This guy is what you call a white hat hacker. He tests security systems for people and companies and he helps adjust their flaws. Note: this comment was for the idiots I saw in this comment section who thought they brought a criminal on to youtube
TH-camrs really need to account for their viewer-base. The younger, the more likely they are to not know what a white hat is. Though, they probably knew that, and wanted to attract people to a black hat. Which isn't actually a black hat. Unless he is, but there's quite a level of unlikely-hood there.
He is a criminal though, he actually hacked MySpace to let everyone's pages say I love samy through JavaScript code. He was charged and he couldn't touch a computer for years
@@juliakayaqueen8080 That's how many white hat hackers are contacted by companies and the government. They contact them while they are in jail and they offer them a job testing security.
It's very true but presumably it also opened something that looked like a document with instructions on how to make a "safer" password, which incidentally would help the hacker once that pattern shows up in the log. (my amateur take on it, your comment was the only one i saw about that clip)
It could have been a PDF file with an embedded executable, since it is possible to embed an executable in a PDF file and launch it (it was done in 2010 without exploiting any vulnerabilities, with JS disabled), these days it mostly depends on the reader used to open the PDF but certainly PDF readers present other vulnerabilities, ebooks also present similar problems (for the same reason).
Miss Chief It’s easily debunkable as you can see the file types under a Details listview on windows folders. Even if you spoof the file extension by changing the binary hexadecimals using slack space methods. It’s also common sense... If your company has been hacked and it’s the panic in the inside because there are hackers who took employees identities, any brain with a IQ of +10 should be suspicious when receiving that kind of emails.
herauthon four Slack space is obvious when you read file type on windows explorer. MIME? That’s referring to the content type in a http response header, how is it related to what we’re discussing ? (Genuinely asking)
hacker in movie: _turn on computer_ sammy: this is actually pretty realistic, because you do need to turn on your computer in order to hack other computer
Mr. Robot is so much more realistic than any other clip shown it's not even a comparison. As a programmer, that show was an absolute treat to watch. Literally every single time they showed a computer screen it was showing real, existing tools.
@@Alptraumification Sneakers is actually extremely accurate with regards to old school hacking. Even the theoretical plot mcguffin is very much a real in the sense it is being researched even now and may one day be an actual thing.
I'll argue the resident evil series when they are hacking the firewall is a real exploit on that hardware - the output is even boarder line legit (they added some stuff) - and the opening is later patched (which is something we would see)
@Black Rod he has his own show doesnt he? Idk but regardless of whether or not he's done it before it still feels like something he would be willing to do
@@SorchaSublime Neil deGrasse Tyson has done some movies, but because so many people would rather express their opinions about wanting to simply enjoy the movie rather than consider that others might enjoy Tyson's breakdown.. he's not big on doing them any more..
@@KremitDeFrog True but considering that then audience for this channel is primarily people who want the breakdowns anyway he may be inclined to do so for that pre made audience.
And they didn't have him react to the most accurate part of the scene: where the guy who knows nothing about technology stops the hacker by unplugging the computer. lol
Mr. Robot has the most realistic depiction of hacking. *_Period_* And it's an amazing show you can watch even if you're not a tech-savvy type of a person.
@ChoppedBlade Cybersecurity experts ARE IT people. But yeah, there are many different types of "IT people". They still often have a more clear picture of what "Hacking" is like than most people, even if it's not their specialty.
@ChoppedBlade So... 1) How do you know he's talking about those kind of IT people and 2) Those who you are describing are the college students job levels, who have no interest in IT. If IT support is your career, you're definitely going to learn how it works.
ChoppedBlade And no theyre not stupid, any job that has any relevance to IT, means that they have to had at least a course or a class in computer science of sorts and me being a computer science student myself, i wouldnt say it is for stupid people, computer science is actually pretty difficult because theres so much to it, engineering, maths, economy and so on
I was really hoping he would comment on the two people on one keyboard thing, because any twerp who has used a computer knows that is incredibly stupid.
@@user-vf9to2it8g American football is played in Canada, Mexico, Japan, and various countries in Europe, all of which have professional leagues, and Great Britain has one in the form of BAFA, which has 70 teams.
this series is really cool but for the love of god sTOP INTERRUPTING THE PERSON BEING INTERVIEWED WITH THOSE STUPID CLIPS EVERY FIVE SECONDS THEY ADD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING 90% OF THE TIME
I agree, but if you pay attention to what is being said in the movie clips, it's really funny most of the time. It's almost like the characters are having a conversation with this guy. But yeah, it is super annoying.
There was a lot of good stuff in Mr. Robot - but for drama purposes it was also pretty boring. It's much more exciting in real life, but what can you do about Hollywood?
Actually I got the feeling that he smiled at Hackers as its cheezy fun and Wargames because he is about the right age that the movie might have been a influence on him as a kid. Just guessing that it might have been fond memories of the shows. That said.. what no Antitrust?
You mean like when Tim and Abby are both at the same keyboard at the same time? That might be the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen on a screen in my life.
Omg I know literally nothing about coding except HTML and this confused me so much. Like this is the only thing I could read. What else was completely false?
The only thing I'd split hairs over was the Tron:Legacy bit, but that's more or less an argument over whether exploiting a physical system counts as social engineering. It's definitely part of hacking, otherwise DEF CON wouldn't do lockpicking contests. I'd put that on the editor though, seeing as including something like that would be like me trying to explain why network engineers will argue over what layers are actually responsible for the issues they resolve on the job.
Yeah, a large part of pen testing is physical access, it's a perfectly normal attack vector; so while not in front of a computer, it's definitely "hacking" in the more general type. There's a good # of pen testing ted talks on YT where they talk about physical access they've gained in the past via social hacking, lock picking, etc., which some may not consider 'hacking' at first glance. Very interesting stuff.
