Collaborate Disseminate
Friday, November 15, 2019 – PASADENA. The 2019 Hackaday Superconference is getting into high gear as I write this. Sitting in the Supplyframe HQ outside the registration desk is endlessly entertaining, as attendees pour in and get their swag bags and badges. It’s like watching a parade of luminaries from …read more
With the presidential election season moving into high gear, campaign messaging will soon begin increasing dramatically. But for those of us who get our news from social media, a new study from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas … Continue reading Do you think you can recognize fake news on Facebook?
The quality of a photograph is a subjective measure depending upon a multitude of factors of which the calibre of the camera is only one. Yet a high quality camera remains an object of desire for many photographers as it says something about you and not just about the photos …read more
Continue reading Turning A Sony into a Leica Through Extreme Camera Modding
A while ago, [Skippy] bought a cheap knock-off of the Apple USB mains charger from an AliExpress seller, for the British low, low price of 89p. Normally we’d give you a dollar conversion, but since that’s coincidentally the price of the basic McDonalds hambuger in the UK we’ll go with …read more
[Charles Ouweland] purchased some parts off Aliexpress and noticed that the Texas Instruments logo on some of his parts wasn’t the Texas Instruments logo at all, it was just some kind of abstract shape that vaguely resembled the logo. Suspicious and a little curious, he decided to take a closer look at the MCP1702 3.3v LDO regulators he ordered as well. Testing revealed that they were counterfeits with poor performance.
Looking at the packages, there were some superficial differences in the markings of the counterfeit MCP1702 versus genuine parts from Microchip, but nothing obviously out of place. To conclusively test …read more
Continue reading What Good Are Counterfeit Parts? Believe It Or Not, Maybe A Refund
We feel compelled to relay the dire warning from this Barclays snail-mail letter, which we acquired through social media, therefore it must be true.
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Cybercrime
Social engineering
Tags: barclayscredit cardfailfakeLOLphishquality cont… Continue reading Liar, liar, pants on fire! Barclays phish claims cards explode
If you think you remember something from before you were about three and a half, there’s a pretty good chance your brain is playing a trick on you. Continue reading 40 Percent of People’s First Memories Never Happened
Scammers are using the good name of the recently deceased scientist Stephen Hawking to lure potential victims into a 419 scam, complete with a quiz and large cash prize for the winner.
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Cybercrime
Social engineering
Tags: 419fakemail… Continue reading “Celebrating Stephen Hawking” with a 419 scam
We take a look at what happens when one of the most popular DIY Deepfakes programs decides to monetise with a spot of coin mining. Surprise: it doesn’t end well.
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Security world
Technology
Tags: coin miningcoinhivecryptodeepfakedeepf… Continue reading Deepfakes FakeApp tool (briefly) includes cryptominer
We take a look at what happens when one of the most popular DIY Deepfakes programs decides to monetise with a spot of coin mining. Surprise: it doesn’t end well.
Categories:
Security world
Technology
Tags: coin miningcoinhivecryptodeepfakedeepf… Continue reading Deepfakes FakeApp tool (briefly) includes cryptominer