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Innovative ways to fool people
Scott Granneman, 2006-05-04

Scott Granneman's latest column looks at recent security examples where people have been fooled in increasingly innovative ways: from keyloggers used in a massive bank heist and new Trojans that encrypt data and request ransom money, to real financial rip-offs that extend out from online virtual gaming worlds like World of Warcraft.

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Innovative ways to fool people 2006-05-05
Anonymous
Great article Scott. Loved the story about the dummy soldiers. The retreating allied forces did something similar at Gallipoli by tying one end of a string to rifle triggers and the other end to a can that had water dripping into it. This then set off the rifle when the can filled up. I tried to thi...

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