{"id":32471,"date":"2019-12-24T16:08:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T16:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/30791\/Hollywood-Hacks-And-Hackers.html"},"modified":"2019-12-24T16:08:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T16:08:39","slug":"hollywood-hacks-and-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/hollywood-hacks-and-hackers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Hacks And Hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hollywood\u2019s depiction of hacking, on the big screen and in TV dramas or on Netflix, isn\u2019t always accurate, to put it mildly. A closer look.<\/em><\/p>\n

*<\/center><\/p>\n

Flashy pop-ups and green-on-black text screens, with the occasional cat GIF thrown in for good measure, cannot gloss it over: When scriptwriters and directors want to show us what hackers (blackhat, whitehat, and everybody in between \u2013 character development!) actually do when plying their trade, reality is relegated to the backseat.<\/p>\n

If you spend your days glued to your terminal, compiling piles of code or debugging software, you know first-hand how wrong they have it. Glamour? Suspension? The thrill of the hunt? Let\u2019s get real.<\/p>\n

\"Mr.<\/p>\n

Source: Mr. Robot<\/em><\/p>\n

There are exceptions, though. Many readers are probably familiar with this picture. If you\u2019re not, it\u2019s taken from the award-winning TV series Mr. Robot<\/em> (US Network). Mr. Robot<\/em> deserves mentioning in this context as one of the few shows that get it right (most of the time). It just ended with Season 4, so if you haven\u2019t seen it already, I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n

Elliot Alderson, the main character, burns the data he collects about his victims on disks labeled as music CDs.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because they are<\/em> music CDs. Elliot actually hides the digital profiles of his victims<\/a> in original audio files, and yes, this is a real tactic. In Mr. Robot, Elliot uses a real-life steganography program called \u201cDeepSound\u201d, which encrypts data and stores it within real audio files. It amazes me to which technical depth the writer Sam Esmail took this show.<\/p>\n

\"biggercheese\"<\/p>\n

Source: Bigger Than Cheeses<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m mentioning Mr. Robot because the show proves that getting the details about hacking right doesn\u2019t need to get in the way of (visual) storytelling.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s hope it raises the bar going forward, because that bar needs serious raising. For example, did it ever occur to you that 90% of the hacking scenarios spun for the movies or TV could have been solved by simply cutting power to the affected device?<\/p>\n

\u201cRerouting the Encryption\u201d<\/h2>\n

Instead, you\u2019ll get a crash course in tech jargon straight from the 1990s, like the classic \u201che\u2019s breaching our firewall\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ll reroute the encryption.\u201d Come again?<\/p>\n

On second thought, given the cybersecurity talent crunch<\/a>, Hollywood may have an important role to play. Movies make hacking look so easy, you want to enlist on the spot in the cyber armies of the night.<\/p>\n

Just imagine being able to button-smash commands into your terminal at nearly 500 words per minute, or to get your hands on the almighty Cyber Nuke. No, I\u2019m not kidding:<\/p>\n

\"Castle\"<\/p>\n

Source: Castle (Season 8, Episode 8)<\/em><\/p>\n

This is from ABC\u2019s TV series Castle<\/em> (Season 8, Episode 8). Characters go back and forth with random \u201chacker popups\u201d, the classic \u201c%0\u2014\u2014-50-60-70-80-90-100 FIREWALL EVICTED \u2013 OH NO HE\u2019S IN\u201d. Pretty legit, until\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026they come across the ultimate weapon to end all cyber conflicts. Dubbed the \u201cCyber Nuke\u201d, a payload that when \u201cdropped\u201d obliterates any device that receives it. EMP effect? Perhaps. But not in the technical sense, more as in \u201cEntertainment Must Prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Terminator<\/p>\n

Source: Terminator 2: Judgment Day<\/em><\/p>\n

Everybody (okay, give or take a few people) remembers the classic scene from Terminator 2<\/em>, where little John Connor hacks the ATM for money. Inserts a stolen card, has a microcontroller hooked up to the card that reads him the pin number, bada bing, bada boom \u2013 jackpot. If only it were that easy.<\/p>\n

