This is a huge one in movies and TV shows especially, but part of the problem is that IT security, or counter-security, is not a great spectator event. It’s very dry, does not involve a lot of flashing lights or even really anything on screen except in many cases a command prompt or progress bar, and is in most cases not a quick process.
That said, Mr. Robot, while not perfect, did a really good job of being a more realistic portrayal.
We had the opposite problem. Mandatory training by an external company. They sent an email to everyone urging us to click here and do the training, otherwise our company might not be certified!
Even ignoring the pushy text, the entire mail looked sketchy as fuck, generic company name, low res logo of our company badly photoshopped into a banner.
So everyone ignored this obvious spam and our company lost the certification.
I’m not actually in IT in my org but I remember one they sent out was “FWD: Your Medicare Benefits Package is Maturing” followed a few days later by an actual company wide shame email from the CIO about the click rate.
I love the notion that you get notified for being hacked, and that you have anti-hacking counter measures that need to be manually activated to take effect.
So far, the only “hacking” scene I’ve ever truly appreciated was that time in Matrix Reloaded, where Trinity used nmap to scan for open ssh ports, then used a fake “sshnuke” tool to exploit a real sshv1 crc32 vuln. Enough accuracy to make me appreciate the effort.
IT Security
This is a huge one in movies and TV shows especially, but part of the problem is that IT security, or counter-security, is not a great spectator event. It’s very dry, does not involve a lot of flashing lights or even really anything on screen except in many cases a command prompt or progress bar, and is in most cases not a quick process.
That said, Mr. Robot, while not perfect, did a really good job of being a more realistic portrayal.
Expectation: “Oh my God. They’re hacking the system! Deploy counter measures!!! furious typing”
Reality: “So, we sent out a phishing test email and had a 61% click rate…”
We had the opposite problem. Mandatory training by an external company. They sent an email to everyone urging us to click here and do the training, otherwise our company might not be certified!
Even ignoring the pushy text, the entire mail looked sketchy as fuck, generic company name, low res logo of our company badly photoshopped into a banner.
So everyone ignored this obvious spam and our company lost the certification.
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61%!? What subject line are you using!?
I’m not actually in IT in my org but I remember one they sent out was “FWD: Your Medicare Benefits Package is Maturing” followed a few days later by an actual company wide shame email from the CIO about the click rate.
Yeah… boomer companies.
Probably “Your Microsoft account password needs reset” sadly
I love the notion that you get notified for being hacked, and that you have anti-hacking counter measures that need to be manually activated to take effect.
IT-Sec can be pretty interesting if you know what someone is doing. I agree with you.
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I never understood why it was called Mr. Robot but he was a human?
It’s explained later in the story
spoiler
It`s his dad’s computer repair store’ name. Or the one Elliot wants to see it as (in case of classic unreliable narrator moment).
Did you watch the show?
Mr Robot was his dad’s electronic store.
With „code“ very often just being HTML source of some random site the effects people found.
Which is why Mr Robot was an outstanding show. Everything they showed was plausible and they didn’t throw around random terms to sound nerdy.
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So far, the only “hacking” scene I’ve ever truly appreciated was that time in Matrix Reloaded, where Trinity used nmap to scan for open ssh ports, then used a fake “sshnuke” tool to exploit a real sshv1 crc32 vuln. Enough accuracy to make me appreciate the effort.
Have you seen Mr Robot? I appreciated the attention to detail. Still some small bits of magical god tier abilities, but it was done really well.
Ah, I forgot about Mr Robot. Yeah - that was really accurate in a lot of ways.
I saw that one. I always stopped the frame to look at the code. It never disappointed.
Hacking scenes in shows and movies were always my favorite because of how hilarious they are.
I feel like my python coding is being attacked here.
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Came here to say this.