Your Quotes by Kevin Mitnick

9 Your quotes by Kevin Mitnick

Kevin Mitnick’s nine short lines blend hacker savvy with practical tips, urging you to stay curious and protect yourself. The collection feels like a quick briefing from a seasoned tech veteran.

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I'm not a fugitive anymore. Never will be in the future. After spending five years in jail, you learn your lesson. I…

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To have transactions made on your web site via credit card, you must be PCI compliant. Businesses make the mistake of thinking…

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Hackers are becoming more sophisticated in conjuring up new ways to hijack your system by exploiting technical vulnerabilities or human nature. Don't…

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Sometimes I get a call from my bank, and the first thing they ask is, 'Mr. Mitnick, may I get your account…

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I could pose as a Yahoo rep claiming that there's been some sort of fault, and somebody else is getting your e-mail,…

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Protecting yourself is very challenging in the hostile environment of the Internet. Imagine a global environment where an unscrupulous person from the…

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Think about it: if you were running a multi-million dollar company, and your database of customer information was stolen, would you want…

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For the average home-user, anti-virus software is a must. A personal firewall such as Zone Alarm and running a program like HFNetcheck,…

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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…

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I was fascinated with the phone system and how it worked; I became a hacker to get better control over the phone company.

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Back up everything! You are not invulnerable. Catastrophic data loss can happen to you - one worm or Trojan is all it takes.

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When an attacker fails with one person, they often go to another person. The key is to report the attack to other departments. Workers…

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I think malware is a significant threat because the mitigation, like antivirus software, hasn't evolved to a point to really mitigate the risk to…

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Usually companies hire me, and they know full well who I am, and that's one of the reasons they want to hire me.

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A lot of companies are clueless, because they spend most or all of their security budget on high-tech security like fire walls and biometric…

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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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No company that I ever hacked into reported any damages, which they were required to do for significant losses. Sun didn't stop using Solaris…

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New security loopholes are constantly popping up because of wireless networking. The cat-and-mouse game between hackers and system administrators is still in full swing.

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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…

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