Mar
29
2009
PayPal crime vs. False Authority Syndrome
Speaking with an air of authority doesn’t actually make you an authority on a given topic…
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Mar
22
2009
Two decades of virus hysteria contributes to the success of fake-AV scams
Antivirus vendors & computer news outlets played a much greater role than they’ll ever admit…
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Nov
10
2008
Twenty years … and yet the battle continues
Along the way I’ve exposed numerous “experts” who fell for a computer security hoax. My desire to understand why experts get duped led me to pick up Dr. Madeleine L. Van Hecke’s new book on the topic…
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Aug
10
2008
Irony abounds in USAF cyberspace hysteria snafu
Do you realize the incredible gullibility exploit here? A hostile military could develop a PowerPoint slideshow, mail it to hysterical USAF personnel, and say “please give this widest possible dissemination.” Even if a gullible flyboy finds out he got duped by an enemy military, history predicts he won’t send out an email to retract the slideshow … because it would embarrass him too much to admit “the enemy exploited my hysteria in an official capacity”…
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