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	<title>The Hacker Diaries</title>
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	<description>Ethical Hacking, Security Tools, and all things Cyber Security</description>
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		<title>Inside the Mind of a Hacker</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2010/02/20/inside-the-mind-of-a-hacker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viruses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week I hosted a webinar entitled “Inside the Mind of a Hacker”.&#160; During this hour long broadcast we discussed; How a Hacker thinks, What are a Hackers goal, and the tools of a Hacker.&#160; We concluded the Webinar with a demo of a Trojan.&#160; 
The webinar can be found on Parameter’s website or [...]]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Recent News]]></category>
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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>Protecting from Identity Theft?  A good Start</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/11/12/protecting-from-identity-theft-a-good-start/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/11/12/protecting-from-identity-theft-a-good-start/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business professionals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[identity theft]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I apologize for delays in new post, business has been well keeping me busy.  2010 I hope to update more regularly.  Until here is an article I wrote for security magazine in 2008.  I hope you enjoy.

Protecting from Identity Theft? A Good Start
by Dave Chronister
April 1, 2008








Technology’s ever-growing importance is a mixed blessing.
On one hand, [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/07/06/social-security-number-code-cracked-study-claims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recent News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber threats]]></category>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[data breech]]></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>The Myth of the Virus Free Mac</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/19/the-myth-of-the-virus-free-mac/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/19/the-myth-of-the-virus-free-mac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 03:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Viruses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber threats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Original]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laptop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macintosh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few days I have seen a few of these new PC/Mac guys commericals.  While I am not a big fan of Apple (that is a discussion for another day) I do think these commercials are pretty funny.  These newest commercials have had some statements that made me stop and listen.  Cut to [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Passwords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faceboook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hackers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>

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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>Social Networking making it easier for Hackers</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/14/social-networking-making-it-easier-for-hackers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/14/social-networking-making-it-easier-for-hackers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 17:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyber threats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research from Kaspersky Lab shows malware on social  networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace is 10 times more successful at  infecting users than e-mail-based attacks. Enterprises and users need to adopt  sound security practices to deal with the problem.
That hackers are using sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and  MySpace to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter&#8217;s porn name game a hit with Hackers</title>
		<link>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/13/twitters-porn-name-game-a-hit-with-hackers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.parametersecurity.com/2009/05/13/twitters-porn-name-game-a-hit-with-hackers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 12:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Security Alert: Twitter Porn Names Scam
Aurora Dizon
timestamp(1242123840000,'longDateTime')May 12, 2009 5:24 am

The &#8220;Twitter porn names&#8221; game, currently Twitter&#8217;s top-trending topic (things that are twittered the most), may be a fun distraction that gives you and your friends something to tweet about. But it also has a security hole &#8212; one that is no technical snafu. It [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[antivirus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Web Security]]></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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