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Hackers deface KevinMitnick.com
News Instead of the usual description of Kevin Mitnick, his consulting services and books, the famed hacker's website on Sunday displayed a vulgar message. Online vandals, apparently operating from Pakistan, broke into the computer hosting Mitnick's... [22 Aug 2006]
Mitigating Risk in Userland
White Paper Kevin Mitnick, in his usual anecdotal style articulates in this paper how sophisticated hackers are penetrating your enterprise, right under your nose, and putting your sensitive data and your company at risk. [11 Aug 2006]
Mitigating Malware in Userland
White Paper Kevin Mitnick details how and why hackers are gaining control over organizations by addressing the following questions: In his usual anecdotal style, Mitnick articulates in this paper how sophisticated hackers are penetrating the enterprise and... [01 Aug 2006]
Kevin Mitnick has little sympathy for Nasa hacker
News Kevin Mitnick, perhaps the world's most famous convicted computer hacker, has broken ranks with a number of his former peers to say he has little sympathy for Gary McKinnon - the UK hacker who currently faces extradition to the US. [15 Jun 2006]
Inside Kaspersky Labs: AV at the cold heart of Russia
Comment Even with its cover and author's name written in Cyrillic, it's difficult to miss the fact that one of the virus analysts is currently reading a book by Kevin Mitnick - the poster child of computer hacking. [25 Jan 2006]
Q&A: Kevin Mitnick, former hacker
Comment To many, the name Kevin Mitnick is synonymous with "notorious hacker". Mitnick spends much of his time on the road at speaking engagements.silicon.com sister site, CNET News.com, caught up with Mitnick after a gig at a San Francisco user event for... [07 Nov 2005]
Hacker gets nine years for wardriving
News Salcedo has now taken the record for longest sentence for a hacking crime, previously held by Kevin Mitnick, who was sentenced to five and a half years behind bars. A US man has received the longest jail sentence yet for hacking - a court in North... [16 Dec 2004]
Intrusion Detection for the Millenium
White Paper It was in this manner, for example, that security guru Tsutomu Shimomura spotted the clues that eventually led to hacker Kevin Mitnick’s famous takedown. In the early days, networks were simpler. There were fewer threats attacking fewer... [24 Feb 2004]
Domain name deception man arrested
News Eric Goldman, an assistant professor at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, said: "Zuccarini has been notorious for years, so to think he would finally get busted for this is kind of like seeing the end of the line for [computer hackers... [04 Sep 2003]
Virus writers: "Hanging is too good for them"
News Although this method has proven successful in a number of cases - most notably the ban imposed on notorious hacker Kevin Mitnick - one reader was quick to draw a parallel that exposes a flaw. The debate over the best way to punish virus writers has... [03 Sep 2003]
'Rent-a-hacker' debate gets heated
News Earlier this week, one leading security expert hit out at claims by former hacker Kevin Mitnick, who urged companies to open their doors to hackers to exploit the skills these reformed cyber-criminals would bring. [02 May 2003]
Hackers: Unemployable or undervalued?
Comment Convicted hacker Kevin Mitnick last week implored the industry to consider employing convicted cyber criminals - arguing that the only difference between them and a lot of other IT workers is that they've been caught. [30 Apr 2003]
Kevin Mitnick 'not welcome' in the security sector
News A top security expert has hit out at claims by convicted hacker Kevin Mitnick that reformed cyber-criminals have a lot to offer the IT security industry. In a latter day reworking of the old 'hire a thief to catch a thief' adage, Mitnick, speaking... [29 Apr 2003]
Security conference turns nasty over 'employ a hacker' claim
News That was the topic for heated debate at the RSA conference in San Francisco where notorious cyber criminal Kevin Mitnick made the case for hackers everywhere. The question was aimed directly at former hacker Kevin Mitnick, who has multiple... [17 Apr 2003]
Mitnick becomes hacker target
News Ex-hacker Kevin Mitnick has become a target for hackers. graffiti during Mitnick's time in prison - have broken into the web server of the former hacker's security start-up, Defensive Thinking. The consequence of the attack was insignificant to us... [11 Feb 2003]
