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Jeff Moss on the Evolution of Hacking at SecTor 2021

ForAllSecure

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: Hacking Social Media

ForAllSecure

With more than 600K followers on YouTube, LiveOverflow is one of infosec’s first social media influencers. For bored and smart teenagers, this was the perfect way to learn how to hack. Much like the BBS of yesterday, these social media sites can be used to teach people how to hack. Or share gaming cheats. Massive numbers.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Social Media

ForAllSecure

With more than 600K followers on YouTube, LiveOverflow is one of infosec’s first social media influencers. For bored and smart teenagers, this was the perfect way to learn how to hack. Much like the BBS of yesterday, these social media sites can be used to teach people how to hack. Or share gaming cheats. Massive numbers.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Aerospace

ForAllSecure

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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Episode 207: Sarah Tatsis of BlackBerry on finding and Keeping Women in Cyber

The Security Ledger

» Related Stories Encore Edition: Veracode CEO Sam King on Infosec’s Leaky Talent Pipeline Episode 205 – Google’s Camille Stewart: InfoSec’s Lack of Diversity is a Cyber Risk Episode 203: Don’t Hack The Water and Black Girls Hack Founder Tennisha Martin. Read the whole entry. »

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Episode 207: Sara Tatsis of Blackberry on finding and Keeping Women in Cyber

The Security Ledger

» Related Stories Encore Edition: Veracode CEO Sam King on Infosec’s Leaky Talent Pipeline Episode 205 – Google’s Camille Stewart: InfoSec’s Lack of Diversity is a Cyber Risk Episode 203: Don’t Hack The Water and Black Girls Hack Founder Tennisha Martin. Read the whole entry. »

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The Rise of an Overlooked Crime – Cyberstalking

Security Affairs

These evils include hacking, identity theft, online surveillance, and cyberstalking. We all know the dangers associated with hacking, identity theft, and internet surveillance, thanks to Facebook and other social networking platforms. Similarly, these hackers can hack your devices too.