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26 Feb

Cocaine’s brain effect revealed

Brain scans have revealed a possible biological basis for cocaine addiction which may explain why some get hooked, while others can use the drug socially.

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13 Feb

Older story -REPOSTED Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part1

Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part I: Hacker Tactics
Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part II: Combat Strategies

Sarah Granger 2001-12-18

A True Story, have you seen the movie Takedown……..What normal everyday people are vulnerable to. ~Peilo

Art of deception

One morning a few years back, a group of strangers walked into a large shipping firm and walked out with access to the firm’s entire corporate network. How did they do it? By obtaining small amounts of access, bit by bit, from a number of different employees in that firm. First, they did research about the company for two days before even attempting to set foot on the premises. For example, they learned key employees’ names by calling HR. Next, they pretended to lose their key to the front door, and a man let them in. Then they “lost” their identity badges when entering the third floor secured area, smiled, and a friendly employee opened the door for them.




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13 Feb

Confessions of a Caller-ID spoofer

He spoofed the HR director’s work phone number, then the number of that guy’s boss, before moving up to a vice president, and finally, the CEO. Says he had no choice. He also says “this thing that I did is bad and should be outlawed.” He even spoofed a White House number. Fascinating full interview.
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