Hi All,

This one is for many aspiring hackers who browse Internet for hacking resources and purchase books online to enrich their knowledge.

I came across a website 'LEO IMPACT SECURITY' Its reference was in one of the email from hackin9.org emails to which I am subscribed. Leo has released a book on hacking "The Secrets of Hacking" which contains print material and DVD comprising many tutorial videos and tools. As it appeared in Hackin9 mail, I sent them money in Jan and till date still waiting for the material to come.

Though the amount involved is not much, if you consider the numbers of aspiring young people looking forward to make a career in hacking, it amounts huge money, collectively. So, I thought of finding out more details about this company. It is a Jaipur, India based co. with one US contact and one UK contact. ( Today, I checked their website, and they have removed UK phone and added address of US Office!). It seems it operates from a home in Jaipur, India and probably has very high manpower turnaround. I talked to them and send them emails many times since Jan without any success. I have taken up the matter with DSCI, ALIG of ISC^2, local ISACA Chapters and many groups to whom I am subscribed.

I also come across a few cases who ordered the material and after rigorous follow up could get material which is note more than trash. It is full of plagiarism and copyright materials. In all essence, it a malpractice.

My request to young members is to be away from such people. Share info on any of such companies with group members. And let us protect our common wealth.

My best regards.

Kishore 

Exactly. I know people who have gotten this, and it's essentially just information ripped from other legitimate resources and packaged into a book. That's why it comes from India and takes forever to arrive.

Edit: Just noticed that the DVDs come with "200 ebooks"...

But isn't it true that certain countries wither don't have copyright laws or very lax ones at that?  Although, the people who receive them who live in countries with strict copyright laws are at fault.  It isn't ethical any way you slice it though.

we can atleast try to notify the owners of the material that it is being copied and offered for sale worldwide without any rights to do so. From there the owners can take (legal) measures to stop these activities, if even possible.

The best remedy against such activities is consumer awareness. if people know what is offered cant be legit (the all known saying: if it sounds too good to be true...) then dont buy it!

Such posts help alot against these activities. Thanks for sharing this with us and hey, just be glad you didnt recieve a package containing a brick, or worse: noting at all!

actually that is (almost) correct

http://www.eccouncil.org/store.aspx

if you press the first button you will be redirected to the official eccouncil store (hosted by CheckOut) where you can buy the complete training material (including the DVDs) for just over 500 EU (650 US). I found that out this afternoon when i was searching for some LPT info.

EDIT: corrected the price...

they are just a trash bag. All material given in the dvd's are copyrighted and illegal. They give you the cracked version of commercial softwares downloaded from torrents and other cracking sites.
Pdf and videos are also from many websites. There is not a single video in any dvd produced by leo impact.
They are not more than a thief who is selling other items with his name. So don't purchase any book from Leo Impact and save your money and time.

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