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Social Engineering Fails and HSM Hacks (Somehow) Succeed in Mr. Robot Rewind Episode 5

November 14, 2017 By The Editor

Mr. Robot Elliot and Security S3E5

Wow! We’re still catching our breath after Wednesday’s episode of Mr. Robot. On top of the intense “one-shot” cinematography and the frantic riot taking place outside the E Corp building, Episode 5 included several hacks for our CTO Corey Nachreiner to analyze in his weekly Mr. Robot Rewind column on GeekWire.  This episode was set over the course of one Monday morning at E … [Read more...]

Mr. Robot Teaches the Merit of Metadata

November 6, 2017 By The Editor

Despite all the plot movement and exciting twists, the latest episode of Mr. Robot was once again, a little light on the hacking! The best and only true hack in episode four was further evidence that Mr. Robot and the Dark Army used a serious, real-world  Apache Struts remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2013-2251) to pwn E Corp’s shipping web application for the Stage 2 … [Read more...]

A Motherlode of Geeky Easter Eggs in Mr. Robot Season 3, Episode 3

October 30, 2017 By The Editor

Tyrell Wellick Mr Robot S3E3

Episode 3 of TV cyber thriller Mr. Robot didn’t feature any new hacks, but revisited several old ones and included plenty of other nods to geek and hacker culture (plus, we get to learn what Tyrell did during his missing bits from Season 2!). Our CTO Corey Nachreiner reviewed all of these elements and more in his weekly ‘Mr. Robot Rewind’ column in GeekWire. Head over there to … [Read more...]

Elliot Monitors the FBI Monitoring His Monitor in Mr. Robot Season 3, Episode 2

October 23, 2017 By The Editor

Mr. Robot season three keeps speeding along like an overclocked Alienware rig, maintaining its fast-paced plot throughout episode two while dropping plenty of new hacks along the way. As always, WatchGuard’s CTO, Corey Nachreiner, examines the technical accuracy of each show in his weekly Mr. Robot Rewind article series. One hack that played out pretty true to life this week … [Read more...]

Mr. Robot Returns for Season Three – And So Does ‘Mr. Robot Rewind’

October 17, 2017 By The Editor

The lengthy break after Mr. Robot season two is finally over! That’s right, it’s time for a weekly dose of everyone’s favorite vigilante hacker drama. Once again, WatchGuard CTO, Corey Nachreiner, is writing his weekly “Mr. Robot Rewind” article series on GeekWire, analyzing the accuracy of the hacks and tech in each new episode. So, what’s new with Elliot, Fsociety and E Corp … [Read more...]

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