker in the world, who will be the guest of the October Inside Trends conference in Warsaw.
TRAINING REVIEW: KnowBe4 Wins Channelnomics Security Award for Best Security Training
(Editorial Note: Kevin Mitnick is a paid spokesman for KnowBe4 and helps develop, promote and improve KnowBe4 flagship "Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training".)
KnowBe4 Appears on the Inc. 500 for the Third Time, Rocketing to Number 96
Exceptional growth of 3,725 percent helps secure no. 96 spot; CEO Stu Sjouwerman makes Inc. 500 list for the fifth time
Inc. magazine today revealed that KnowBe4 is No. 96 on its 37th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Microsoft, Dell, Domino’s Pizza, Pandora, Timberland, LinkedIn, Yelp, Zillow, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
Combating Social Engineering: Tips From Black Hat 2018
Social engineering is the use of deception to manipulate individuals into disclosing sensitive information that may be used to compromise a network, infiltrate an organization, gain access to trade secrets, as part of a cyberstalking campaign, or in furtherance of an espionage operation.
How to protect against the latest creepy phishing attacks
When you think about phishing attacks, you probably envision sketchy emails cobbled together with a pixelated logo, an obviously phony sender address, and a ludicrous request to wire thousands of dollars to a mysterious Nigerian prince. There’s no way today’s technologically savvy workforce could fall for such a trite scheme, right?