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Jeff Moss on the Evolution of Hacking at SecTor 2021

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His talk was nostalgic, reflecting on the 40+ years of computer hacking. Moss also said that all hacking is not infosec and that all infosec is not hacking. “Hacking can provide a lot of joy and absolutely no income. Where with infosec the goal is to produce income. But hacking, not so much.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Ethical Hacking

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Is hacking a crime? Bryan McAninch (Aph3x) talks about his organization, Hacking Is Not A Crime , and the ethical line it draws on various hacking activities. I used to hack the phone company quite a bit. The 33 year old from suffer faced charges from US prosecutors as hacking into computers at various American agencies.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Social Media

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With more than 600K followers on YouTube, LiveOverflow is one of infosec’s first social media influencers. Robert Vamosi: Before there was the internet as we know it today, there were bulletin boards, BBSs. For bored and smart teenagers, this was the perfect way to learn how to hack. Or share gaming cheats.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Social Media

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With more than 600K followers on YouTube, LiveOverflow is one of infosec’s first social media influencers. Robert Vamosi: Before there was the internet as we know it today, there were bulletin boards, BBSs. For bored and smart teenagers, this was the perfect way to learn how to hack. Or share gaming cheats.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Aerospace

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Can you hack an airplane? Vamosi: Maybe you remember this: In 2014, researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek succeeded in hacking a Jeep Cherokee while a reporter was driving it on a freeway during rush hour in St Louis, Missouri. So, given that we can now hack into cars remotely, could we hack into other systems as well?

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The Rise of an Overlooked Crime – Cyberstalking

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The internet has been a blessing since its inception. The very concept of globalization has come into existence just because of the internet. The internet brought with it plenty of benefits, but accompanying these benefits came some evils that were previously not known of. They do this by following you on the internet.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Real World Criminals Online

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That, of course, was not all, but it is an example of how someone -- anyone on the internet -- can take a photo or blog post or Yelp review from social media, or some other seemingly random open source item and tie it back to a crime. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. CLEMENS: I do.

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