Technological World for May 4, consumer tech: How social engineers hack us, tech gifts for Mom

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Everything you post online is information that can be used to hack you; some fun things to get your mom for Mother’s Day.

Jeffrey Katzenberg is a guinea pig for hacking demonstration

Rachel Tobac is an ethical hacker, someone who is hired to demonstrate vulnerabilities and weaknesses in systems. She’s also the head of Social Proof Security, a company that provides training to organizations that may be most at risk to being compromised.

In March, social engineer Tobac and her co-conspirator Evan Tobac participated in a demonstration of how easy it can be for a skilled hacker to get into Dreamworks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg’s computer.

The video is more than a little obvious a promotional endeavour, in this case for digital security provider, Aura, but the techniques that the Tobacs used are valid. They are also scary.

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