Ohhh yes, I grew up with this guy! Not friends. Read, Takedown ISBN: 0786889136, not a 100% account of what happened, but pretty close. There is also a video version of this book, released in Europe only.
* CAUTION: If you read this book you might NEVER get a goods nights rest ever again. Knowing your systems are never safe. Mostly due to lusers. - John Q Jr. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Scharff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 9:48 AM Subject: RE: Ouf Of Office > Kevin Mitnick (http://www.freekevin.com/) was excellent at human engineering > hacks. He certainly wasn't the best or the only one doing it. Those types of > hacks work best when you know as much as possible about the target entity.. > Finding out about organizational structure and information about employees > makes these types of hacks much easier. Heck, there are people who get paid > to do these kinds of hacks to test security systems. > > Building on the responses of others: > > 2 months later Mike gets a phone call... > > Mike, how ya doin? My name is Fred Smith, I was hired in 3 days ago and Jim > Standin told me you were the guy to contact about getting me an NT and > e-mail account set up. Oh.. By the way, how was the trip to SE Asia? I'm > working in the accounting group, so can you make sure my logon script maps > the drive for the accounting group. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Chris Scharff - MCSE, Exchange MVP 512.652.4500 x244 > Senior Sales Engineer MessageOne > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andersson Mikael (SIX) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 9:21 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Ouf Of Office > > > > > > What kind of security risk from a human engineering > > standpoint do you mean? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: den 21 mars 2002 20:42 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Ouf Of Office > > > > > > It does, but that doesn't mean it couldn't induce a mail > > loop. Imagine a help desk ticketing system which uses a > > unique e-mail address for every e-mail message received and > > autoreplies to the sender. > > > > More importantly is a security risk from a human engineering > > standpoint. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Andersson Mikael (SIX) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:24 AM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: Ouf Of Office > > > > > > > > > Does Out Of Office responses to the internet really loop? > > > > > > I believed that OOF only replied once to every mailaddress!? > > > Anyone who knows for sure? > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
