For the average home-user, anti-virus software is a must.

The key to social engineering is influencing a person to do something that allows the hacker to gain access to information or your network.

The intent of the individuals who created the DDoS attacks has nothing to do with hacking, and they are vandals, not hackers.

I saw myself as an electronic joy rider.

Oracle, for example, has even hired people to dumpster dive for information about its competitor, Microsoft. It's not even illegal, because trash isn't covered by data secrecy laws.

My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure.

I trust online banking. You know why? Because if somebody hacks into my account and defrauds my credit card company, or my online bank account, guess who takes the loss? The bank, not me.