@@Nautilus1972 Were you watching what he was commenting on? He only _needed_ a very basic knowledge of programming to describe that crap. Besides, Wired probably told him to keep it to layman's speak as much as possible.
"Hackers" is still my favourite movie. I never liked the visuals (I was a script kiddie) when I was younger, but found out years later when it was finally released on DVD, that the visuals were meant to show how a hacker can easily visualise everything. In particular, the final hack scene with the building style representing file servers, is basically they can just walk through like a library and find/take what they want easily. I think it was a nice touch on the BS required for hollywood, but true to the nature.
also their Chatrooms and Clients were an adapt to what later would be ICQ/MSN as p2p DM service. they just stipulated that everything was in an overall dark net IRC and ppl could just DM you through your handle. its a big problem when people with too much technical expertise try to explain something bc they lack Imagination
I really wish they hadn't kept interrupting him with this little 2 second clips that had absolutely nothing to do with what he was saying every 30 seconds, that drove me crazy
They did that on purpose to quip and joke about the movies/tv shows they were depicting. If that's a bit annoying to some people, oh well, I thought it was a clever way to add to the narration.
16:42 But the hacker disguised the exe as a PDF, so the OS made the victim think it was a PDF. The file is part innocent cover, part payload. Is that so unrealistic?
@DotA TV Which, if it was Adobe Reader... There are a number of bugs in previous years that would allow code execution when opening a PDF in Adobe. That's part of the reason Firefox, Chrome and even Edge have their own (limited) PDF viewers now.
PDFs Can contain some javascript. In past years there have been multiple vulnerabilities that allowed a malicious script to drop a file on the system and then execute it
Pretty sure there's a special character that can flip the characters after it, making anything possible really (eg. a file called 'annfdp.exe' can become 'annexe.pdf')
6:25 has got to be one of my favorite parts. And the whole MR. ROBOT thing for that matter. "He's the head of IT. And he's also an idiot." "The hospitals run their systems on Windows 98" then expert says, "Which is actually pretty accurate." That is both funny and terrifying at the same time.
@D not really... I don't consider a "formatting" style to be code but that depends on your definition of code. And seeing "code in terminal" doesn't even make sense... does he mean the output that the code produces?
I really enjoy these Technique Critique videos, the professionals are incredibly impressing, but I agree that WIRED should probably chill with editing. I understand they're aiming for it to be more entertaining, but it's ultimately disruptive. Keep the playbacks relevant, please.
11:08 "a fictitious tool" correction: the movie actually used a very real SSH vulnerability (CVE-2001-0144) and sshnuke is just a name they chose for their exploit implementation
Yeah, Wired shoulda put his name in the video title. I almost didn't watch, since I knew as a computer security professional, I wouldn't be learning anything, but if I'd known it was ma boy Samy, I would've been all over it. That being said, TV & movie hacking is usually so bad it inspires me to laugh wildly and/or groan horribly, but Samy is such an even-keeled and diplomatic guy that we kinda got robbed of an opportunity for vicarious unrealism pains here.
Commenters keeps giving the video editor crap for his bad editing; but I don’t see what you guys are talking ab...... Oh. I mean, it’s not that ba.... Oh.
Anyone who needs to create a hacking scene, should be talking to this guy. He comes across as very knowledgeable on the subject, naturally Intelligent, yet not arrogant but nice and sincere . Thumbs up.,
@@demonicclips7180 But this is poor execution of a pretty annoying editing style. If you are doing cutaways, they should at least take up the full screen. And second, they should be a LOT shorter than these. It's supposed to keep things exciting for people with shot attention spans, not make them forget what the question was.
1:36 It's realistic to hack traffic lights, it's not realistic to turn conflicting directions green. There is a hardware fail-safe called the Malfunction Management Unit that prevents it.
yeah. it would be more realistic if they simply deactivated all of them instead of turning all directions green. Also, for their intents, it would have been more than enough to just hack the directions they needed for their plan :>
@@sethadkins546 To change the firmware of the MMU, they would have to physically access it. MMUs are generally in an alarm-rigged control box, often underground. It may be easier to add a remotely activated relay to swap red and green wires in the traffic lights themselves, not many people will question you if you open them with a hi-vis vest on but the MMU will probably detect that tampering and report it. Not really a hack though.
@@IGamingStation Eh, what? You can hack into the traffic lights and you can change the signals but you can't change them in a way that will cause crashes, as is often depicted in movies.
Hackers is one of my all-time favorite movies. However, when combined with the fact that I wasn't feeling well at the time, the simultaneous and overlapping of accuracy and inaccuracy once gave me a nosebleed. Seriously. The accurate hacking is represented by some of the wildest and most potentially misleading visuals I have ever seen. Spending a couple hours rummaging through databases for a file is shown by flying through a virtual city. Sure, the cool factor is off the charts, and it well represents the thrill, but it just perpetuates the "computers are magic" attitude Hollywood is only now just kinda sorta getting over. And that goes for most of the scenes of actual hacking.
@@DrKozmoz Oh look there is an original well deserved insult about some random guy on the internet and it involves the intelligence quotient. Oh my... now I've seen it all
i learned barely any html and decided to trick my friends and convince them i am “hacking” so i tricked them, they reported me to the principal and the principal explained that it was html code and it cannot hack anything
Now I only need to download this video, fix the horrible editing and then learn how to hack youtube so I can replace this video with the fixed version.
the evaluation on tony starks “phone hacking” holds a special place in my heart sincerely, someone who reveled in the moments where we would meme the teacher who couldn’t figure out how the projector worked in class before 2016
It helps if they're borderline to severely Asperger's, said hoodie never reveals their eyes and fonts are all white on black or even still green on black as per mid 80's computers! There must be either be a Rubik's cube at the hacker's desk or the t-shirt being worn under the hoodie must have a late 90's metal band or a post-punk/Goth screenprint- also white on black- always, no exception! Any pets they have must either be a slobbering bulldog of some description or even better a large tegu lizard or Burmese Python. Failing those a ferret!
