And it seems Australian educational institutions (and specifically the University of NSW) are training hackers. (See: http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/security-it/how-unsw-creates-the-worlds-best-hackers-20130510-2jdbt.html)
The puppy Jan mentions below was a combination of social engineering, bad security practices on behalf of the victim, the dangers of the Cloud, and a number of security and customer management process deficiencies by Amazon, Apple and others that unfortunately dovetailed ... and all simply to get access to a Twitter account. The UNSW hacker/security course is a tad more technical/traditional hacking inclined, and to me seems distinguished by the fact that the UNSW employs lecturers who now how to do it (e.g. design a rootkit, hack a system), and who are willing to apply practical training rather than theory to educate their charges. --- On 13/05/2013, at 8:29 AM, Jan Whitaker <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're eating your wheatbix, put them down before reading this. > > http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/ > > Note the various fails along the way -- both human failures to follow > procedures re security questions and the interrelationships of > exposed information between major systems on Amazon and Apple. This > was originally posted in 2012. Makes me wonder if the same state of > affairs exists. > > and here is the recovery story: > http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/mat-honan-data-recovery/all > > Jan > > > Melbourne, Victoria, Australia > [email protected] > blog: http://janwhitaker.com/jansblog/ > business: http://www.janwhitaker.com > > Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or > sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth. > ~Madeline L'Engle, writer > > _ __________________ _ > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
