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nelson : MicroSD problems - One of the world's most famous reverse engineering hackers delves deep into 2GB flash cards
Andy Baio : Bunnie Huang's forensic research into irregular MicroSD cards - "Kingston is revealed as simply a vendor that re-marks other people's chips in its own packaging" [via]
Milo Vermeulen : On MicroSD Problems - interesting forensic investigation by Chumby hardware developer Bunnie [via]
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Rod Begbie : What actually gets taught on a homeopathy course - Notes and slides from a BSc degree course in homeopathy that was taught at a British university. Hey kids! Let's "remedy" cancer! [via] #
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nelson : 1 billion spams analyzed - Nice stats on 5 years of spam collection. Fraud is on the upswing
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nelson : $1B online scams - Senate hearings into "loyalty programs", companies that charge people monthly fees without their consent
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nelson : Network Solutions hacked - Weren't they supposed to be the really secure company?
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nelson : Malware bank fraud - Trojan steals bank logins, sends money to dupes who then wire it to the crooks in Ukraine
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nelson : How Bernie did it - Detailed look into Madoff's history
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nelson : Sir Allen Stanford - Great profile of the latest financial fraud wizard
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nelson : ATM skimmers - Fascinating fraud: thin electronics shims steal ATM card stripes and your PIN code
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nelson : Dreier swindle - Crazy story of a major financial fraud. Like Madoff, but way more brazen.
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19 month ago
nelson : Diebold counts most of your votes - Voting machine glitch, coverup, etc
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22 month ago
nelson : Car warranty scam - Just got an aggressive junk phone call like this
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nelson : Market rate securities problems - Wall Street investment banks mislead their customers, again
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26 month ago
nelson : Kerviel speaks - Direct quotes from the SocGen trader saying there's no way they couldn't have known what he was doing
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29 month ago
nelson : FEMA fakes news - Poses its own employees as reporters on a press call
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30 month ago
nelson : TiVo + PayPerPost - Ah, conversational marketing
Andy Baio : TiVo uses PayPerPost for fake grassroots video campaign - later that day, they killed the program and are now trying to remove all the videos [via]
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31 month ago
nelson : Is Accoona a scam? - Underwriter just walked on their IPO. No one's heard of their search engine. Founder is a fraudster.
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32 month ago
Linkorama : Wikipedia Deanonymizer - Caltech graduate student Virgil Griffith just launched an unofficial Wikipedia search tool that threatens to lay bare the ego-editing and anonymous flacking on the site.
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34 month ago
jcgregorio : The Future of America Has Been Stolen - 10 Zen Monkeys (a webzine)
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35 month ago
nelson : AAPL stock scam - Maybe an honest mistake, or maybe someone manipulating the market
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37 month ago
nelson : Click fraud numbers - Google says only 0.02% of ad clicks are uncaught fraud
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37 month ago
nelson : Wikipedia scandal - Senior editor for Wikipedia lied about his credentials. Wales has hired him as a community manager, says he doesn't care about the deception.
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41 month ago
Andy Baio : Video: Hacking Democracy - HBO looks at voting machine irregularities
jimray : Hacking Democracy (HBO Special) - Google Video - Wow, the whole thing is on Google Video? Rad.
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42 month ago
Linkorama : Myspace Acquisition Fraud? - “The answer to how News Corp. was fortunate enough to buy one of the largest and most valuable Internet companies for pennies on the dollar is now clear,†said Myspace founder Brad Greenspan. “I expect as the authorities get their arms a
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