Fort Myers City Council to provide update on Fowler Street construction projectHot and humid Thursday before evening isolated storms impact coastal communities
FORT MYERS Fort Myers City Council to provide update on Fowler Street construction project The Fort Myers City Council is set to provide an update on the progress of the Fowler Street intersection project.
the weather authority Hot and humid Thursday before evening isolated storms impact coastal communities The Weather Authority is tracking a humid Thursday morning with high afternoon temperatures and evening coastal isolated storms.
Jacksonville Gov. DeSantis to hold a news conference in Jacksonville Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a news conference in Jacksonville.
FORT MYERS BEACH Sea turtle nesting season begins in Fort Myers Beach Sea turtle nesting season has officially begun, and the FWC wants to remind visitors about the fragility of the young reptiles.
BAREFOOT LAKE Neighbors react to chaos at Barefoot Lake Imagine being scared to leave your home on the weekends. Ana and Anrik understand the feeling all too well.
CAPE CORAL The story of Ollie’s Pub and what kept it open through years of hardships Before Ollieās housed weekly events, packed to the brim with artwork and home to many, it was a simple dream and an empty space.
Most Wanted Wednesday: Southwest Floridaās most wanted suspects for May 1, 2024 Here are some of Southwest Florida’s most wanted suspects for May 1, 2024.
FORT MYERS BEACH Remembering Fort Myers Beach ‘Mayor’ Brad Benson To know Brad Benson was to know a legend. He recently passed away at the age of 71 after battling health issues.
CAPE CORAL Proposed Cape Coral City Council meeting time change fails In a 4 to 4 vote, the motion to move Cape Coral meeting times from 4:30 to 9 a.m. failed.
Greater Dunbar initiative begins A duplex that has been around since the 1960s and is filled with generations of memories is being demolished.
Caught on camera: funnel clouds, hail and more during thunderstorm Wednesday’s thunderstorms storms have produced hail and funnel clouds.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA New mammography guidelines Breast cancer is much easier to treat when it’s caught early.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral church picking up the pieces after massive fire Calvary Connection ministries is unrecognizable after a massive fire swept through a Cape Coral Complex on Monday.
CAPE CORAL Day Two of FEMA code compliance hearings in Cape Coral Another 50 people were summoned Wednesday for the second day of code compliance hearings before the special magistrate.
PUNTA GORDA Cracking down on vapes in Charlotte County schools Vaping is taking over, and that’s why three Charlotte County High schools are testing out vape sensors.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers City Council to provide update on Fowler Street construction project The Fort Myers City Council is set to provide an update on the progress of the Fowler Street intersection project.
the weather authority Hot and humid Thursday before evening isolated storms impact coastal communities The Weather Authority is tracking a humid Thursday morning with high afternoon temperatures and evening coastal isolated storms.
Jacksonville Gov. DeSantis to hold a news conference in Jacksonville Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a news conference in Jacksonville.
FORT MYERS BEACH Sea turtle nesting season begins in Fort Myers Beach Sea turtle nesting season has officially begun, and the FWC wants to remind visitors about the fragility of the young reptiles.
BAREFOOT LAKE Neighbors react to chaos at Barefoot Lake Imagine being scared to leave your home on the weekends. Ana and Anrik understand the feeling all too well.
CAPE CORAL The story of Ollie’s Pub and what kept it open through years of hardships Before Ollieās housed weekly events, packed to the brim with artwork and home to many, it was a simple dream and an empty space.
Most Wanted Wednesday: Southwest Floridaās most wanted suspects for May 1, 2024 Here are some of Southwest Florida’s most wanted suspects for May 1, 2024.
FORT MYERS BEACH Remembering Fort Myers Beach ‘Mayor’ Brad Benson To know Brad Benson was to know a legend. He recently passed away at the age of 71 after battling health issues.
CAPE CORAL Proposed Cape Coral City Council meeting time change fails In a 4 to 4 vote, the motion to move Cape Coral meeting times from 4:30 to 9 a.m. failed.
Greater Dunbar initiative begins A duplex that has been around since the 1960s and is filled with generations of memories is being demolished.
Caught on camera: funnel clouds, hail and more during thunderstorm Wednesday’s thunderstorms storms have produced hail and funnel clouds.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA New mammography guidelines Breast cancer is much easier to treat when it’s caught early.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral church picking up the pieces after massive fire Calvary Connection ministries is unrecognizable after a massive fire swept through a Cape Coral Complex on Monday.
CAPE CORAL Day Two of FEMA code compliance hearings in Cape Coral Another 50 people were summoned Wednesday for the second day of code compliance hearings before the special magistrate.
PUNTA GORDA Cracking down on vapes in Charlotte County schools Vaping is taking over, and that’s why three Charlotte County High schools are testing out vape sensors.
Credit: WINK News. The hacker had promised us a surprise, so we should have been ready when she handed us each folded strips of paper with our passwords written neatly inside. We shuddered and grimaced. We had asked Stephanie Carruthers, or “_sn0ww” as she’s known to her colleagues at IBM Security, to spend a month hunting for our personal data online. It took her less than a week to discover enough information to fill a 20-page report. She had found this very personal information without actually hacking anything at all. Most hackers attack computers systems by taking advantage of technical exploits hidden within computer programs. Carruthers is a social engineer, which means she “hacks” people as often as she attacks code. She’s an expert at devising lures to trick targets into divulging sensitive information, and _sn0ww uses a toolkit of spy gadgets that lets her physically access facilities. She can also code mobile apps that spoof almost any phone number, or clone hotel and office ID cards, allowing her to sneak into buildings undetected, and she can role-play characters while wearing a disguise. _sn0ww is employed by IBM X-Force Red and does not break the law. Instead, she and her colleagues help organizations stop malicious attackers by hunting for analog and digital loopholes. Companies hire hackers like _sn0ww because she’s good at thinking like a criminal. The job of a social engineer is to gauge the cyber-readiness of an organization by fooling people into revealing critical information like passwords or the location of sensitive information. She describes her work as “hacking the psyche” because her targets rarely realize they were duped. “If I dress in street clothes and march into a building, then demand they give me their passwords, I won’t get very far,” explained _sn0ww. “But when I chat you up in disguise you’d never guess that I was secretly gathering information or that the device in my bag is copying your office ID.” Like many social engineers, _sn0ww has a collection of corporate ID badges, many forged or painstakingly recreated from images she discovers online. _sn0ww hunts for corporate badge design in pictures posted by employees to social media and video uploaded to YouTube. Then, wearing a disguise, she will visit the corporate office of her target and stand near an employee in the lobby. She uses a special device hidden in her purse to copy the unique key data imprinted on an employee’s ID card. Finally, she copies the key to a blank badge, and uses a home printer and Photoshop to recreate the corporate ID design. The final result is a near-perfect replica. Social engineers also frequently rely on publicly-available open source intelligence, or OSINT, to research targets. OSINT is information like court documents, the location of military bases, broadcast transmission data, financial assessments, corporate email addresses, social media sites and other forms of data that’s publicly available but often scattered or difficult to obtain. “Hacking is all about combining solid research with the art of deception,” said Carruthers. “Some is digital, some is in person. All of it helps me target later hacks, like phishing.” _sn0ww used a combination of social engineering and OSINT to generate our personalized dossiers. Everything she did to learn about us was legal, but she warned that there are plenty of cyber-attackers with similar skills who hack for criminal, financial, or political motivations. These social engineers take advantage of the data leaked through major hacks to gather information ranging from personal financial data to addresses and passwords, using this material to further hone in on their targets as they move from the digital realm to real-world interactions.