Sign Me Up for NCIS School Already<\/h2>\n

The next scene<\/a> comes courtesy of NCIS. In this episode of the CBS show, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service team discovers it\u2019s under online attack while the system intrusion is underway. Full-on IT nightmare:<\/p>\n

\"NCIS\"<\/p>\n

Source: NCIS<\/em><\/p>\n

The part that really had me go \u201chuh?\u201d is how the girl in the scene is hammering the keyboard, and then the guy next to her joins to stop the attack.<\/p>\n

Get this \u2013 two people, ONE keyboard. How does that work, exactly? Are their minds telepathically connected or something? Could I learn this at NCIS School?<\/p>\n

If you think that was unusual, you\u2019ll be in for a bonus surprise at the very end, when the NCIS boss pulls the plug<\/a> to stop the attack.<\/p>\n

Wait a minute. Did he just unplug the \u2013 monitor?<\/p>\n

The Visual Basics of Tracking Killer IPs<\/h2>\n

The next nugget left me wondering: Is this how it sounds when scriptwriters just phone it in? The scene is taken from CSI. The story was humming along well enough \u2013 until, wait for it\u2026<\/p>\n

\"CSI:<\/p>\n

Source: CSI: NY<\/em><\/p>\n

So they\u2019re apparently trying to track a killer\u2019s location via his IP address. She goes forth, announcing<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019ll create a GUI interface using visual basic, see if I can track down an IP address.\u201d<\/p>\n

For starters, the \u201cGUI interface\u201d may work as a tautology example \u2013 \u201cinterface\u201d is what the \u201cI\u201d stands for in \u201cGUI\u201d. But how would it work to track an IP? Let\u2019s better move on.<\/p>\n

\"Under<\/p>\n

Source: Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)<\/em><\/p>\n

This snippet was taken from Under Siege 2: Dark Territory<\/em> from 1995. The main villain, Eric Bogosian\u2019s character Travis Dane, has hacked into a satellite superweapon that can evaporate anything on earth with a laser beam.<\/p>\n

So far, so Hollywood. In this particular scene, the villain\u2019s evil efforts have hit a speed bump \u2013 until the resourceful Travis pulls a RAM rabbit out of the proverbial black hat.<\/p>\n

To hack into a fax machine (don\u2019t ask) that somehow got in the way of his machinations, he proclaims<\/a>, \u201ca gigabyte of RAM should do the trick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, why didn\u2019t we think of that? When in doubt, add a bit of RAM. I wonder what the team behind this movie thought the acronym RAM is standing for.<\/p>\n

Lesson for Hacking Fax Machines in 2020<\/h2>\n

\u201cGigabyte\u201d must have sounded like science fiction in 1995. Thankfully, not anymore.<\/p>\n

So be sure to heed this wisdom from our forebears and program in those two gigabytes of RAM next time you\u2019re trying to hack into a fax machine. In 2020, finding one will be the hardest part.<\/p>\n

\"Hackers,<\/p>\n

Source: Hackers (1995)<\/em><\/p>\n

This one\u2019s a classic. Hackers (1995)<\/em> will always have a special place in my heart for being the cringiest Hollywood hacker experience.<\/p>\n

Is it only me, or do almost all movies from the Eighties and Nineties that depict hackers feature random glowing cubes and enormous geometric bodies strewn all over the place?<\/p>\n

In this particular scene, Eugene Belford (a.k.a. \u201cThe Plague\u201d) is scanning the network for an intruder overusing one of the servers. The actual search taking place is visualized as a dynamic 3D geometric mapping of all the nodes on the net.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re an IT admin, you know that this glowing depiction is as far from the real thing as you can get. But it\u2019s been a convenient reference for a generation of geeks to point to when asked by Grandma or Uncle Albert what they do for a living.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s Money in Them Glowing Cubes<\/h2>\n

Who doesn\u2019t want to have a career in an exciting place like that? The movie Hackers<\/em> drives that glowing cubes nonsense<\/a> to an extreme.<\/p>\n

