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Kevin Mitnick
Kevin David Mitnick (born on August 6, 1963) is a computer
security consultant, author, and hacker. In the late 20th century, he was
convicted of various computer- and communications-related crimes. At the time
of his arrest, he was the most-wanted computer criminal in the United States.
Computer hacking
At age 12, Mitnick used social engineering to bypass the punchcard system used
in the Los Angeles
bus system. After a friendly bus driver told him where he could buy his own
ticket punch, he could ride any bus in the greater LA area using unused
transfer slips he found in the trash. Social engineering became his primary
method of obtaining information, including user names and passwords and modem
phone numbers.
Mitnick gained unauthorized access to his first computer network in 1979, at
16, when a friend gave him the phone number for the Ark, the computer system
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) used for developing their RSTS/E operating
system software. He broke into DEC's computer network and copied their
software, a crime he was charged with and convicted of in 1988. He was
sentenced to 12 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Near the end of his supervised release, Mitnick hacked into Pacific Bell voice
mail computers. After a warrant was issued for his arrest, Mitnick fled,
becoming a fugitive for two and a half years.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Mitnick gained unauthorized access
to dozens of computer networks while he was a fugitive. He used cloned cellular
phones to hide his location and, among other things, copied valuable
proprietary software from some of the country's largest cellular telephone and
computer companies. Mitnick also intercepted and stole computer passwords,
altered computer networks, and broke into and read private e-mail. Mitnick was
apprehended on Valentine's Day, 1995 in Raleigh,
North Carolina. He was found with
cloned cellular phones, more than 100 clone cellular phone codes, and multiple
pieces of false identification.
Gary McKinnon
Gary McKinnon, a Scottish systems administrator has been accused of the biggest
military computer hacking exercise of all times by the US government.
McKinnon is also accused of copying data, account files and passwords into his
own computer. US authorities pegged the cost of tracking and rectifying the
problems caused by his hacking at over $700,000.
Gary McKinnon (born 10 February 1966) is a Scottish systems administrator
and hacker who has been accused of what one U.S. prosecutor claims is the
"biggest military computer hack of all time," although McKinnon
himself states that he was merely looking for evidence of free energy
suppression and a cover-up of UFO activity and other technologies
potentially useful to the public. After a series of legal proceedings in England, McKinnon is currently fighting
extradition to the United
States.
Gary McKinnon, 40, accused of mounting the largest ever hack of United States
government computer networks -- including Army, Air Force, Navy and NASA systems
The court has recommended that McKinnon be extradited to the United States to
face charges of illegally accessing 97 computers, causing US$700,000 (400,000
pounds; euro 588,000) in damage.
Pranav Mistry
Pranav Mistry is a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group
at MIT's Media Lab. Before his studies at MIT, he worked with Microsoft as a UX
researcher; he's a graduate of IIT. Mistry is passionate about integrating the
digital informational experience with our real-world interactions.
Pranav Mistry (b. 1981 in Palanpur,
India) is
one of the inventors of SixthSense. He is a research assistant and a PhD
candidate at MIT Media Lab. Before joining MIT he worked as a UX
Researcher with Microsoft. He received Master in Media Arts and Sciences from
MIT and Master of Design from IIT Bombay. He has completed bachelors’ degree in
Computer Science and Engineering. He is from Palanpur, which is situated in
northern Gujarat in India.
SixthSense has recently attracted global attention. Among some of his previous
work, Pranav has invented Mouseless - an invisible computer mouse; intelligent
sticky notes that can be searched, located and can send reminders and messages;
a pen that can draw in 3D; and a public map that can act as Google of
physical world. Pranav holds a Master in Media Arts and Sciences from MITIndustrial Design
Center, IIT and Master of Design
from Bombay
besides his Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering from Nirma Institute Of
Technology, Ahmedabad. Pranav’s research interests include Ubiquitous
computing, Gestural and Tangible Interaction, AI, Augmented reality, Machine
vision, Collective intelligence and Robotics.
