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		<title>Software Firewalls: Total Bullocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lord TCT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are tonnes of software firewalls available on the internet, and 99% of them claims to be the &#8220;best&#8221; firewall that offer &#8220;comprehensive protections&#8221; like rootkit detection and this and that. Unfortunately, this neat article slaughters all the claims: http://www.rootkit.com/newsread.php?newsid=849.
There&#8217;s nothing worse than a false sense of security. Attackers always target the temporary lapse in security [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESET offers free online virus scanner + cleaner</title>
		<link>http://www.thebits.info/security/eset-online-scanne-57.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lord TCT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ESET, spol. s r.o., a Slovakian IT security company that produce one of the best antivirus solutions (NOD32) is now offering a free online web-browser based virus scanner + cleaner solution.
While the online scanner could identify and resolve threats, is not a resident antivirus unlike its desktop counterpart and therefore will NOT be able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antioch University got pwned</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lord TCT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a rather embarassing incident, the main ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) server in Antioch University was broken in and about 60,000 students, former and current employers were compromised. The intrusion was due to the administrator&#8217;s failure to patch a critical flaw in the FTP daemon of the Sun Solaris server.

According to university officials, the intrusion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft issues the ActiveX Kill Bit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lord TCT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unlike most other boring Patch Tuesdays, Microsoft released a rather interesting eye-catching &#8220;patch&#8221; yesterday called &#8220;Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits (KB948881)&#8220;. The security update is actually a registry hack that disables the critically flawed Yahoo! Music Jukebox ActiveX control that if exploited, the remote attacker could gain control over your computer.
Despite Yahoo! prompt action in fixing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adobe Flash Player 9.0.115.0 and earlier vulnerability</title>
		<link>http://www.thebits.info/adobe/adobe-flash-901150-exploit-54.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lord TCT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adobe has issued a security advisory dated 8th of April 2008 for Adobe Flash Player 9.0.115.0 and all versions below. The security flaw could allow remote code execution on compromised systems.
This vulnerability affects Adobe Flash Players on ALL platforms. Users are reminded to update the affected software immediately by visiting Adobe&#8217;s website.
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