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		<title><![CDATA[Koobface October 2009 Youtube spoof (Social engineering tactics of the Koobface botnet)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Koobface October 2009 Youtube spoofYou might want to check out the 3rd image for the article "Koobface October 2009 Youtube spoof". There is some words in it that some might not want to see.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Koobface campaign spoofs Adobe's Flash updater]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4594]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the botnet masters behind the most efficient social engineering driven botnet, Koobface, launched a new campaign currently spreading across Facebook with a new template spoofing Adobe's Flash updater embedded within a fake Youtube page.    The malware campaign is relying on compromised legitimate web sites,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:11:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Social engineering tactics of the Koobface botnet]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12691_22-352597.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The gang behind the Koobface botnet is periodically updating the template it relies on for infecting new years. Here are some of the most popular ones introduced by the gang throughout the year. by Dancho Danchev]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:09:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The ultimate guide to scareware protection]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4297]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[    Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:49:57 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Scareware goes Green]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4199]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Malicious pseudo-environmentalists have come up with a new social engineering tactic aiming to improve the profit margins of their fake antivirus software releases - by promising to donate $2 from every purchase for saving the Amazonian green forests.    The new scareware template branded as "Green-AV Premier Edition...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:24:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Mac OS X DNS changer spreads through social engineering]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cannot beeveryone know that Macs are only being exploited in laboratories and only when users are asked to hand over their credentials! Its just a matter of timeAs Apple computers become more popular or as malware authors seek out new territory the number of exploits will grow. The whole...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Mac OS X DNS changer spreads through social engineering]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4024]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TrendMicro is reporting on a newly discovered 4th member of the OSX_JAHLAV malware family.    The latest variant is once again relying on social engineering, this time spreading under a QuickTime Player update (QuickTimeUpdate.dmg) with a DNS changer component enabling the malware authors to redirect and monitor the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:50:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Michael Jackson's death themed malware campaigns spreading]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3682]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The sudden death of Michael Jackson quickly opened a window of opportunity for cybercriminals to capitalize on.    With a malicious spam campaign, blackhat SEO search results poisoning which is serving scareware within the first 100 search results for Michael Jackson's death, and an opportunistic participant in Zango...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:56:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fake Microsoft patches themed malware campaigns spreading]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3648]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from Computer Associates (NASDAQ:CA) and Sophos are reporting on three currently active malware campaigns using fake Microsoft patch themes as a social engineering tactic to spread over email.    The first one is spreading as an "Important Windows XP/Vista Security Update" and is offering a bogus Conficker...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:57:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mac OS X malware posing as fake video codec discovered]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3575]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from ParetoLogic are reporting on a newly discovered Mac OS X malware variant posing as fake video ActiveX object found at a bogus Macintosh PortTube site.    The use of fake video codecs is a social engineering tactic exclusively used by malware targeting Windows, and seeing it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:15:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The ABC's of Social Engineering & Five Ways to Protect Your Organization]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1178141]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Social Engineering has been an effective method of committing fraud for centuries. Recently, however, it has been used more and more to assist criminals in perpetrating crimes that can net large sums of money. Without one social engineering method or another, most current attacks would not be successful. Social engineering...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Infiltrating WALEDAC Botnet's Covert Operations: Effective Social Engineering, Encrypted HTTP2P Communications, and Fast-Fluxing Network]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1021785]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The WALEDAC botnet has been involved in an almost continuous spate of spam runs since researchers discovered it in December 2008. Their creators routinely take advantage of various real-world events and occasions, using them as social engineering ploys to trick users into performing certain actions. This botnet has the ability...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[56th variant of the Koobface worm detected]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3414]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from PandaLabs are reporting on the detection of the 56th variant of the Koobface worm (Boface.BJ.worm), spreading across Facebook, Tagged, Friendster, MySpace, MyYearBook, Fubar.com, Hi5 and Bebo since May, 2008.    According to the company, the growth of Koobface related infections is as high as 1,200% since...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 10:46:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is It Too Late for PAKE?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1021119]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The most common web authentication technique in use today is password authentication via an HTML form, where a user types her password directly into a web page from the site to which she wishes to authenticate herself. The problem with this approach is that it relies on the user to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brian Brushwood: Scams, social engineering and straightjackets]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-17927-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=62017&messageID=1142664&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Brian Brushwood: Scams, social engineering and straightjacketsIdiots spew private data and pictures on the webAgain, only a fool spews all of their private data to sources they do not own.Keep putting your data out there, it will be used against you in ways you have not thought of like identity...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brian Brushwood: Scams, social engineering and straightjackets]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/weblife/?p=380]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Brian Brushwood attempting to escape from a straightjacket    At the live taping of Revision3's Diggnation, Brian Brushwood Twitter opened the show with his legendary magic show. Brushwood is on another Rev3 show called Scam School, where he shows you how to outsmart someone either on the streets...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:56:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Malware campaign at YouTube uses social engineering tricks]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12691-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=61285&messageID=1129015&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Malware campaign at YouTube uses social engineering tricksEven largest sites have simple weaknessesI am really surprised at the ease with which such attacks can be performed. At any rate, the porn links can be easily hunted down and erased by the Youtube backend softwareOn the other hand, seeding the comments...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:22:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Malware campaign at YouTube uses social engineering tricks]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2695]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember last month's Google Video search results poisoning attack which was hijacking legitimate YouTube titles in order to acquire potential traffic coming from Google Video? Or the massive comment-spam attack on Digg.com?    It appears that the cybercriminals behind both of these campaigns aren't giving up just yet,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:23:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Your Browser Wears No Clothes: Why Fully Patched Browsers Remain Vulnerable]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1155877]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As users of technology, it has been taught that the Internet is not always a safe place but that it can protect ourselves by patching and hardening systems. While patch management and system hardening have long been the basics for enterprise security, shifts in technology and attack patterns are changing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/information+systems+security+association.html"><![CDATA[Information Systems Security Association]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[AutoPlay - Fun and social engineering]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=56648&messageID=1071705&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AutoPlay - Fun and social engineeringAbout 9m reasons to fix itIf you believe F-secureWhat is the proposed fix?Should Windows 7 detect icons that look like a folder and prevent developers from creating titles that say "Open folder to view files"?Besides, Windows no longer defaults the user to running as root...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:59:00 -0800</pubDate>
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