@@xink64 you're saying viewing html in the cli is not the terminal. Which is exactly where you're wrong. It is the terminal. I'm RHCSA and centos certified.
Actually you can hide all types of files in ".pdf" including ".exe" through an exploit in programs that read those files like adobe reader or chromium.
@@morosov4595 Yup I immediately thought of this. A lot of phishing attacks aren't PDFs disguised as executables, but getting some unpatched processing software to execute arbitrary code when the PDF is run
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I love that you can almost hear him trying not to roll his eyes at some of the worst clips.
6:58 when the eyes send their roll to the mouth .. "I don't know w-what we want to say about this."
16:00
He's trying to not laugh
I'm rolling mine at some of these lol 😂
Is being able to “hear” someone rolling eyes a thing?...
@@mkseed9188 No. But hearing someone trying not to.
This guy is what you call a white hat hacker. He tests security systems for people and companies and he helps adjust their flaws.
Note: this comment was for the idiots I saw in this comment section who thought they brought a criminal on to youtube
TH-camrs really need to account for their viewer-base. The younger, the more likely they are to not know what a white hat is. Though, they probably knew that, and wanted to attract people to a black hat. Which isn't actually a black hat. Unless he is, but there's quite a level of unlikely-hood there.
Usually Indians are obsessed with the term, it's just lolz
@Sean Mondout I do agree with you, we have a world of information at our fingertips. Few people exploit that. We all should be.
He is a criminal though, he actually hacked MySpace to let everyone's pages say I love samy through JavaScript code. He was charged and he couldn't touch a computer for years
@@juliakayaqueen8080 That's how many white hat hackers are contacted by companies and the government. They contact them while they are in jail and they offer them a job testing security.
"That's a pretty long password for someone who doesn't know the difference between a pdf and an executable" throwing some SHADE
It's very true but presumably it also opened something that looked like a document with instructions on how to make a "safer" password, which incidentally would help the hacker once that pattern shows up in the log.
(my amateur take on it, your comment was the only one i saw about that clip)
It could have been a PDF file with an embedded executable, since it is possible to embed an executable in a PDF file and launch it (it was done in 2010 without exploiting any vulnerabilities, with JS disabled), these days it mostly depends on the reader used to open the PDF but certainly PDF readers present other vulnerabilities, ebooks also present similar problems (for the same reason).
Miss Chief
It’s easily debunkable as you can see the file types under a Details listview on windows folders.
Even if you spoof the file extension by changing the binary hexadecimals using slack space methods.
It’s also common sense...
If your company has been hacked and it’s the panic in the inside because there are hackers who took employees identities, any brain with a IQ of +10 should be suspicious when receiving that kind of emails.
dont trust MIME or FILE ident
trapdoor 101
herauthon four
Slack space is obvious when you read file type on windows explorer.
MIME? That’s referring to the content type in a http response header, how is it related to what we’re discussing ? (Genuinely asking)
Guy: says one sentence
Editor: so anyways here's a clip of the movie
The editor is doing a great disservice to what this guy is talking about.
@@jarrodsteve6104 u literally just copy and pasted a top comment. Child
@@RAPTOR-zo7gt The editor is doing a great disservice to what this guy is talking about.
@@TFDUDE123 lmao
@@TFDUDE123 The editor is doing a great disservice to what the guy is talking about.
I just love how he starts watching every hacking scene with a smile and then it slowly fades away
Some of them his face at the end of the clip is literally just like “omg wtf is this”
he seemed pretty pleased talking about mr robot ngl
@@asutoshrath8890 because that was the most accurate showcase
Reminds me of myself when I watch this kind of thing
😀
The editor is doing a great disservice to what this guy is talking about.
These videos typically have great editing, what's different this time?
I agree with you, watched only til 1:29, can't stand it.
Young ADV if u were a hacker like me u would understand
The Hated One Yeah, the interruption is annoying
Yeah, the constant interruptions with clips are incredibly annoying. They do that in all of these Technique videos and they need to stop.
hacker in movie: _turn on computer_
sammy: this is actually pretty realistic, because you do need to turn on your computer in order to hack other computer
or do you??
@@alexzurp7739 Well, I can install Kali on my smartphone, so no, you don't.
@@Mr.Heller my man :D
@@Mr.Heller smartphone and "computer" are the same these days. Smartphone is a computer. So yes you do. Lmao
Wtf dude seriously, have some respect.
Mr. Robot is so much more realistic than any other clip shown it's not even a comparison. As a programmer, that show was an absolute treat to watch. Literally every single time they showed a computer screen it was showing real, existing tools.
Its probably so cringy for him to watch these hacking scenes
Petelo What is your pfp?
I don't think the word "cringy" is part of his vocabulary. "Cringeworthy" however most likely is.
@@jonah6300 deus ex
Depends, pretty sure he still has some humors, and besides some of the clips are sort of realistic.
No, they're pretty realistic.
*Adds a gigabyte of ram*
Lol he's not a hacker.
1. He's not wearing a hoodie
2. He's not wearing a hacker mask
@@ceon8653 r/woooosh
You don't really get the joke do you?
@@ceon8653 what was the joke?