To be fair, I cannot help thinking over-the-top cringe-worthiness is what the makers of this movie were shooting for. Just look at the all the shiny-leather-cum-gang-chain-cyberpunk costumes, 3D computer animations filled with glowing cubes, and jargon-heavy hacker group gatherings throughout the movie.<\/p>\n

\"Johnny<\/p>\n

Source: Johnny Mnemonic<\/em><\/p>\n

Next on my list is Johnny Mnemonic<\/em>. It takes geometry to the next dimension.<\/p>\n

There is a scene where Johnny is trying to exfiltrate the data out of his brain implant (long story\u2026), so he puts on two power gloves and virtual reality headgear and begins interacting with the computer. This scene<\/a>, in which he takes over a Beijing hotel server, features (yup) flashy cubes, 3D vaults that look similar to those in video games, and other classic Hollywood hacking accessories.<\/p>\n

\"Numb3rs\"<\/p>\n

Source: Numb3rs<\/em><\/p>\n

When IRC\u2019s Ship Comes In<\/h2>\n

Meet the crime drama show Numb3rs<\/em> (CBS). In this scene (yes, that\u2019s a magical glowing cube in the picture), the protagonists are trying to pinpoint a hacker\u2019s next moves. Get ready for \u201cdecode the backdoor\u201d talk and other nonsense.<\/p>\n

One of the characters, Amita, mentions the possibility of the attackers using IRC, and then launches into an explanation of how IRC works: \u201cThink of it like shipping channels in the ocean, you can\u2019t see them until a boat cuts through the water leaving a wave. Two boats meet in the middle of the ocean to swap a load of illegal drugs, you have to catch them in real-time!\u201d<\/a>Hm, thanks. No more questions.<\/p>\n

\"Scorpion\"<\/p>\n

Source: Scorpion<\/em><\/p>\n

Okay, I call BS on this scene from a CBS TV series titled Scorpion<\/em>. Walter O\u2019Brien needs access to some airport software to prevent a bunch of planes from crashing due to a system bug.<\/p>\n

Instead of just downloading the data the conventional way<\/a>, he decides it would be a brilliant idea<\/a> to drive underneath the plane and connect the server through an ethernet cable to a laptop, as the plane travels down the runway.<\/p>\n

\"Jason<\/p>\n

Source: Jason Bourne (2016)<\/em><\/p>\n

The screenshot above is from Jason Bourne (2016)<\/em>. An old device called \u201cDUBNA 48K\u201d (a real Soviet computer from 1991) for whatever reason seems to have access to the CIA\u2019s new internal servers.<\/p>\n

In the movie, the spooks know that this device is connected. They do nothing. We see that they see the device name and everything. They do nothing. More than 20 agents in that room are blankly staring at an old device taking data directly from their servers.<\/p>\n

They use a \u201creverse shell\u201d to trace the IP. You know, the internet address of where the attack originates. Instead of just blacklisting the IP or terminating its session, the agents gain access<\/a> to the hacker\u2019s regional power grid, cut power to the entire area from which the device is operating, so that the download sequence stops and the hacker disconnects.<\/p>\n

Welcome to Hollywood.<\/p>\n

*<\/center><\/p>\n

As we can see, scriptwriters and directors have struggled with depicting cybersecurity or hacking for decades. Real-world sysadmins, incident response teams, and security specialists may get a call when things go wrong<\/a>, but they still don\u2019t seem to have much input when such movies and TV shows come together on the set.<\/p>\n

InfoSec insiders can still enjoy the comedic value of these productions, it certainly beats auditing code inside a cubicle for hours on end or scheduling overdue browser patches<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What do you think of my list of cringeworthy Hollywood hacking scenes? Did I miss any hidden gems? If so, tag us on Twitter @Authentic8<\/a> with your own findings. Happy Holidays \u2013 and take enough RAM into 2020, just in case you come across a fax machine!<\/p>\n

*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Authentic8 Blog<\/a> authored by Amir Khashayar Mohammadi<\/a>. Read the original post at: https:\/\/blog.authentic8.com\/hollywood-hacks-and-hackers\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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