This is a nicely concise, layperson's introduction to the stuff Brian Krebs has been covering for quite some time. I appreciate the insight provided into the people doing this, and the attempt to...
This is a nicely concise, layperson's introduction to the stuff Brian Krebs has been covering for quite some time.
I appreciate the insight provided into the people doing this, and the attempt to connect them back to a victim in a way that encourages empathy on both sides.
One of the besetting sins of our age is solipsism - the belief that only our own experiences are real. Through the connection between the crackers and the person whose identity was stolen, the audience gets to grasp how our actions are meaningful even for people we'll never become acquainted with.
I'm not usually one to listen to podcasts, but this was a pretty fascinating listen. Kind of funny to think that in the end, it was really just a script kiddie who got lucky with a common...
I'm not usually one to listen to podcasts, but this was a pretty fascinating listen. Kind of funny to think that in the end, it was really just a script kiddie who got lucky with a common password. Not at all surprising, though. The web servers I maintain tend to have a batch of lines in their access logs with obvious, silly, repetitive attempts at exploiting vulnerabilities for phpMyAdmin and WordPress. It's fun reading through those from time to time :)
I found this episode to be fascinating, especially because they managed to track down and talk to the people who hacked the account.
It also showed how careful you'd need to be about data hygiene if you don't want to be vulnerable to doxxing.
This is a nicely concise, layperson's introduction to the stuff Brian Krebs has been covering for quite some time.
I appreciate the insight provided into the people doing this, and the attempt to connect them back to a victim in a way that encourages empathy on both sides.
One of the besetting sins of our age is solipsism - the belief that only our own experiences are real. Through the connection between the crackers and the person whose identity was stolen, the audience gets to grasp how our actions are meaningful even for people we'll never become acquainted with.
I'm not usually one to listen to podcasts, but this was a pretty fascinating listen. Kind of funny to think that in the end, it was really just a script kiddie who got lucky with a common password. Not at all surprising, though. The web servers I maintain tend to have a batch of lines in their access logs with obvious, silly, repetitive attempts at exploiting vulnerabilities for
phpMyAdminandWordPress. It's fun reading through those from time to time :)