Vijf Mythes over hacken die je dankzij films gelooft

RDJ134 4 december 2013 om 01:45 uur

Wie veel TV shows en films kijkt weet dat hackers daar wereld vreemde lui zijn die door heel snel te typen (onder druk) binnen no time in de computers van de CIA, FBI zitten of zelfs satellieten over nemen terwijl ze Prodigy luisteren en een hoop techno babbel er uit gooien. De realiteit is dat bijvoorbeeld een WPS attack met Reaver op de WIFI van je buren makkelijk 15 uur in beslag kan nemen, of dat je uren met Kali Linux en Metasploit via een omweg (TOR/VPN/SSH) tool op tool moet los laten op je doelwit. Nu heeft de website Cracked.com dit artikel gepost met vijf mythes over hacken in films en dat het verdomd saai is om te doen.


#2. Myth: Hacking Requires Lightning Reflexes

A lot of movies show hackers furiously typing on keyboards, commands flying across their screen too quickly to see -- movie hacking is a fast-paced job, requiring video-game-honed reflexes. It makes sense: You've got to outrun security, other hackers -- it's the computer equivalent of a gunfight. In the typical hacker duel, the attacker is firing commands and viruses at the system, while the target's own staff of nerds is racing to cut off the attack in real time, trying to chase down the hacker while he jukes and dodges with complex keyboard commands.

In the real world, most hacking tools are fire-and-forget. If you want to break into a site or an IP address, you just pick the right tool, "aim" it, and hit go. Then you walk away from the computer for a while until the tool finishes trying stuff. A lot of hacking is pressing "start" and then rolling out to grab some coffee.

This is not to make hacking sound effortless -- those tools are only right a certain percentage of the time, and the rest of the time will do absolutely nothing. But they do show you where the problems are. I'll spend maybe an hour letting the tool find a weak spot and then 15 minutes actually working out how to break in.

If this is making it sound like even professional hacking doesn't require an expert, well, let's take on the biggest myth of them all ...

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