@@jokerbatman101 I think the joke is you're... an idiot? I'm not gonna lie, I have no idea what his joke was.
any woooosh has been neutralized. we do not have enough information to deem this individual infact, wooooshed.
-Mr. Woooosh
Na he not a hacker if not wearing a hoodie and not typing random stuff really fast
Mr. Robot being the most accurate clip as it should be
I don't believe that any movie or show could be more accurate or realistic than Mr. Robot.
Mr robot is on another level of movie hacking.. is beyond..
Literally the only reason I watched.
@@Alptraumification Sneakers is actually extremely accurate with regards to old school hacking. Even the theoretical plot mcguffin is very much a real in the sense it is being researched even now and may one day be an actual thing.
fsociety.py does exist.
*Mr. Robot* shows the most realistic, accurate and the best hacking ever shown in all of movies, series or whatever.
Yeah cause the last movie about hacking was made in the '90s.
@@nenadpopov3601 What about Live Free or Die Hard?
I'll argue the resident evil series when they are hacking the firewall is a real exploit on that hardware - the output is even boarder line legit (they added some stuff) - and the opening is later patched (which is something we would see)
Mr Robot is really underrated
You should ask an astronomer to break down space movies.
I'm fairlynsure Neil De grasse Tyson would be game
@Black Rod he has his own show doesnt he? Idk but regardless of whether or not he's done it before it still feels like something he would be willing to do
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@@SorchaSublime Neil deGrasse Tyson has done some movies, but because so many people would rather express their opinions about wanting to simply enjoy the movie rather than consider that others might enjoy Tyson's breakdown.. he's not big on doing them any more..
@@KremitDeFrog True but considering that then audience for this channel is primarily people who want the breakdowns anyway he may be inclined to do so for that pre made audience.
I like that he wasn't too harsh or arrogant about the unrealistic clips
This man is like humbleness personified, I like him 😁
No he is trying to keep it simple and understandable for the public and people who aren't experts at hacking
@@slimshady1006 Will the fake slim shady please sit down.
I mean, he shut down the "gigabyte of Ram" mid hack scene so graciously. Really strong will that took I'm sure. :P
And if he was critical? That's the point of this video lol
The worst part of that NCIS clip is two people sharing one keyboard simultaneously typing on half the keyboard each.
And they didn't have him react to the most accurate part of the scene: where the guy who knows nothing about technology stops the hacker by unplugging the computer. lol
😂😂😂
NCIS is so cringe.
I could imagine one of the two pressing alt, ctrl or shift when needed
It would be awesome if people actually managed to speed up typing that way
hahahahahaha
Mr. Robot has the most realistic depiction of hacking. *_Period_* And it's an amazing show you can watch even if you're not a tech-savvy type of a person.
“Gigabyte of ram should do the trick”
I’m deceased.
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Lmao
Yes, more ram is needed downloadmoreram.com/.
Only then you'll be able to play Crysis
@@Refuse2Lose33 Construct additional RAM
What? Why don't you download more RAMs?
My dad is a IT and he goes nuts over "hacking" scenes. I love it.
@ChoppedBlade Cybersecurity experts ARE IT people. But yeah, there are many different types of "IT people". They still often have a more clear picture of what "Hacking" is like than most people, even if it's not their specialty.
@ChoppedBlade So... 1) How do you know he's talking about those kind of IT people and 2) Those who you are describing are the college students job levels, who have no interest in IT. If IT support is your career, you're definitely going to learn how it works.
ChoppedBlade And no theyre not stupid, any job that has any relevance to IT, means that they have to had at least a course or a class in computer science of sorts and me being a computer science student myself, i wouldnt say it is for stupid people, computer science is actually pretty difficult because theres so much to it, engineering, maths, economy and so on
@ChoppedBlade Nah you're just saying nonsense
6:25 "He is the IT department, and he is also an idiot" - _Mr Robot channeling the sentiment of the whole infosec community._
NCIS clip be like:
"I'm getting hacked"
*guy steps in because girl wasn't pressing random button fast enough.
He went to MIT to learn to type that fast.
@@davidgagnon3781 did he get a Masters In Typing, lol.
Gibbs steps in and pulls the power cable out because neither of them were pressing random buttons fast enough :P
@@rswife777 lol
I was really hoping he would comment on the two people on one keyboard thing, because any twerp who has used a computer knows that is incredibly stupid.
The guy : says something
The 12 year old editor: we can't have that
lol
Man. Hahahahhaa NCIS hahahahaha
* unborn old editor
Literally! Why are they mad they don't understand?
@@user-vf9to2it8g American football is played in Canada, Mexico, Japan, and various countries in Europe, all of which have professional leagues, and Great Britain has one in the form of BAFA, which has 70 teams.
Wired, you're showing a text editor when he's talking about a terminal
Exactly my thought 😂
Probably because the editor didn't know the difference
With html lol
HAAHAHA IKR, IS VERY INSULTING.
To be honest though, they could be running nano in a terminal.
Whoever's idea it was to keep interrupting the genius with the movie lines in between should get fired.
I second this
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed 🙄
I third this
@@sams4mmmm omfg i thought i was the only one who notices that. it was just so blended in the video. it was so difficult for me notice
I second this
I want this dude to explain everything! His thoughts are just so well organised, not a wasted word lol.
When he laughs you know it’s not even close to a realistic scenario 🤦♂️
The most Realistic is NCIS 6:56
@@ganipra7402 the most realistic is mr robot ;)
@@fudes587 I'm pretty sure they were being sarcastic.
