Quotes About Hacking

To see a hacker actually hacking is not the most interesting thing visually, and it's pretty boring as an actor: a hacker taps on her keyboard. There's really not much more than that.

The most insidious RATs can turn your computer's camera on without turning the indicator light on. Not all ratters extort their victims; some just trade photos, videos, and files with each other.

Many cyberweapons manufacturers sell hacking tools to governments worldwide. For example, FinFisher is an "offensive IT Intrusion solution," according to the promotional material from the UK and German company that makes it, Gamma Group.

when the Russians stole it from that agency.

Governments almost never admit to hacking each other's computers. Researchers generally infer the country of origin from the target list.

And did you have to hack his arms off?" "Yes, I did. He wouldn't go through the door." "You say it like you're proud of it. I was proud of it. It was an example of quick thinking in a difficult situation.

If I compared myself to my kids, they know everything, and they're like small little hackers. I feel also that my identity can be stolen; I'm very paranoid about it compared to other people in the younger generation.

Weak passwords are a crook's best friend. Make yours long and complex, and change them often - not just on your bank account but on your email and social media, too.

I was one of the first practitioners of social engineering as a hacking technique, and today it is my only tool of use, aside from a smartphone - in a purely white hat sort of way. But if you don't trust me, then ask any reasonably competent social engineer.

If somebody's hacking you, you don't want them to know that you know.

Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race, or position.

But mostly people hacked Tools to Make Tools. Or games. And they would come into computer stores to show off their hacks.

hackerese pejorative.

From their point of view, it seemed to indicate another hacker sin — inefficiency.

She noted the lack of female hardware hackers, and was enraged at the male hacker obsession with technological play and power.

To hackers, a program was an organic entity that had a life independent from that of its author.

PJ McAvoy was downright evil. It ran in his blood and grew stronger with every hacking chain-smoking breath. I'd bet if you could see inside his veins, those corpulent white blood cells would be attacking each other out of pure spite.

Hackers often describe what they do as playfully creative problem solving.

Didn't he come to—to ask you for some magic? No, he came to enjoy the view of the Wood, the Dragon said. Of course he came for magic, and I sent him about his business, which is hacking at enemy knights and not meddling in things he scarcely understands.

With Fancy Bear, we have medium-level confidence it's GRU, which is Russia's military intelligence agency, and with Cozy Bear, we have low-level confidence it's FSB, the Russian federal security service.

Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done.

What was once a comparatively minor threat - people hacking for fun or for bragging rights - has turned into full-blown economic espionage and extremely lucrative cyber crime.

The hacking trend has definitely turned criminal because of e-commerce.

In the world of cyber security, the last thing you want is to have a target painted on you.