PassingNotes.com

i rarely implore readers to pick up an article that i’ve read because you all know that my m.o. is to just give you the skinny and then link to it for the not-lazy mofo’s reading this shit…and i get a lotta magazines (guitar world acoustic has a johnny cash feature this month btw)…but this week i read the most amazing article in information week called, ‘anatomy of a break-in‘ and i am just saying this to you: if you care about issues like corporate security, industrial espionage, hacking, social engineering and rusing and penetration testing or espionage simulation or open source intelligence, then follow that fucking link above or click it again right here…

…and for those of you who want some idea of what you’re clicking on, here’s the summary of this long and detailed article: over a period of two days (following preparation), ira winkler of the internet security advisors group along with two cohorts (one a social engineer/rusing guru, the other a tech/penetration/hack type) did espionage simulation for the cio of a very, very large corporation…during this time, they did everything from trick security guards into issuing them photo id’s to planting boxes in the computer room…in fact, if you read the appendix in kevin mitnick’s ‘art of deception,’ you will find that this particular target company obviously never saw that damned book or the appendix about securing the corporation..

…but what makes the article so much more interesting than, say, more shit on scoble’s blog? ira takes the time to explain not only how they did all of this stuff over a couple of days, but he also explains why certain things were done - allowing for you to understand, for example, why certain machines were of greater interest, or exactly what they did in preparation for their two day romp through the hallways and servers of this company…seriously, this is a must read article for anybody interested in that huge list of topics above - and it’s free, so what the shit? don’t be a lazy ass…and if you’re really interested in the granular details of break-ins, you might want to pick up mitnick’s new book, “the art of intrusion” (though only if he’s using proceeds for restitution…)

Share This

Some similar nonsense, if you like that kind of thing:

None Found