@@ganipra7402 Two people using the same keyboard is gawd tier hacker
love his smile when the hacking is inaccurate x)
Never had I seen such a subtle yet powerful depiction of the word "wow" on someones face
this series is really cool but for the love of god sTOP INTERRUPTING THE PERSON BEING INTERVIEWED WITH THOSE STUPID CLIPS EVERY FIVE SECONDS THEY ADD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING 90% OF THE TIME
T H A N K Y O U
100%
I know the editing is some of the most obnoxious I’ve seen
thank you
I agree, but if you pay attention to what is being said in the movie clips, it's really funny most of the time. It's almost like the characters are having a conversation with this guy. But yeah, it is super annoying.
You don’t have to put a clip relating to what he says after every sentence
This made me laugh i appreciate it
Oh my god right?
Drove me CRAZY.
Wired does this a lot, but they got way too carried away with this one
Sorry i wont do it again :(
He seemed so interested in Mr. Robot and then . . . . you showed NCIS to him.
That's rude, man. 6:04
There was a lot of good stuff in Mr. Robot - but for drama purposes it was also pretty boring. It's much more exciting in real life, but what can you do about Hollywood?
i"M gETtInG hAcKeD!!!!!
they have used some of Sam's tools in Mr Robot. like hotel room door hack.
Yo is that a video game?
@@biganddomestic3726 NO Tony wE'rE gEtTiNg hAcKeD
"...would be a terminal" *shows HTML in a text editor*
Ron lol right😂😂
I caught the same thing while watching it. I'm no hacker, but come on Wired. LOL
I know.
rightttt😂😂😂
What minute?
"I need some help! I can't keep up with the hacker!"
"I have an idea." **Plugs in a second mouse**
The editing is giving me anxiety like Jesus stop interrupting the person that is being interviewed🚫😂
Delphiniox it’s so bad
100% agree
Agreed
And love the profile pic🥺
Is that Hyungwon?
@@smwatertasteslikewater yesss it is hyungwon he is my ult❤️❤️
I just love when he smiles as a scene passes by. It's like "what were they thinking?"
@singleplayers I feel the same
directors are stupid in respect to computers
ikr,,, his reaction every scene.
Actually I got the feeling that he smiled at Hackers as its cheezy fun and Wargames because he is about the right age that the movie might have been a influence on him as a kid. Just guessing that it might have been fond memories of the shows.
That said.. what no Antitrust?
I think its the i'm dying inside type of smile
Somebody must've hacked into this video, he keeps freezing and the hacker keeps bringing up movie lines.
He did.
they do that in all these WIRED vids
The editor is doing a great disservice to what this guy is talking about.
@stretch The editor is doing a great disservice to what this guy is talking about.
@stretch The editor is doing a great disservice to what this guy is talking about.
When i hear "A gigabyte of ram should to the trick" i feel like ive experienced the 5 stages of grief 7 times.
Gotta respect his demeanor. He didn't fall down laughing or called something ridiculous on its face even when it was incredibly absurd 😂
Well, except for NCIS. But that scene would break anybody.
@@mattschemmer3091 And they didn't even showed the full scene... One guy later pulls the monitor cable and the "hack" stops smh
You mean like when Tim and Abby are both at the same keyboard at the same time? That might be the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen on a screen in my life.
The man has the patience of a saint.
"A more accurate interface would be a console or terminal"
*WIRED shows HTML document*
Wesley Berry was literally gonna comment this, but knew somebody had to already.. 😂😂
Exactly my thought XD
lol I discovered this comment a little too late 😂
AHAH I suddenly stop too and went straight to the comment xD
Omg I know literally nothing about coding except HTML and this confused me so much. Like this is the only thing I could read. What else was completely false?
Oh yeah, my favorite programming language: 3D forms
I only hack into corporate servers using Unreal Engine 4.
I hack my moms cupboard for clothes
😂😂😂
I prefer dungeon crawling like yugioh courtesy of SETO KAIBA
its a movie after all. You cannot just show somebody in a room looking at text for 80 min. runtime :D
He tried his best for not insulting those scenes by not saying complete truth about them😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah for all of them , buy not about Me robot. Mr robot is only movie about hacking that is 100% realistic
@@Itsaaryan1 ok
deadass
This guy is extremely knowledgeable and Wired should really stop with the 'funny' little edits during his explanations
The only thing I'd split hairs over was the Tron:Legacy bit, but that's more or less an argument over whether exploiting a physical system counts as social engineering. It's definitely part of hacking, otherwise DEF CON wouldn't do lockpicking contests.
I'd put that on the editor though, seeing as including something like that would be like me trying to explain why network engineers will argue over what layers are actually responsible for the issues they resolve on the job.
Yeah, a large part of pen testing is physical access, it's a perfectly normal attack vector; so while not in front of a computer, it's definitely "hacking" in the more general type. There's a good # of pen testing ted talks on YT where they talk about physical access they've gained in the past via social hacking, lock picking, etc., which some may not consider 'hacking' at first glance. Very interesting stuff.
Right. Like showing HTML when he's talking about a terminal/console.
I'm a programmer, he displayed very basic knowledge of programming.
@@Nautilus1972 Were you watching what he was commenting on? He only _needed_ a very basic knowledge of programming to describe that crap. Besides, Wired probably told him to keep it to layman's speak as much as possible.
Samy: "So in this-"
Editor: *FUNNY CLIP HERE*
Samy: "clip"
Editor: *FUNNY CLIP HERE*
Samy: "the hacker is-"
Editor: *FUNNY CLIP HERE*
i swear that shits so fuckin annoying
That's over-exaggerating.
@@Chris_Cross around 6:40 it's pretty accurate
@@kideyebrow2633 No it's not. Here, he gets interrupted three times before he even finished his sentence. At 6:40, he only gets interrupted once.
