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WATCH THIS: How sophisticated phishing grants attackers total control of your computer

Phishing is all about the bad guy and fooling the victim, says Kevin Mitnick, founder, Mitnick Security Consulting. Mitnick knows about bad guys—he used to be one.

CNET's Dan Patterson interviewed Kevin Mitnick, a former most wanted computer criminal, and now the founder of Mitnick Security Consulting and chief Hacking Officer of the security awareness training company KnowBe4. He discussed phishing, spam, and the similarities, differences and dangers of both. 

“On access and very pissed federal agents.” The most famous hacker in the world reveals the backstage of his work

Kevin Mitnick, a pseudonym of Condor, the most famous hacker in the world. INNPoland.pl is one of the few editors who managed to conduct an interview with a star in the cybersecurity industry

This is about a story about passion, unauthorized access and very pissed off federal agents - describes the biographer Kevin Mitnick, the world's most famous hacker. Suffice it to say that the man's antics in the late 1980s and early 1990s caused fears that Mitnick might break into NORAD and whistle to the phone to fire a nuclear attack. In an interview with INNPoland.pl, he reveals how he managed to make these spectacular burglaries.

INSIDE TRENDS held, the most important conference in Central and Eastern Europe

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Business Insider International Conference "INSIDE TRENDS" dedicated to the trends that shapes future markets in Fintek, Business 4.0 and Science and Medicine was held on October 18 and 19 in Warsaw. 80 speakers from various parts of the world and around 1,400 participants followed lectures, panels and workshops that talked about how new technologies would change the banking sector, the world of finance, industry and human life.

wbj - Inside Trends – The most important conference in the CEE region

The international Business Insider INSIDE TRENDS conference devoted to trends that will shape the markets of the future in the following areas: FinTech, Business 4.0 and LifeScience, was held on 18 and 19 October. 80 speakers from all over the world and approximately 1,400 participants attended talks and workshops during which we found out how the banking sector, the world of finance, the industry and human life will change as a result of the implementation of new technologies.

Handset would blow the atomic cell: We’ve slaughtered the most famous hacker

Kevin Mitnick's hobby took him behind bars.. Today he advises how to avoid the hacker he was himself.

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He began by dabbing with a public transport system in Los Angeles to be able to ride a bus for free. Later, he went into the phone networks until he finally got to the list of the most sought-after men in the FBI - one of the most famous hackers in the world.

INSIDE TRENDS - the most important business conference in the CEE region

18 and 19 October this year was held Business Insider INSIDE TRENDS, an international conference on trends in three areas: FinTech, Business 4.0 and LifeScience. 80 speakers and speakers from around the world and about 1,400 participants took part in lectures and workshops during which we learned how the banking, finance, industry and human life will change under the influence of new technologies.

WATCH THIS: Kevin Mitnick reveals three things that are the most vulnerable to hacker attacks

Video: Kevin Mitnick interviewed at Business Inside Trends convention  in Poland!

What makes Internet users vulnerable to hacker attacks? "It's malware, social engineering and using the same password," said Kevin Mitnick at the Business Insider Inside Trends conference. - These are the three most important issues - he stressed.

VIEW THIS: 50 photos from Inside Trends. after which you will say, “I must be there in a year!”

Over 80 speakers and speakers, around 1500 participants, three scenes: FinTech, Life Science and Business 4.0, two workshop rooms, video studio and coworking space - this is how you can describe the extraordinary event that was the first Business Insider Inside Trends conference - one of the the most important events of this type in the CEE region. For two days, October 18-19, 2018, we witnessed and participated in lectures, workshops and discussion panels during which we discussed the latest trends that will change the world in the next few years.

The weakest link in safety is still man. Kevin Mitnick showed us how to outsmart us

Over the past 16 years, Kevin Mitnick's team of hackers broke into every company whose security he checked. - Those evil hackers are always looking for the weakest link in the security chain. In my opinion, most often these are people, not technology - said Mitnick on stage during the Business Insider Inside Trends conference at the Koneser Center in Prague. He showed that hackers are copying even the security cards of their victims during visits to office bathrooms.