[Woz] prints and spend his own $2 bills

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[Steve Wozniak's] damn the man, devil may care attitude continues to show with this recent interview. Here he shows off the pad of $2 bills he had made up. He'll sell one sheet of them to you for $5. Do you think that's a scam? He say's "you'd be an idiot not to buy it for five bucks" and after we dug a little deeper, he's right. Now, you really need to watch the video after the break before … [Read more...]

Reddit hacking for votes and profit

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Looks like someone figured out how to game the Reddit system. This probably has been done before, but as far as we know nobody's actually shared the methods in detail. [Esrun] wrote some scripts that allow him to register multiple accounts and use them to up-vote stories. The hack goes something like this. A script registers a group of accounts. Each uses a different IP and the only part that … [Read more...]

Simple, low-tech attack on Credit Unions

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The National Credit Union Administration is warning all Credit Unions about malicious hackers and a low tech attack by mailing branches CDs with malware on them. Using a somewhat dated but still effective Social Engineering attack, a package designed to look as though it was mailed by the NCUA is sent to the branch. The package contains CDs with the attacker's malware on it, and an accompanying … [Read more...]

Hack your customer service rep

Hacks come in all forms, and psychological hacks are no different. [Noah Goldstein], a behavioral scientist at the University of Chicago, has written a book in which he details scientifically proven methods of persuading others. One of these methods stands out as being particularly useful at alleviating one of the most aggravating aspects of modern life: dealing with customer service … [Read more...]