@@Chris_Cross look up what "around" means please
"Hackers" is still my favourite movie. I never liked the visuals (I was a script kiddie) when I was younger, but found out years later when it was finally released on DVD, that the visuals were meant to show how a hacker can easily visualise everything. In particular, the final hack scene with the building style representing file servers, is basically they can just walk through like a library and find/take what they want easily. I think it was a nice touch on the BS required for hollywood, but true to the nature.
so what are you now? CSE at NSA?
also their Chatrooms and Clients were an adapt to what later would be ICQ/MSN as p2p DM service.
they just stipulated that everything was in an overall dark net IRC and ppl could just DM you through your handle.
its a big problem when people with too much technical expertise try to explain something bc they lack Imagination
"I don't know what to say to this. It's too much. Stop the pop-ups." HAHAHAH
*sad internet explorer noises*
I really wish they hadn't kept interrupting him with this little 2 second clips that had absolutely nothing to do with what he was saying every 30 seconds, that drove me crazy
I agree. jfc, I couldn’t even finish the video
I loved that part lol
I was looking for a comment saying they were nice, actually. I liked 'em
They did that on purpose to quip and joke about the movies/tv shows they were depicting. If that's a bit annoying to some people, oh well, I thought it was a clever way to add to the narration.
FIRE THR EDITOR
That was a pretty long password for someone who can't tell the difference between a pdf and executable file 😂😂😂😂😂
16:42 But the hacker disguised the exe as a PDF, so the OS made the victim think it was a PDF. The file is part innocent cover, part payload. Is that so unrealistic?
@DotA TV Which, if it was Adobe Reader... There are a number of bugs in previous years that would allow code execution when opening a PDF in Adobe. That's part of the reason Firefox, Chrome and even Edge have their own (limited) PDF viewers now.
me: *reading this interaction* ...yes
PDFs Can contain some javascript. In past years there have been multiple vulnerabilities that allowed a malicious script to drop a file on the system and then execute it
Pretty sure there's a special character that can flip the characters after it, making anything possible really (eg. a file called 'annfdp.exe' can become 'annexe.pdf')
6:25 has got to be one of my favorite parts. And the whole MR. ROBOT thing for that matter. "He's the head of IT. And he's also an idiot." "The hospitals run their systems on Windows 98" then expert says, "Which is actually pretty accurate." That is both funny and terrifying at the same time.
I like the fact the guy is fair and not unnecessarily dismissive of some of the scenarios.
For me only Mr. Robot and this Telephone hacking scene count as they show realistic UIs and not some crap like... Ugh... PSF
@Jaguar Z he's dismissive where he needs to be. Obviously some of it is ridiculous.
STOP INTERRUPTING THE PERSON SPEAKING WITH UN-FUNNY PAUSES WIRED!!!!
Truuyy
this is why the video is 20 minutes long
WIRED often does this in their Expert Analysis videos, presumably for the sake of humor. It’s quite annoying.
Keeping people watching longer makes their videos more popular
I think it's kind of funny, but they literally do it every half to two sentences
"A more accurate interface would be a console or terminal..."
*Shows html*
Come on, Wired.
What's wrong with HTML? It is still code you can see in a terminal
@@Puyols37 Sublime Text != terminal
@@Puyols37 HTML is not code
@D not really... I don't consider a "formatting" style to be code but that depends on your definition of code. And seeing "code in terminal" doesn't even make sense... does he mean the output that the code produces?
Html is not code nor a programming language, its a markup language
His face is like the face parents make when they see their kids trying to walk for the first time. It's a cute attempt.
WANna DoWnLoAD SoME RAM!?
Fire Tiger 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yea just attach it to a PDF.
send PiRaTe link please
OkIe bOyZ HErEs tHe liNk: www.buttfuckyourpc.malware.com
@@TadhgerLily - @niceone 👍
I really enjoy these Technique Critique videos, the professionals are incredibly impressing, but I agree that WIRED should probably chill with editing. I understand they're aiming for it to be more entertaining, but it's ultimately disruptive. Keep the playbacks relevant, please.
It's almost a meme actually
God the pain in his face when he said "Alien Hacking" was phenomenal.
11:08 "a fictitious tool"
correction: the movie actually used a very real SSH vulnerability (CVE-2001-0144) and sshnuke is just a name they chose for their exploit implementation
samy kamkar discovered the flaws in visa cards, php and many more stuff. he is an internet legend
To discover flaws in PHP, all you have to do is try and write a PHP script.
can you do it? please don't make these rubbish replies
Kinda cool I never made the connection there. He is a legend.
@@ZintherZ It's a joke on how php is awful to use. Which in the newer versions is not so much the case thankfully
Yeah, Wired shoulda put his name in the video title. I almost didn't watch, since I knew as a computer security professional, I wouldn't be learning anything, but if I'd known it was ma boy Samy, I would've been all over it. That being said, TV & movie hacking is usually so bad it inspires me to laugh wildly and/or groan horribly, but Samy is such an even-keeled and diplomatic guy that we kinda got robbed of an opportunity for vicarious unrealism pains here.
The guy at 4:00 wears sunglasses while in front of a pc... so, totally legit hacker, move on.
You don't rock a pair of GUNNAR™S when you type? This is what people did before those existed
Because of the screen not the keyboard, what idiot looks at the keyboard while typing
@@Mr-kr5yh Only the lamers and noobs.,
Hey, some of those CRTs could give you a tan.
No hoodie = immediate DQ.
Commenters keeps giving the video editor crap for his bad editing; but I don’t see what you guys are talking ab...... Oh.
I mean, it’s not that ba.... Oh.
