The security box, podcast 153: 13 DDoS for Hire services shut down

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Hello folks, welcome to program 154. On this edition of the program, come with us for some news and notes, a recollection of someone who can change after making mistakes, and a topic talking about DDoS for hire services that have been shut down within recent times which could be a good thing.

A Note on a passing of a recent Security Expert

Kevin Mitnick recently passed away on July 16, 2023. He did have an interesting career, a criminal in his early years to a security consultant after the fact.

Brian Krebs sent the news through on Mastodon, and we blogged about it on the same day ... July 20, 2023.

Below, please find the books Kevin wrote. Note that the blog post does mention these and what is available also on BARD. I attended one of his webinars that KnowBe4 put on and it was excellent!

The books

• Kevin Mitnick, Steve Wozniak and William L. Simon

• Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
• The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
• The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers 1st Edition

• Kevin Mitnick and Mikko Hypponnen

• The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data

DDos for hire services shut down

We blogged about this on the blog, and now its time for it to be talked about. This is a Krebs on Security article titled Feds Take Down 13 More DDoS-for-Hire Services which I found was quite good. Let's see what you think and our contact info will be given throughout the program.

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