Dubai: Hackers today don’t even need to gain access to a target’s computer and could use “social engineering” on the target when it comes to disclosing information, Kevin Mitnick, the hacker-turned international cyber security consultant and the keynote speaker at the inaugural Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (Gisec) Conference taking place at Dubai World Trade Centre, said.
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Cyber hackers have already shown what damage they can do, but this may be the scariest hacking story yet, if it came true.
This is the first of a two-part series on the techniques and tradecraft of ethical hackers. The second part will appear later this week.
This year Verizon’s database grew substantially from 855 confirmed data breaches to more than 47,000 reported security incidents and 621 confirmed data breaches.
The target computer is picked. The order to strike has been given. All it takes is a finger swipe and a few taps of the touchscreen, and the cyberattack is prepped to begin.
This article highlights well known website vulnerabilities, bad practices, flaws and security issues that allow hackers to compromise websites.
Representations of the security industry and ‘hacking’ have become ubiquitous in popular media in recent years. Representing computer security enthusiasts in what one might consider a less than realistic light.
China has shrugged off allegations by Australian media that Chinese hackers have stolen the blueprints for the new Australian spy headquarters.
“China pays high attention to cybersecurity issues, and is firmly apposed to all forms of hacker attacks,” foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a regular press briefing on Tuesday afternoon. “Groundless accusations will not help solve this issue.”
Government agencies will challenge thousands of programmers across the country to solve community problems with open data and lines of code this weekend during the first-ever National Day of Civic Hacking.
Barack Obama will confront Chinese president Xi Jinping next week over a spate of cyber-attacks on the US, including the latest allegation that Chinese hackers gained access to more than two dozen of America’s most advanced weapons systems.