I was pretty much the government's poster boy for what I had done.

There is no patch for stupidity.

Social engineering bypasses all technologies, including firewalls.

You can never protect yourself 100%. What you do is protect your self as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk.

Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion.

Are hackers a threat? The degree of threat presented by any conduct, whether legal or illegal, depends on the actions and intent of the individual and the harm they cause.

Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.

Social engineering is using deception, manipulation and influence to convince a human who has access to a computer system to do something, like click on an attachment in an e-mail.

As a young boy, I was taught in high school that hacking was cool.

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

Social engineers veil themselves in a cloak of believability.

Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.

Excited about Black Friday. Also excited about Jew Tuesday.

There's always the new wrinkle. One must keep one's eyes always open.

Two-thirds of all the strifes, quarrels, and lawsuits in the world arise from one simple cause-money.

Nothing is more useful than silence.

I don't believe in miracles. I believe in character

Sometimes you take time off, and then you look around and you go, "Hello. What happened? Oh dear!"

Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.

He who loves, never grows old. God it a shining example.

If you're the leader, you've got to give up your omniscient and omnipotent fantasies - that you know and must do everything. Learn how to abandon your ego to the talents of others.