+Tiger H. Lore i honestly don't see it lmao the editing is fine.. he does that to add context as to what Samy is talking about/explaining
meowww
+Tiger H. Lore - i think i was enjoying the sound effects in Matrix lol
i know righ...
Hahahahaha. So accurate Tiger
as a programmer myself, it's been a hard time to see movies with hacking scenes without cringing
The reason why they haven't shown an example of Hackerman, for anyone wondering, is because Hackerman is the real deal.
the NSA would take the video down.
The best hacker movie is actually "Who Am I: no system is safe" that's the best and most accurate movie I've ever watch.
But wouldn't it be a good idea to actually show what's realistic compared to the rest of the movies.
Gabriel Gómez r/woosh
@@Gabodxt whoami, nice name.
Every Movie Hacker: You do realize its impossible to get into that system right??
Few minutes later
"I'M IN" 😂💀
More like seconds
Hahahahahaha lol
And I've got the nuke launch codes to North korea!
So true😂
@@sacredsilence4471 LMAO
"A most efficient way it would be a terminal"
- Editor shows some HTML
Mr robot part at 6:05
Tytyty
@Brianna Leigh took me forever to find it cause I was skipping through and passed it 3 times lol
Nice try hacker.
dont ruin the 443 like count please
Thanks, that's why i've clicked on this video
I am so glad the NCIS clip is included, it's gloriously stupid
NCIS is just stupid.
oSlotho SVOE not really
Doom2Guy the amount of pop-ups
As much as I love NCIS that was stupid
They skipped the best part where the old guy fixes it by unplugging the monitor!
Meanwhile graphics are showing HTML code for "console interface" FML
This is why we get a bad rep :(
mahchymk93 IK😂😂😂
Well WIERD are as stupid as their neighbor!
They also show HTML when he says code, HTML is a Markup Language not "code"
@@gonace HTML is still code, if they call HTML a programming language then they will be wrong
well you can basically hack people by going to a html page to do XSS, so its not that inaccurate
Anyone who needs to create a hacking scene, should be talking to this guy. He comes across as very knowledgeable on the subject, naturally Intelligent, yet not arrogant but nice and sincere . Thumbs up.,
Awful editing. Whoever did this needs to be ashamed .
This a somewhat common editing style though.
Rcbif All of Wired’s Technique Critique videos are edited the same. This is the only one people seem to have a problem with. What is different?
I rather enjoyed it. Instead of multiple voices trying to compete, they would pause one and allow the other to speak.
@@demonicclips7180 But this is poor execution of a pretty annoying editing style. If you are doing cutaways, they should at least take up the full screen. And second, they should be a LOT shorter than these. It's supposed to keep things exciting for people with shot attention spans, not make them forget what the question was.
They keep making the videos interrupt his sentences. The editing undermines what he’s saying and is just confusing lmao
When I am looking through my friend's computer without him knowing
Me: *I'm in*
*HACC*
When I'm alone with a girl for more than 2 minutes
The guy is really great at breaking down the scenes and explaining the real deal. The editor tho😑
A gigabyte of RAM should do the trick
that freeze frame at the end lmfao
This guy looks so happy and excited when the movie clips come in....it seems that he too enjoys it very much
1:36 It's realistic to hack traffic lights, it's not realistic to turn conflicting directions green. There is a hardware fail-safe called the Malfunction Management Unit that prevents it.
yeah. it would be more realistic if they simply deactivated all of them instead of turning all directions green. Also, for their intents, it would have been more than enough to just hack the directions they needed for their plan :>
I mean maybe they could rewrite the firmware and it would turn off the MMU?
@@sethadkins546 To change the firmware of the MMU, they would have to physically access it. MMUs are generally in an alarm-rigged control box, often underground. It may be easier to add a remotely activated relay to swap red and green wires in the traffic lights themselves, not many people will question you if you open them with a hi-vis vest on but the MMU will probably detect that tampering and report it. Not really a hack though.
@@stensoft You can't hack into the traffic lights, but you can't change the signals? That seems to be redundant.
@@IGamingStation Eh, what? You can hack into the traffic lights and you can change the signals but you can't change them in a way that will cause crashes, as is often depicted in movies.
Alright here is 10kg of cocaine. Now edit this video.
Of course you're familiar with it I see.
@@DrKozmoz he's not, video would've been much better on that
LMAO! True
lmfaaaoooo
I am a cocaine expert, and this comment is quite accurate
Hackers is one of my all-time favorite movies. However, when combined with the fact that I wasn't feeling well at the time, the simultaneous and overlapping of accuracy and inaccuracy once gave me a nosebleed. Seriously. The accurate hacking is represented by some of the wildest and most potentially misleading visuals I have ever seen.
Spending a couple hours rummaging through databases for a file is shown by flying through a virtual city. Sure, the cool factor is off the charts, and it well represents the thrill, but it just perpetuates the "computers are magic" attitude Hollywood is only now just kinda sorta getting over. And that goes for most of the scenes of actual hacking.
You know what hackers did when Police showed up at their house?
They ransomware safe
Dude xD
😂
lol nice
that's a good one
lol
The only thing I'm sure about this video is that the editor was high af
Du yu Kno da way to da graav!!!
Ok
myblog883355.blogspot.com/2018/11/white-hacker-best-hacking-book.html
@@DrKozmoz Oh look there is an original well deserved insult about some random guy on the internet and it involves the intelligence quotient. Oh my... now I've seen it all
Danjimaru Ikr xD
I love Mr. Robot for its realism in EVERYTHING.
*Me a non Hacker
“Yes yes I see”
yeees I definitely know what you're talking about ... haha *nervous laughter*
why is a cute innocent meme girl posting this
Natsuki, hello my love
Yuri is best girl, sorry sis
@@stealthcell662 sorry triggered hanzo main xd
just monika
Oh my God. Please. Stop. With. The. Constant. Interruption.