SixthSense was awarded the 2009 Invention Award by Popular Science. He was also
named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the
world under the age of 35. In 2010, he was named to Creativity Magazine's
Creativity 50. Mistry has been called "one of ten, best inventors in the
world right now" by Chris Anderson. Mistry has been listed as one of the
15 Asian Scientists To Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine on 15 May 2011.
Operation
AntiSec
Operation Anti-Security,
also referred to as Operation AntiSec or #AntiSec, is a series of
hacking attacks performed by members of hacking group LulzSec, the
group Anonymous, and others inspired by the announcement of the
operation. LulzSec performed the earliest attacks of the operation, with
the first against the Serious Organised Crime Agency on 20 June 2011.
Soon after, the group released information taken from the servers of the
Arizona Department of Public Safety; Anonymous would later release information
from the same agency two more times. An offshoot of the group calling
themselves LulzSec Brazil
launched attacks on numerous websites belonging to the Government of Brazil and
the energy company Petrobras. LulzSec claimed to retire as a
group, but on 22 June they reconvened to hack into the websites of British
newspapers The Sun and The Times, posting a fake news story of the death of
their owner Rupert Murdoch.
Anonymous released their first cache of the operation on 27 June 2011,
taken from an anti-cyberterrorism program run by the United States
Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency.
They continued attacks on the Arizona
government. They also launched attacks against the Brazilian government, Government
of Zimbabwe, the Municipality of Mosman,
and the Government of Tunisia.
Their most recent attacks have been against large corporations, NATO, and
various United States
law enforcement websites. Anonymous has used the stolen credit card numbers of
police officers to make unauthorized donations to various causes. Others have
also committed hacks in the name of the operation, including a hack into the
Fox News Twitter account to post a false news story about the assassination of
President of the United
States Barack Obama and attacks on
the websites of government entities in various countries. The groups involved
have published sensitive government and corporate information, as well as the
email addresses, names, and social security numbers, and credit card numbers of
website users.
Law enforcement has launched investigations into many of the attacks committed
as part of Operation AntiSec. At least seven arrests have been made in
connection to activities related to the operation, including the arrests of two
purported LulzSec members, a man who provided LulzSec with security
vulnerability information, and four alleged members of AntiSec NL, a group
inspired by the operation.
Ankit Fadia
ANKIT FADIA, 24 years old, is an independent computer
security and digital intelligence consultant with definitive experience in the
field of Internet security based out of the Silicon Valley in California,
USA.
He has authored 14 internationally best-selling books on numerous topics
related to Computer Security that have been widely appreciated by both
professionals and industry leaders the world over. His books have sold a record
10 million copies across the globe, have been translated into Japanese, Korean,
Portuguese and Polish and are also being used as reference textbooks in some of
the most prestigious academic institutions around the world.
Books and Publications
- Fadia, Ankit. The
Unofficial Guide to Ethical Hacking, Course Technology
- Fadia, Ankit. Network
Security: A Hacker's Perspective, Course Technology
- Fadia, Ankit. Hacking
Mobile Phones, Course Technology
- Fadia, Ankit. Tips and
Tricks on Linux, Centro Atlantico, 2002.
- Fadia, Ankit. Email
Hacking, Vikas Publishing, 2020.
- Fadia, Ankit. Windows
Hacking, Vikas Publishing, 2020.
- Fadia, Ankit; Jaya
Bhattacharjee. Encryption Protecting your Data, Vikas Publishing, 2020.
- Fadia, Ankit; Zacharia,
Manu. Intrusion Alert: An Ethical Hacking Guide to Intrusion Detection,
Course Technology PTR, 2020
- Ankit, Fadia; Diwakar,
Goel. Google Hacking - An Ethical Guide, Vikas Publications, 2020
- Das Patnaik, Nishant;
Ankit, Fadia. Software Hacking, Vikas Publications, 2008.
- Ankit, Fadia; Boonlia,
Prince. System Forensics, Vikas Publications, 2020.
- Ankit, Fadia; Singh,
Aditya. Cracking Admissions in Colleges Abroad, Vikas Publications, 2020.
Ankit Fadia Official Website
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