Companies can better protect their confidential information by creating an incident response department to deal with suspicious queries, said infamous ex-hacker Kevin Mitnick.
Kingston City Council in Victoria recently conducted a social engineering experiment to see how its staff would react to a stranger trying to gain access to the server room; the exercise revealed, and helped fix, serious flaws in staff awareness.
World-renowned security consultant Kevin Mitnick is expected to visit Australia for the first time in April 2005 after immigration authorities approved a visa allowing him to enter the country.
Friends of the convicted cybercriminal have arranged two online auctions of the notebook computers the hacker used to break into several large companies.
Legendary hacker Kevin Mitnick talks about his travel hopes for Australia, his upcoming novel, and his first Australian security conference address to be delivered by teleconference this month.
Kevin Mitnick has proven that the weakest link in any security system is the person holding the information.
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