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	<title>Security And Privacy</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Nothing Is Guaranteed</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/nothing-is-guaranteed</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<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.
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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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		<title>When Is A Security Officer Not A Security Officer?</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/when-is-a-security-officer-not-a-security-officer</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/when-is-a-security-officer-not-a-security-officer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 03:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Just Plain Silly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post follows right along with my last post critical of Governments attempting to &#8220;fix&#8221; and make prohibitions and bans.
Presently, in Ontario Canada, it is prohibited to call a security officer a &#8220;security officer.&#8221;  Perhaps some of those bright eyed lawyers that become politicians ought to take a course in Semantics 101 as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario Governments At It Again</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/ontario-governments-at-it-again</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/ontario-governments-at-it-again#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 21:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Seems that just about everywhere you look, governments are trying to protect us from ourselves.  As reported in The London Fog, the Ontario government is now considering following other jurisdictions in banning cell phone usage in cars.  But not just cell phones - the Ontario Government is also considering banning smoking in cars where children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free IT Security Resources</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/free-it-security-resources</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/free-it-security-resources#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 17:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Computer Security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Intrusion Detection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Browse through our extensive list of free IT - Security magazines, white papers, downloads and podcasts to find the titles that best match your skills and interests; topics include authentication, hacking, internet privacy and internet firewalls. Simply complete the application form and submit it.
Check it out here.
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		<title>Quick Linux Partitioning Tip</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/quick-linux-partitioning-tip</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/quick-linux-partitioning-tip#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 04:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Computer Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One way that black hat hackers can get access to your server is by locating a vulnerable application or script that might allow them to upload files to the server.  The tmp (/tmp) directory is a directory where such files might get uploaded to.
This quick tip won&#8217;t guarantee that your Linux box will never be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Week Of Major Vulnerabilities Discovered</title>
		<link>http://secpriv.com/a-week-of-major-vulnerabilities-discovered</link>
		<comments>http://secpriv.com/a-week-of-major-vulnerabilities-discovered#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 03:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Computer Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past week (I&#8217;m writing this on May 21st, 2008) has seen some major security vulnerabilities discovered.
Major vulnerabilities include a Microsoft product, and a Linux derivative (Debian) issue with SSL certs.
First with Microsoft: MS Word has a critical vulnerability &#8220;that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Word file. An [...]]]></description>
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