Best quotes by Kevin Mitnick on Hacker
Checkout quotes by Kevin Mitnick on Hacker
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‟ The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.
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‟ The hacker mindset doesn't actually see what happens on the other side, to the victim.
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‟ I characterize myself as a retired hacker. I'm applying what I know to improve security at companies.
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‟ I wasn't a hacker for the money, and it wasn't to cause damage.
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‟ I'm still a hacker. I get paid for it now. I never received any monetary gain from the hacking I did before. The main difference in what I do now compared to what I did then is that I now do it with authorization.
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‟ The explosion of companies deploying wireless networks insecurely is creating vulnerabilities, as they think it's limited to the office - then they have Johnny Hacker in the parking lot with an 802.11 antenna using the network to send threatening emails to the president!
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‟ Then again, my case was all about the misappropriation of source code because I wanted to become the best hacker in the world and I enjoyed beating the security mechanisms.
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‟ Somebody could send you an office document or a PDF file, and as soon as you open it, it's a booby trap and the hacker has complete control of your computer. Another major problem is password management. People use the same password on multiple sites, so when the hacker compromises one site, they have your password for everywhere else.
- Kevin Mitnick