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The Good Hacker: Hacking Businesses before Criminals Do

2022/7/26
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Malcolm Gladwell
以深入浅出的写作风格和对社会科学的探究而闻名的加拿大作家、记者和播客主持人。
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Stephanie Snow Crothers
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Malcolm Gladwell:黑客不只是技术人员,更是能找到创造性解决方案的人,他们可以运用创造性思维,以非预期的方式解决问题,这不仅仅局限于电脑,也包括人、设备等。 Stephanie Snow Crothers:她对黑客的兴趣始于一次偶然的开锁经历,让她意识到自己对黑客的才能。她认为社交工程学是她的职业起点,她擅长利用人际交往技巧获取信息。她从业余爱好者到专业黑客的转变很快,公司开始为她的信息安全测试付费。作为“人肉黑客”,她利用社会工程学技巧诱导用户泄露信息。红队(Red Team)模拟攻击,帮助客户测试其信息安全系统,利用多种方法(包括社会工程和技术手段)渗透客户系统。即使是“道德黑客”也有一些限制,例如不能攻击高管或特定系统。社会工程学分为远程和现场两种,远程包括OSINT、vishing和phishing,现场包括闯入等。尾随进入(tailgating)是入侵建筑物最常见的方法之一。她之前的化妆师经验能帮助她在现场安全评估中改变外貌,以避免被认出。她讲述了一个成功入侵案例,说明了创造力和即兴发挥的重要性。她会根据目标对象的不同调整策略,团队合作能提高黑客测试的成功率。她的工作内容多样化,没有典型的一天。她成功入侵过许多建筑物,只有一次例外,因为她太显眼了。 Tim Harford: 主要负责引导话题,提出问题,并对Snow的回答进行总结和评论。 Tim Harford: 主要负责引导话题,提出问题,并对Snow的回答进行总结和评论。

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Snow defines hacking as finding creative solutions online or breaking apart something to make it work in a unique way, which could apply to computers, people, devices, and more.

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The headlines tell us cyberattacks are a big, consistent threat to business data – and ours. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell takes on this topic with Tim Harford, host of Cautionary Tales, and Stephanie “Snow” Carruthers, Chief People Hacker for X-Force, IBM. Snow and her team are finding creative solutions to test their clients’ security, including hacking into their systems before criminal hackers do.

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