RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media

["Jeremiah Cornelius" <jeremiah () nur net>]

Shimomura and Markoff wrote a self-agrandizing distortion, which
inflated Mitnick's image as a dangerous criminal.  They contributed to a
hysteria that had Kevin incarcerated in _solitary_confinement_ without
charges for over a year.

Their book may be a good read.  A lot of literary fiction is.  Most
fiction  is not such a callous instrument of injury.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Serg Belokamen [mailto:serg () fuzzyit com] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:06 AM
> To: webappsec () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Hacking/security in main-stream media
>
> There is also a  book by Kevin Mitnick (and others imho) 
> called The Art Of Deception, talking about social engineering.
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>     Serg
>
> Arun Vishwanathan wrote:
>
> > Kevin Mitnick was caught by this guy called Tsutomu 
> Shimomura. There is a book called "Takedown" by John Markoff 
> which describes the whole episode. Nice read.
> > Regards,
> > Arun
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Frank Draeger [mailto:fdraeger () csc com] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 11:00 PM
> > To: Chacon, Oscar
> > Cc: Edward Miller; jasonmerriman11 () aol com; 'Levenglick, 
> Jeff'; Mike Andrews; webappsec () securityfocus com
> > Subject: RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media
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> > There is a German TV movie about this story - from the hacker's view.
> > The name is "23" : http://imdb.com/title/tt0126765/
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> "'Levenglick, Jeff'" <JLevenglick () fhlbatl com>, Edward Miller 
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> > Its called The Cuckoo's Egg.  My buddy was one of the guys 
> who investigated
> > and caught Kevin Mitnick, or was it Kevin Poulsen?  The guy 
> who disappeared
> > was most likely killed by German/Russian intelligence.
> >
> > Oscar Chacon, CISA
> > Vice President & Manager
> > Information Security
> > Information Services Division
> > City National Bank
> > 555 South Flower Street
> > Los Angeles, California 90071
> > Telephone:  213 - 673 - 8051
> > Facsimile:  213 - 637 - 3915
> > oscar.chacon () cnb com
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Levenglick, Jeff [mailto:JLevenglick () fhlbatl com]
> > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 6:08 AM
> > To: Edward Miller; jasonmerriman11 () aol com
> > Cc: Mike Andrews; webappsec () securityfocus com
> > Subject: RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media
> >
> > This one might be the oldest that I know of.
> >
> > I can't really remember the movie name. (its on the tip of 
> my tongue...)
> > (something egg?)
> >
> > It is based on the real story of a student who discovers 
> that the school
> > was
> > being
> > used as a 'pass thru' to US military computers. I think it 
> was back in the
> > 70's.
> > I remember bits:
> >
> > 1 - He hooked up line printers to each phone line to trace 
> the person and
> > print what he
> > was doing.
> > 2 - He had each operator on a call and listened as each one 
> traced and then
> > call the next operator.
> > 3- They traced it to Germany. (If I remember correctly?)
> > 4 - I think it was 3 hackers. 2 of them disappeared and the 
> last one, in a
> > panic, spilled the beans. (He insisted that the govt was covering
> > everything
> > up and killed his friends)
> >
> >
> > Jeffrey
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Edward Miller [mailto:EMiller () tax state va us]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 05:12 PM
> > To: jasonmerriman11 () aol com
> > Cc: Mike Andrews; webappsec () securityfocus com
> > Subject: Re: Hacking/security in main-stream media
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> >
> > how about Minority Report - biometric access control by retina scan
> >
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> >             "Jason Merriman"
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> > > War Games - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film]
> >
> > Computer creator uses his son's name as the main password 
> for the system.
> > > Hackers - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film]
> > Characters dumpster dive to get materials which assist in accessing
> > systems.
> >
> >
> > Mike Andrews wrote on 9/29/2004, 4:00 PM:
> >
> > > A bit off the wall, but as good a place to post this as any :)
> > >
> > > I'm writing a tutorial/courseware on security (both basic 
> topics and
> > > programming) and I'm looking for clips from movies or tv 
> to introduce
> > > subjects - I've found that videos work well with 
> introductions and short
> > > breaks to getting the audience in the right frame of mind 
> (as well as
> > > getting them relaxed).  So far I have the following....
> > >
> > > Jurassic Park - insider threat (the programmer gets the 
> system to bypass
> > > security while he steals the DNA/embryos)
> > >
> > > Sneakers - Cryptography (when the team discovers it's a 
> crypto box they
> > > have)
> > >
> > > The Net - Personally identifiable information (main 
> characters personal
> > > information is deleted)
> > >
> > > War Games - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film]
> > >
> > > Hackers - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film]
> > >
> > > Any other suggestions?  I'm only wanting short (5min) 
> sections, but I'm
> > > willing to edit bit's out if needed.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Mike.
> > >
> > >
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> > > Florida Institute of Technology
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