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Fake Cancer Study Spotlights Bogus Science Journals
2013-10-03 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: A cancer drug discovered in a humble lichen, and ready for testing in patients, might sound too good to be true. That's because it is. But more than a hundred lower-tier scientific journals accepted a fake, error-ridden cancer study for publication in a spoof organized by Science magazine. The fake study points to a "Wild West" of pay-to-publish outlets feeding off lower tiers of the scientific enterprise by publishing studies without any appreciable scrutiny, say research ethics experts. (See...
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Chipotle stages bogus Twitter hack for promotional campaign
2013-07-25 01:24:06| CNET News.com
The fast food restaurant comes clean after posting a bizarre string of tweets that were thought to be done by hackers. "This is far more hoax than hack" Chipotle says. [Read more]
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How to Identify Bogus Banking Emails
2013-05-09 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
There are ways to stop spam, but what do you do about bogus email -- that is, email that appears legitimate but isn't? Fake emails are sent by criminals in order to get your money, or to take advantage of your computer's processing power and Internet connection to launch Web-clogging Denial of Service attacks on other networks.
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AP Twitter Feed Hacked With Bogus Report of White House Attack
2013-04-23 23:34:26| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
The Twitter account for the Associated Press was hacked on Tuesday, with the attackers posting a false report about explosions at the White House.
AP Twitter Feed Hacked With Bogus Report of White House Attack
2013-04-23 23:34:26| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The Twitter account for the Associated Press was hacked on Tuesday, with the attackers posting a false report about explosions at the White House.