Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

by Kevin D. Mitnick

the network until someone named “david”

Audiobook reader said ariel instead of david?

The rap about computer geeks is that we spend countless hours in small, dark rooms, crouched over the glowing screens of our laptops, not even knowing whether it’s day or night. To a nine-to-fiver, that might seem like solitary, but it’s not.

Here, he hit the nail on the head.

Keep your software up to date. Hackers are now targeting vulnerable applications that sit on your desktop, such as Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash, and Internet Explorer, among many others. To protect yourself

against these threats, it’s critical to install the latest updates not just of your operating system but other key applications. A free software program can help you make sure your applications are current; it’s called Secunia Personal Software Inspector.