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		<title><![CDATA[Dark Internet Fundamentals]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/collaboration/?p=1098]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[    We all think we know the internet - the service that has magically transmitted these words from my keyboard to your eyeballs - but how much do you know of the fundamentals?    As I wrote about last year, the plumbing of the internet...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:34:23 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Best Mail Server 5.8 (Windows)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1198043]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Best Mail Server is an ultra fast SMTP/POP3 server program. You can send mail from any mail client that is complaint with SMTP protocol using this server. You can also configure it to be your local mail server. It will accept mail on your behalf and store it, until your...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12691-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=71713&messageID=1385339&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[RE: Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scarewareI'm glad Microsoft Windows goes the extra mile to protect users from this kind of mischief.  In Microsoft Windows I can set security zones in the Internet Options window so that only trusted sites will load, or set it so internet...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:32:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Personal Mail Server Pro 5.8 (Windows)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1190397]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SMTP/POP3 mail server program to use as a personal local SMTP server or as a stand-alone fully featured mail server. You can use the product along with any mail clients that are complaint with the standard SMTP/POP3 protocols. It offers a range of security features and options that allow you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rogue security programs are 'ongoing threat']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-9595-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=70611&messageID=1355785&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The sites of these 'rogue security programs'Should be immediately shut down when they are found, by doing a DDoS attack if necessary.There is no reason to allow these bastards to shill their break-ware on the rest of us in the world.Getting worse...I've seen a hugh increase in infections from these...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:02:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shuttleworth: Amazon will win cloud battle ]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-9595-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=69970&messageID=1339615&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[We DO need to be able to second source our cloud provider in order to keep them honest. I applaud Amazon if they do in fact allow EC2 to become a standard.Just what the world needs...ANOTHER monopoly.:-(Did you read the article? Amazon is allowing it to become a standard, so,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chinese hackers launch targeted attacks against foreign correspondents]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4476]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to an assessment published by the Information Warfare Monitor, Chinese hacktivists politically motivated hackers have recently launched a targeted malware attack against foreign news correspondents attempting to trick them into executing a malware-embedded PDF attachment (Interview list.pdf), coming from a non-existent editor working for The Straits Times.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:26:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Windows SMB2 exploit now public; Expect in-the-wild attacks soon]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12691-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=69716&messageID=1334186&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Another "researcher" makes a name for himself.So, just why was it necessary for for this Bozo to actually "create and release the code" for the exploit?  Let me guess.  His company makes money by hyping up the level of fear.  See their web page where they say...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[D-Guard Anti-DDoS Firewall v4.0 (Windows)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1164793]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[D-Guard Anti-DDoS Firewall is an accurate protection against DDoS attacks with built-in Intrusion Prevention System. Features protection against SYN, TCP Flooding and other types of DDoS attacks. Stops over 2,000 types of hacker activities, such as Port scan, and SQL injection. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Modern banker malware undermines two-factor authentication]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4402]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Once pitched as an additional layer of security for E-banking transactions, two-factor authentication is slowly becoming an easy to bypass authentication process, to which cybercriminals have successfully adapted throughout the last couple of years.    Modern banker malware, also known as crimeware, is now fully capable of bypassing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:43:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Your Standard IPS Leaves You Open to DDoS Attacks]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1177027]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Off late Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks are specifically designed to leverage the weaknesses of a standard Intrusion Prevention System IPS, which is not able to defend against a bombardment of high packet-per-second PPS traffic. Innovated by Radware, real-time signatures can overcome this vulnerability, especially when accelerated by the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News to know: Apple; AT&T; Google Books; Palm Pixi; Verizon; Best Buy-Microsoft]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=24068]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.    Sam Diaz: Live blog from Apple's "It's only Rock n Roll" event    	Apple afterthoughts: The real news is what...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:00:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Anonymous' group attempts DDoS attack against Australian government]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12691-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=68970&messageID=1317822&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Anonymous has been know for years to be online terroristThe Anonymous group to me is a online terrorist organization, spamming, bullying, and hacking websites at any given time.  Their acts are so random that it is hard to take many of their causes seriously.   Sad to see...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Anonymous' group attempts DDoS attack against Australian government]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4234]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Following a threat posted on YouTube a month ago, the the well known malicious pattern of the "Anonymous group" failed to materialize earlier today when the group attempted to launch a distributed denial of service DDoS attack against the web sites of Australia's Prime Minister and the Australian Communications and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Twitter is down...again]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-13604-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=67950&messageID=1293546&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DITTO!If Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and all similar "social networking" sites went away overnight, the world would be a much better place. People might actually look up from their screens and realize that there are flesh and blood humans they can converse with in the world! Then they just might begin...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:29:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft: Exploits likely for 'critical' Windows vulnerabilities]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who cares if exploit code will be released in the futureAs long as it is patched before the exploits are out, the exploits no longer count. Or something like that.Cue the double standards...PS I wonder which one of these was labeled "Bulletin 3" in the pre-patch announcement? According to some...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reseachers run one million virtual machines to help flight botnet problem]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LateYou are like 2 weeks late to the story.http://www.hpcwire.com/offthewire/Sandia-Computer-Scientists-Boot-One-Million-Linux-Kernels-as-Virtual-Machines-51891292.htmlAt the risk of starting a flame...war, shouldn't they be running Windows kernels? If they are wanting to mimic a real world botnet scenario then they would need to run Windows. Since 90% or so PC's run Windows and Windows is definitely...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reseachers run one million virtual machines to help flight botnet problem]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=1706]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories SNL have demonstrated a supercomputer running more than one million virtual computers that will provide insight into the behavior of botnets.    Botnets are networks of infected computers zombies that can be remotely controlled, and are difficult to protect against and study since...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:52:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Did Russians attack Twitter over pro-Georgian blogger?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11155-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=67668&messageID=1285958&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Russian Hackers - Russian Submarines clearly a msg is being sentMore concerned about Russian Cyber thieves at the present time than Russian Submarines recent events. Seems there are both Russian government and non-government actors.--- They are compromising computers around the world (India, South America, Africa,...) that have weak security and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Did Russians attack Twitter over pro-Georgian blogger?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=5220]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It was one year ago today that Russia invaded Georgia over the South Ossetia region. Yesterday someone unleashed a massive botnet DDOS attack on Twitter, Facebook and Google. The crash of Twitter under this onslaught was the big story yesterday. Now it seems the whole thing was an attack on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:04:40 -0700</pubDate>
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