The DMZ

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vin

08:08

Hi, is there a book or a set of articles or blogs outlining in some detail how some of the high profile hacking (the bad kind) into major systems were carried out? I just want to see some real world examples of what exactly gets done.

5 hours later…

Aria

13:26

@vin major hacking is usually done by major actors

It may be individuals or organizations or insiders

The thing is they are very skilled like they have lot's of theoretical and practical training and also plenty of talent

insiders are usually sociopathic and greedy types who doesn't like to learn, dont know how to code, very often working in infosec

that's the real-life profile

individuals (lone wolfs) are usually psychos of some sort, drug addicts, immature (childish attitude towards life), very often anti-social

Aria

13:56

@vin On Mr Robot they are showing it the true way, I've seen these things myself many times

By my own estimate there's one insider who is willing to steal information per each of 30 IT related employees in average corporation, including both state-run and private organizations

That's why I am now working on designing systems where information can't be accessed by the employees / admins / stolen etc

It works this way "Encrypt Everything" except the private keys which are securely stored

1 hour later…

Aria

15:15

@vin you won't fund such details anyway, the main thing is that 1. attackers dont take notes nor plan everything in detail 2. attackers erase evidence 3. the investigative work afterwards is not done as it's impossible due to scope of the attacks 4. most often go thru the wide open door anyway

4 hours later…

Aria

19:29

"upgrade your password to longer one today"

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Gilles

22:35

Q: Hiding information on a physical monitor

I am tired of people looking at my computer display screen when I am using the computer and seeing my secrets and confidential information etc. Do you know encryption tools that can encrypt what is shown on the monitor so only I know my personal, private information?