MOVIE REVIEW: SWORDFISH (2001) HACKING STRATEGIES

MOVIE REVIEW: SWORDFISH (2001) HACKING STRATEGIES

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  1 MOVIE ANALYSIS: SWORDFISH (2001)
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  SUMMARY 3 SWORDFISH (2001)IS AN ACTION-THRILLER FILM DIRECTED BY DOMINIC SENA. THE STORY FOLLOWS GABRIEL SHEAR (JOHN TRAVOLTA), THE LEADER OF A COVERT COUNTER-TERRORIST UNIT CALLED BLACK CELL, AS HE ATTEMPTS TO STEAL BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM A SECRET GOVERNMENT SLUSH FUND. TO DO THIS, HE RECRUITS STANLEY JOBSON (HUGH JACKMAN), A SKILLED HACKER WHO HAS BEEN BANNED FROM USING COMPUTERS DUE TO PAST CRIMES. SHEAR'S PLAN INVOLVES HACKING INTO GOVERNMENT FILES TO ACCESS THE FUNDS, BUT AS THE OPERATION UNFOLDS, JOBSON BECOMES
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  HACKING SCENES 4 BRUTEFORCE ATTACKS: RAPID PASSWORD GUESSING / TIME- CONSUMING AND COMPLEX HYDRA WORM: MULTI-HEADED MALWARE ATTACKING SYSTEMS SIMULTANEOUSLY TROJAN HORSE: DISGUISED MALICIOUS SOFTWARE SOCIAL ENGINEERING: PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIPULATION MAN-IN-THE-MIDDLE ATTACK:
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  KEY MITIGATION STRATEGIES5 USE STRONG PASSWORDS: ENCOURAGE MULTI- FACTOR AUTHENTICATION (MFA) AND PASSWORD MANAGERS. PATCH MANAGEMENT: REGULARLY UPDATE SOFTWARE TO FIX VULNERABILITIES. ANTI-MALWARE TOOLS: DEPLOY AND MAINTAIN ANTI-VIRUS AND ANTI-MALWARE SOFTWARE. EMPLOYEE TRAINING: EDUCATE EMPLOYEES ON PHISHING AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING TACTICS. NETWORK SECURITY: USE ENCRYPTION, SECURE PROTOCOLS, AND FIREWALLS TO PROTECT DATA IN TRANSIT.
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  REALISTIC CYBER-ATTACKS 6 KEYEXAMPLES: SOLARWINDS HACK: A SOPHISTICATED SUPPLY CHAIN ATTACK WANNACRY RANSOMWARE: GLOBAL RANSOMWARE ATTACK USING A WORM ZERO-DAY EXPLOITS: TARGETING UNKNOWN VULNERABILITIES
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  CONCLUSION 7 • SWORDFISHPRESENTS A HIGHLY STYLIZED AND UNREALISTIC VIEW OF HACKING • REAL-WORLD HACKING INVOLVES TIME, PATIENCE, AND A COMBINATION OF METHODS • UNDERSTANDING REAL- WORLD TECHNIQUES AND IMPLEMENTING
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  8 THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS!