Ghost in the Wires
After reading for about 1 week, I’ve just finished reading the book “Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker “. A great book to read, even if you are not a computer guy it a great read. The book’s like an autobiography by Kevin Mitnik, the most Wanted Hacker in the late 20th century. It’s amazing how he got through his hacks, the social engineering (using false identity to gain info) is fascinating and a bit scary how peoples give confidential information to unknown peoples.
I thought hacking was all about doing on the computer but after reading this book I’ve found the computer is just a small part of it. Social Engineering is the fast and easy way to hack. In Nepal I guess the social Engineeringmight still work :E.More over he tells us why he does the hacking. It’s not for money that he did it. It started with curiosity, ended up being addiction; just for entertainment. He never gained economically from any of his hacks, which were worth Millions of $$.
A must read book if you are a computer enthusiast, and better even if you are not.
