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		<title><![CDATA[From Gimmiv to Conficker: The lucrative MS08-067 flaw]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4388]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA -- The critical MS08-067 vulnerability used by the Conficker worm to build a powerful botnet continues to be a lucrative security hole for cyber criminals.    During a presentation at the Virus Bulletin 2009 conference here, a trio of Microsoft researchers dissected the malware attacks linked to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:23:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Critical iTunes flaw exposes Mac, Windows to hacker attacks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[No trolls yet? OK, Let me start.If this software was open source, geeks like me could patch it ourselves without needing to wait for some company to do it or not. So at least we would be safer. Windows is a abomination of a 32-bit DOS clone, and OS X...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Open source does not work well for bad guys]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open_Source is the futureOpen_Source 'Linux distro' driven appliances are the future, such as the many companies already doing extremely well.Closed source is a huge lethargic insecure monopoly trying to license/patent everything, however it is failing miserably. Look at the exploits of Windows, $9 Billion in damages last year just from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:23:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a flood of calls from customers, the company behind the LoJack anti-theft service which researchers from Core Security Technologies recently portrait as a security threat, issued a statement downplaying the researchers' claims.    According to the statement, LoJack is neither a rootkit, nor does it behave in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:47:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News to know: IBM, Open Cloud Manifesto, Web 2.0 Expo, Conficker, Microsoft ad]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[News to know: IBM, Open Cloud Manifesto, Web 2.0 Expo, Conficker, Microsoft addeeplow Blue ray DVD Ripper///Blu ray DVD Burner   ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News to know: Conficker; TomTom vs. Microsoft; Intel; Google]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[News to know: Conficker; TomTom vs. Microsoft; Intel; Googledeeplow Blue ray DVD Ripper///Blu ray DVD Burner   ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costsMessage has been deletedMessage has been deletedAnd let us not forget the costs of people refraining from performingnecessary tasks because of fear. And the costs the USB drive ban.Incalculable costs really.The care they put into the systemis the output they'd get,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3690]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[How severe can the impact of the Conficker worm be on a single city council that has apparently not implemented basic security solutions in place?    Pretty severe according to a recently released a report entitled "Service interruption resulting from ICT disruption in February 2009" which details the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:22:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gumblar attack worse than Conficker, experts warn ]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gumblar attack worse than Conficker, experts warn Someone will come up with...Microsoft doesn't supply patches for pirated software even though they do.True[i]If you run another OS then you will not get the Gumbar problem.[/i]And if you are talking about Linux then I say that's good. Moving to OS X to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 05:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Red tape keeps Conficker on medical devices]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red tape keeps Conficker on medical devicesAnd of course we [i]want[/i] the governmentto run healthcare? If they are interfereng with routine patching due to their regulations, then having those regulations interfere with fixing the issues the regulations caused, maybe it is time they stepped aside and let the staff maintaine...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 13:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Report: Conficker in attack mode]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report: Conficker in attack modeI was concerned.For a moment there I thought this wasn't business as usual.How many companies went under?I wonder how many companies are put out of businessdue to the software flaws in Windows?RE: Report: Conficker in attack mode*yawn*RE: Report: Conficker in attack modeI am dissecting conficker.eIf you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billion]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billionWindows ROI vs. Open SourceThis makes me wonder how people think theywould be out of business UNLESS they useWindows.$9 BILLION DOLLARS, this puts companies OUTbusiness and customers who are furious withservices that are rendered unavailable dueto insecure software......Tell me again, how does running Windows bring...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billion]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3207]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent blog post, the Cyber Secure Institute claims that based on their previous studies into the average cost of such malware attacks, the economic loss due to the Conficker worm could be as high as $9.1 billion.    Despite that their analysis also considered a much...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:41:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Many still vulnerable to Conficker]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many still vulnerable to ConfickerThis just proves...that regardless of what you do - stupid people can and will continue to exist. Why in the WORLD these folks have not patched (legit or NOT - MS provides this patch free to both) is beyond me. I guess stupid and clueless people...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Conficker hits US university; why it wouldn't happen in the UK]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conficker hits US university; why it wouldn't happen in the UKHave your sayAre British universities immune from threats due to the nature of the infrastructure? Should there be more state control over how university networks are run? Is Conficker just a big hype about nothing? Have your say... prove me...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Even large institutions not immune to Conficker]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2388]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Conficker news in Ed Tech comes from the University of Utah. According to CNET News,     More than 700 computers at the University of Utah have been infected with the Conficker worm.    The hit includes computers at the university's three hospitals ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:31:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft patent loss: It's about activation not validation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft patent loss: It's about activation not validationWhy notMicrosoft sueing the Patents Troll for a completly uneffective.Windows WGA is most pathetic and easy to bypass illegal DRM evermade.Live by the bogus software patent lawsuit . . . . . . die by the bogus software patent law suit.Conficker 'Windows' patents...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:19:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can good worms solve the Conficker problem?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12353-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=63099&messageID=1166594&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Can good worms solve the Conficker problem?Can good worms solve the Conficker problem?I like the idea in theory but then you are doubling worm traffic due to the good guys fighting the bad guys. One way around that is to have a worm kill switch to kill it once all...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business model]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business modelGluttons for punishmentSo the Conlicker botnet only runs on Windows PCs? How long must Windows users put up with this stuff before Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows and starts over. I just don't understand why they can't make an OS without all...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business model]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3110]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Conficker botnet has stirred to life, using its peer-to-peer communication system to update itself and download scareware (fake anti-virus programs) to millions of infected Windows machines.    The Conficker update comes a week after a heavily-hyped April 1st activation date and provides the first sign of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:36:30 -0700</pubDate>
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