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	<title>Security And Privacy</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 18:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Blackberry Users Facing Critical Vulnerability</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/blackberry-users-facing-critical-vulnerability</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/blackberry-users-facing-critical-vulnerability#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 18:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business/Corporate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PDF files have become ubiquitous as a file format for exchanging information and documents.  They can be viewed and read on just about any platform and are commonly sent to others as attachments to emails.
However, RIM has issued an alert advising their Blackberry users that opening a PDF file could corrupt their devices and allow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Million Customers Compromised</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/5-million-customers-compromised</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/5-million-customers-compromised#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In early December, CheckFree Corp. experienced a situation where their domain registration account was compromised and subsequently, DNS was hijacked.  CheckFree offers a bill payment service through several banks, including Bank of America, many who use the service were diverted to a server located in the Ukraine and unwittingly gave up their usernames and passwords [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Misleading Security Headline</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/misleading-security-headline</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/misleading-security-headline#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Signatures]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Encryption]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Just Plain Silly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I hate misleading headlines.  Every so often, one appears relating to some security issue or vulnerability.  Today, I received an email from PC Mag that held my interest for a number of reasons including the fact that I make use of the SSL protocol and manage a number of SSL certificates for clients.  The headline?
&#8220;SSL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flash For Linux Vulnerability</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/flash-for-linux-vulnerability</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/flash-for-linux-vulnerability#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://secpriv.com/flash-for-linux-vulnerability</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another Adobe Flash vulnerability has been discovered in Versions 10.0.12.36, 9.0.151.0 and earlier, for Linux. According to the Adobe website, &#8220;&#8230; that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits this potential vulnerability to take control of the affected system. A specially formed SWF must be loaded in Flash Player for Linux by the user for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modsecurity On Centos 4.7 64 Bit Architecture</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/modsecurity-on-centos-47-64-bit-architecture</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/modsecurity-on-centos-47-64-bit-architecture#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Computer Security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Firewalls]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[64 bit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[centos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[httpd]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mod security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some might have a problem installing Mod Security on Centos 4.7 and 64 bit architectures, if following the instructions on the Modsecurity website.
My webserver has been upgraded to  httpd-2.0.52-41 using the CentosPlus repository.  I don&#8217;t know if others using versions previous to this will have the same problem or not - but it has to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing Is Guaranteed</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/nothing-is-guaranteed</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/nothing-is-guaranteed#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://secpriv.com/nothing-is-guaranteed</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, one of the top web hosting firms, ThePlanet.com had an explosion and fire in a data centre, located in Texas.  This affected thousands and thousands of websites as although apparently none of the servers in the facility were damaged, backup power to the facility was not allowed by the fire fighting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Facebook Breaking Privacy Laws?</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/is-facebook-breaking-privacy-laws</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/is-facebook-breaking-privacy-laws#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just logged off the popular and well known &#8220;Social Networking&#8221; site, Facebook after playing some Scrabulous moves with some of my friends.  There is no doubt that Facebook can be a great tool for keeping in touch with friends and acquaintances and some of the third party applications such as Scrabulous are popular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have The Terrorists &#8220;Won&#8221; In The U.K.?</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/have-the-terrorists-won-in-the-uk</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/have-the-terrorists-won-in-the-uk#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you live in the U.K., and you&#8217;ve just downloaded your email, cleared it off the server, read it, then deleted it from your computer, it just might still exist in a database if a new proposal is successful.
]]></description>
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		<title>Could The Incidence Of Spam Decrease?</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/could-the-incidence-of-spam-decrease</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/could-the-incidence-of-spam-decrease#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 20:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Spam/Anti-Spam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to &#8220;Government Computer News,&#8221; the majority of spam email are associated with domains that are registered with 20 domain name registrars - 2.5% of all domain registrars.
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		<title>Should You Turn Off Your Flash Player? CRITICAL Vulnerability</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/should-you-turn-off-your-flash-player</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/should-you-turn-off-your-flash-player#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 17:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Computer Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May 30th, 2008
It&#8217;s been reported that there is a serious vulnerability in Adobe&#8217;s Flash Player.  By visiting a website that has Adobe Flash media and allowing the media to run on your computer with Adobe Flash Player, you are at risk of having your computer compromised if the Flash file has been created to [...]]]></description>
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