@Benjamin Franklin that was the joke Benny boy
@Benjamin Franklin sorry benzo mcdoggins
@Benjamin Franklin benjo franko
@Benjamin Franklin Mc Franks
@Benjamin Franklin Branklin Frenjamin
Could y’all do funeral directors
You’d be surprised how inaccurate media portrayals are
Good idea!
@Alex May I wanna see that joke be played
I can tell that he's trying so hard not to laugh at most of the scenes.
He talks so calmly, Im at peace.
Omg those random little clips they play every 2 seconds and interrupt him make this video unwatchable
for real! their worst one is still the one with the astronaut reviewing space movies though:
th-cam.com/video/oHg5SJYRHA0/w-d-xo.html
Ikr, the astronaut, the former CIA agent and the Hacker ones too, it's hard to watch
@@nomadwithalaptop I laughed because I got caught lmao
@@nomadwithalaptop Aw crap. You got me
@@nomadwithalaptop dont forget the pilot one
I love how they didn't even bother changing the text in the html code. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet adipiscing elit 😂
How did this editing get past so many people?
Because it is a film first so visuals trump realism. Like most action movies completely exaggerate muzzle flash on weapons.
Its expected because anything meant for a mainstream audience needs to be edited for a 5 second attention span.
I hope someone edits the goofy parts out.
@@heresyourproblem9939 I think they're talking about the editing of this video (with the constant interruptions)
Someone hacked them and messed with their editing, obviously.
Hackers in Movies be like
Pressing Random keys for five seconds and then "Hey,I have access to the government databases"
Or drag/open close windows super fast and yell IM GETTING HACKED!!
"I'm in."
@@ugolattanzio9152 in where?
@@omo.tstarboy3690 joe mama
i learned barely any html and decided to trick my friends and convince them i am “hacking”
so i tricked them, they reported me to the principal and the principal explained that it was html code and it cannot hack anything
Now I only need to download this video, fix the horrible editing and then learn how to hack youtube so I can replace this video with the fixed version.
SoidSnake No hacking required, just chop it up and reupload it. Half of YT is monetized re-ups of stolen content.
Upload some reaction videos, too. Because I like watching people stare at a screen.
Ask Samy to do it
SoidSnake TH-cam needs to be hacked and have the excess SJW controllers removed lol
Rob Mangeri hopefully there will be a big hack like that soon
You missed the best part about the NCIS scene... Gibbs unplugging the whole computer and everything magically fixing itself!
Or the one where he shoots the computer screen to stop a hack leaving the computer completely untouched
God, this editing is atrocious. Do you really have to fill every centisecond where the guy's not talking with some arbitrary movie clip?
RIGHT??? THat's so annoying lol
nobody :
hackers in movies : let me in
*LET ME IIIINN!*
or ill huff and ill puff and i make a udp service sweep and take advantage of your holes with my soap.
...
_i'm in_
Can someone please hack the editing of this video?
the evaluation on tony starks “phone hacking” holds a special place in my heart
sincerely,
someone who reveled in the moments where we would meme the teacher who couldn’t figure out how the projector worked in class before 2016
“Mr. Robot is consistently accurate”
The revolution is underway
You are only a hacker if you wear a hoodie and can type random stuff real fast.
I think you just described a shitposter
R U twlling me that im being a hacker as im typing this comment? :DDDD
It helps if they're borderline to severely Asperger's, said hoodie never reveals their eyes and fonts are all white on black or even still green on black as per mid 80's computers! There must be either be a Rubik's cube at the hacker's desk or the t-shirt being worn under the hoodie must have a late 90's metal band or a post-punk/Goth screenprint- also white on black- always, no exception! Any pets they have must either be a slobbering bulldog of some description or even better a large tegu lizard or Burmese Python. Failing those a ferret!
Poser
I think you meant ‘mashing the keyboard without any coherent structure or form'.
"A more accurate interface [for hacking] would be a terminal."
*Shows HTML*
I mean technically in a linux terminal you can view html for Apache web server. It's totally possible to edit html documents through the terminal.
LoL, I caught that.
@@steyyJ not only possible, many people code in terminal with vim, emacs etc. all the time
@@steyyJ But that's not a terminal and a hacker rarely hacks through HTML, except maybe CSS exploits.
@@xink64 you're saying viewing html in the cli is not the terminal. Which is exactly where you're wrong. It is the terminal. I'm RHCSA and centos certified.
I love how they say "hacker", not "former" hacker.
This video sounds like me trying to use quotes in an essay
Haha
myblog883355.blogspot.com/2018/11/white-hacker-best-hacking-book.html
boom roasted
"it's pretty unrealistic"
you can use twitch emotes in youtube??????
I almost cried when they showed HTML as their example of efficient console use. Its not even indented!
the lack of tabs is cringey!
Guys don’t hacks me with with a code that has a structural purpose for a website!1!1!1
The Hacker: "Enough with the pop up"
Me: "Please editor listen to him"
"That's a pretty long password for someone who can't tell the difference between a pdf and an executable." Love it. About spit out my coffee.
Actually you can hide all types of files in ".pdf" including ".exe" through an exploit in programs that read those files like adobe reader or chromium.
@@morosov4595 Yup I immediately thought of this. A lot of phishing attacks aren't PDFs disguised as executables, but getting some unpatched processing software to execute arbitrary code when the PDF is run
"Stop the pop-ups."
_looks at the editor_
"Heyy, it's a pop-up!" -Master of Disguise
I think someone hacked this video and added some malicious editing.
12:53 The graphics are too intense!