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Hehe...
Recognized by who?!?Quote:
Eligibility for an internationally-recognized SE Prevention Certification.
http://cf.us.biz.yahoo.com/cnw/05022...s_in_to_1.html
But he's got Yahoo convinced. Hell, he hasn't changed his tactics at all...he's changed his marks and his method, but it's the same game. LMAO!
Yes, it seems like he is still out to get all the money he can, but now in a more legal way...
Certified social engineering professional??? I mean come on!!
I hope everyone sees through this little 'scam' of his... yes, I consider it a scam, a legal scam that takes advantage of stupid people...
Its funny, I hear people on here use the phrase "social engineering" on a daily basis, yet people seem skeptical that the man who actually coined the phrase is competent to speak about it.
Pop Quiz: K. Mitnick invented the term social engineering and is probably one of the best con artists ever, so if he's not qualified to offer a certification for SE prevention, who is?
-Maestr0
PS. Man has to make a living somehow, and as authors say "write what you know."
Uh.. I don't think so. He might have been the first to introduce it to computers, he wasn't the first to use it. Its historically been found in politics and sociology.Quote:
Pop Quiz: K. Mitnick invented the term social engineering and is probably one of the best con artists ever, so if he's not qualified to offer a certification for SE prevention, who is?
Well yeah, isn't that the only area of computer security he is currently legally allowed to work in? So of course it is the most important in his opinion. ;)Quote:
If the world's most renowned former hacker comes to the conclusion that social engineering is the most potent threat your company faces today, it probably makes sense to pay attention.
Even if not, he's been so outta the loops for so long now it is the only area of skill he could have held on to. (His difficulties using Lockdown.exe spring to mind.)
cheers,
catch
This may to paranoid, even for this forum ;)
But, are we sure this is legitimate at all? It would be very funny if the whole seminar was nothing more than a bunch of losers who are trying to "social engineer" security professionals out of their money by offering a bogus social engineering convention / certification.
You show up at the place, just to have someone say "You've been social engineered out of $2000. Don't let it happen again. Next!" :D
Of course, he might have some good insights on how to avoid "Bubba" in the showers in prison after you get caught trying to social engineer a Judge... :O
I had no idea who you guys were talking about so I looked it up...can't tell you how accurate this is...and it tends to seem bias...but here it is anyways...
The History of K. ...from youth to prisonment...
http://www.tomandmaria.com/st297/Rea...%20esquire.htm
Eg ;)