Vigilante Hacker Outsmarts Cyber Mafia [4K] | Web Warriors | Spark

Its funny whenever I get burnt out learning cybersecurity, I just watch videos like this that makes me feel motivated enough to keep going

As a tech-enthusiast, I was thoroughly impressed by the technical accuracy of this documentary. It's a perfect combination of education and entertainment. Thank you! 🙂

you'd be surprised how many companies and organizations are running servers that have not had a security patch in years

Having to rely JUST on computers and internet is more scary than most people realize. There is no perfectly secure internet space, and there is always a "backdoor" or a way into any kinds of software. The only defense is to remain vigilant and react to possible vulnerability in the system.

"Yahoo, to this day, the biggest, busiest and most profitable website in the world".😑 How old is this video?🤔

This is the reason why I still use carrier pigeons to communicate and not the web.

As someone who knows a bit about cybersecurity, this is the most comprehensive and technically correct documentary I've ever seen. Ransomware isn't covered but the information in this doc is enough to understand why and how they shifted to that model.

I didn't know Spark made nostalgia videos- wow did this bring back memories!

We need more guys like him to torch the hackers that hurt others.

I miss when computer viruses were our biggest concern.

If you're wondering when this was made, there is a clue: 8 years after 'mafiaboy'.

Creat a corporate platform that companies have to have a security officer sign up for and share a database of exploits under NDA for all companies so anyone who leaks the info can be held legally responsible.

Imagine connecting to the free wifi at the hacker convention

This is why I build my own camper trailer and a campervan witches Off the Grid I'm solar panels panels and independent this allows me a lot more freedom and downsizing this is what people need to wake up to need to be self-sufficient is the way to go..

This video must be the reason hackers hate the word “hacker” 😵‍💫

38:33 "Zombie computer is a computer which is no longer under the control of its owner. The owner sees nothing wrong with the PC, but behind the scenes someone else is in control, and can do anything he wants any day, any time of the day." - If this doesn't describe PCs with Windows 10 and 11 installed, I don't know WHAT does.

I remember the blaster worm.. Always had to install Windows offline and have antivirus ready before connecting to Cable Broadband! If i left it connected, as soon as you booted with a network connection, the worm would get in and give you 60 seconds before shutdown every time.. I got good at running the fixes before it timed out but...damn. That was strange! Edit: Yep, you just had to be online! Hah...wow... Flashback from my childhood. All the Windows hate is BS though, Linux, Android and MacOS/iOS are more vulnerable now than ever! Many security issues are usually user error too, even back then.

A friend of mine just got hired by the Dept of Homeland Security as a cyber crimes analyst. What a cool job! I should've stuck with computer science in college, but switched my major to social work.

August 2003 was the best month of my life. I did not have the mandatory (crappy) pre-installed Windows on my company laptop but had (illegally) installed it myself - and had it updated regularly (the megalomaniac administrators of that crappy pre-installed system thought they were so smart and wanted to check the source code of every update themselves (I don't know if this was even possible on Windows)). One glorious day in August 2003 one PC after the other in the office (this time in Tunisia) got a visit of an IT guy who (of course) inserted a Windows repair CD (or how else was this crap called back then?) which eventually killed the machine completely. I could work as usual, completely unaffected. Just anything else bit by bit went down - mailservers, webservers, etc... 😊

I love how they say hacker tools are illegal. It's open-source, lolol.