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		<title>Hacktivists change the Global Warming Debate</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/11/23/hacktivists-change-the-global-warming-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/11/23/hacktivists-change-the-global-warming-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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Unless you have been living under a rock during the past 20 years you know that Man made Global Warming has been a very hot topic (no pun intended   ).&#160; Recently it seemed that the Pro-Global Warming team had been making the most ground.&#160; As the inventor of the Internet Al Gore put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security number code cracked, study claims</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/07/06/social-security-number-code-cracked-study-claims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
Published: July 6, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the concern about identity theft, researchers say there&#8217;s a surprisingly easy way for the technology-savvy to figure out the precious nine digits of Americans&#8217; Social Security numbers.
&#8220;It&#8217;s good that we found it before the bad guys,&#8221; Alessandro Acquisti of Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh said of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pink Floyd star David Gilmour joins fight to halt extradition to US of hacker Gary McKinnon</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/27/pink-floyd-star-david-gilmour-joins-fight-to-halt-extradition-to-us-of-hacker-gary-mckinnon/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/27/pink-floyd-star-david-gilmour-joins-fight-to-halt-extradition-to-us-of-hacker-gary-mckinnon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 05:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Passwords]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This isn&#8217;t really security news. But I am a big Dave Gilmour fan and I love UFO stories so this is a great story for me.  As far as Gary McKinnon&#8217;s actions, I believe if NASA had UFO information they would most likely bury it.  But again hacking is still illegal.
Speaking of mysteries, does anyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hackers launch phishing attack on Facebook users</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/15/hackers-launch-phishing-attack-on-facebook-usershttpwwwreuterscomarticlenewsoneidustre54d6bn20090514/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/15/hackers-launch-phishing-attack-on-facebook-usershttpwwwreuterscomarticlenewsoneidustre54d6bn20090514/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 19:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dave &#8211; You starting to see a trend??
 
By Jim Finkle
BOSTON (Reuters) &#8211; Hackers launched an attack on Facebook&#8217;s 200 million users on Thursday, successfully gathering passwords from some of them in the latest campaign to prey on members of the popular social networking site.
Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt said on Thursday that the site was in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Virus Sites have XSS vulnerabilties??</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/12/anti-virus-sites-have-xss-vulnerabilties/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/12/anti-virus-sites-have-xss-vulnerabilties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 18:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[XSS flaws found in sites of multiple anti-virus firms
Dirty half-dozen
By John Leyden • Get more from this author

Security researchers have revealed that the websites of no less than six anti-virus firms are vulnerable to cross-site scripting flaws, of a type that might lend themselves to phishing attacks.
Some of the firms involved have admitted problems, while others say the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The FAA was successfully attacked</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/08/the-faa-was-successfully-attacked/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/08/the-faa-was-successfully-attacked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 16:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note from Dave:  Soon I hope to start writing some more original content, until then I will continue to post hacker related news on here.  The reason I am post these articles is simple, Cyber Security is not an option.  Many businesses get it, others not so much.  If the FAA and the Pentagon can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI Probes Hacker&#8217;s $10 Million Ransom Demand for Stolen Medical Records</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/06/fbi-probes-hackers-10-million-ransom-demand-for-stolen-medical-records/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/06/fbi-probes-hackers-10-million-ransom-demand-for-stolen-medical-records/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 22:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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WikiLeaks

A screen shot of the ransom demand apparently posted on the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program&#8217;s Web site last week.

 The FBI is investigating a $10 million ransom demand by a hacker or hackers who say they have stolen nearly 8.3 million patient records from a Virginia government Web site that tracks prescription drug abuse, an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DDoS attacks on the rise.</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/04/ddos-attacks-on-the-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/04/ddos-attacks-on-the-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 14:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) &#8212; The past few months has seen a rise in large distributed denial of service attacks which threaten to send entire countries offline, raising concerns among Internet security experts in the Internet infrastructure that help contribute to these attacks, according to a report by The Washington Post.
These DDoS attacks use botnets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walmart Data Breach &#8211; By Employees</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/04/21/walmart-data-brech-by-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/04/21/walmart-data-brech-by-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost half of all malicous attacks are done by an internal entity.  Do your employees know how to protect their data?  Don&#8217;t guess, get security awareness training from Parameter (End Shameless Plug)  
&#8211; Dave
 



Wal-Mart suffers breach in computer data






News 


Monday, 20 April 2009 08:22 


It has come to light that Wal-Mart has suffered a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter tormented by nettlesome computer program</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/04/13/42/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/04/13/42/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter tormented by nettlesome computer program
Unwelcome computer program disrupts the chatter on Twitter, adding to service&#8217;s growing pains

Monday April 13, 2009, 3:24 pm EDT



SAN FRANCISCO (AP) &#8212; A nettlesome computer program that tormented Twitter over the weekend is another reminder of the challenges facing the rapidly growing online communications service.
The mischievous program, known as a [...]]]></description>
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