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	<title>Don Parker Blog</title>
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	<description>Within Don Parker's blog various computer network security issues are discussed. Find coverage on topics such as patch management techniques, reverse engineering, IDS and IPS evasion, anti-virus and firewall usage. Commentary on the top network security news stories and rumors in the blogsphere. Analysis of common security issues faced by Microsoft Windows users and information is shared to help train network security analysts.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>VPN&#8217;s and fragmentation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/20/vpns-and-fragmentation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Parker</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Security Central</category>
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   		<description><![CDATA[Well I would imagine most of you have Virtual Private Network&rsquo;s (VPN) on your corporate network. That plus the use of an IDS can potentially give you problems, as often the use of VPN&rsquo;s will result in fragmented traffic. Had that very problem occur to me a couple of years ago, and the end result was some really bizarre fragmented traffic. It took a while to figure out what the problem was but eventually we were able to trace it back to the VPN. <a href="http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/20/vpns-and-fragmentation/">more...</a>]]></description>

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		<title>2007 e-Crime Survey</title>
		<link>http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/15/2007-e-crime-survey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Parker</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Security Central</category>
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   		<description><![CDATA[2007 e-Crime Watch Survey and the 5th Annual Global State of Information Security

Awareness of information security and identity theft issues is at an all-time high, but overall security isn’t improving. Even with increased IT spending, security specialists are recognizing that the amount they don’t know is rapidly growing. The explosion of stealthy threats from bots, Trojans and rootkits continues to out pace most IT staff capabilities.

Date:Nov. <a href="http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/15/2007-e-crime-survey/">more...</a>]]></description>

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		<title>More Microsoft patching</title>
		<link>http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/13/more-microsoft-patching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Parker</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Security Central</category>
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   		<description><![CDATA[A good number of you are likely aware that Microsoft just issued another series of patches recently. I&rsquo;m curious though to know if any of you have seen any activity that used these exploit vectors? Personally, I have not seen any such activity. It is always interesting to see just how widely exploited some of these vulnerabilities are prior to the actual patch announcements. Quite a few people have the skill to reverse engineer the patch, once released, and then find the problem. <a href="http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/13/more-microsoft-patching/">more...</a>]]></description>

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		<title>ISP Abuse departments</title>
		<link>http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/10/isp-abuse-departments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Parker</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Security Central</category>
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   		<description><![CDATA[Well I have always known that ISP abuse departments are generally very lame. They never seem to bother returning any darn email that you send them. I recently had the need to try and find out what the heck an intermittent connection was doing. It was easily resolved the ISP but when I tried to surf to that IP address on port 80 there was nothing there. Strange. I thought my wife or son might have gotten me hacked . <a href="http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/10/isp-abuse-departments/">more...</a>]]></description>

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		<title>Software baselines</title>
		<link>http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/08/software-baselines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Parker</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Security Central</category>
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   		<description><![CDATA[As attackers continue to target software packages such as Quicktime, amongst others, it makes one wonder if more companies should not clamp down on their software baseline installs. While Microsoft has steadily improved the security of their operating systems it only makes sense then for hackers to shift their focus. This is where having a sane software baseline is very important for a corporate network. There is really little need to install Quicktime to list but one example. <a href="http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/08/software-baselines/">more...</a>]]></description>

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		<title>Symantec purchases yet another company</title>
		<link>http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/06/symantec-purchases-yet-another-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Parker</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Security Central</category>
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   		<description><![CDATA[If you ask me the trend of the last few years, which has seen a tremendous amount of consolidation in the computer security industry, is not really a good thing. Now Symantec has bought out another company in order to round out its product offerings. It is not often that you will see large companies being at the forefront of innovation. This is why it does not really bode well for us as a whole. Another example of this is IBM and others companies going on a recent buying spree. <a href="http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/06/symantec-purchases-yet-another-company/">more...</a>]]></description>

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		<title>Improving cybersecurity?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/01/improving-cybersecurity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Parker</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Security Central</category>
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   		<description><![CDATA[It was with some amusement that I read the following. I don&rsquo;t know why they need a whole task-force composed of experts to come up with a strategy to better safeguard their cyber assets. Much as we all know, it all comes down to implementing standard procedures. The key though is in making sure the foot-soldiers ie: the sys admin&rsquo;s actually implement this plan. <a href="http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/11/01/improving-cybersecurity/">more...</a>]]></description>

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		<title>Adobe PDF exploit</title>
		<link>http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/10/30/adobe-pdf-exploit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Parker</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Security Central</category>
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   		<description><![CDATA[Most of you have likely heard about the recent surge in the use of the Adobe PDF exploit. Personally, I have received a few emails containing it but I was not able to actually look at the attachment. It was too late, as my provider had caught it. Kind of a bummer as I wanted to crack it open in a hex editor and also Olly. Have any of you been getting these attachments at your work or home? The volume does not seem to be too bad so far. If any of you have got a sample feel free to send it my way. <a href="http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/10/30/adobe-pdf-exploit/">more...</a>]]></description>

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		<title>Spyware equals $$$</title>
		<link>http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/10/25/spyware-equals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Parker</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Security Central</category>
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   		<description><![CDATA[Well, if there was ever a doubt that spyware is big business give the following a read. I seriously doubt anyone will shed a tear now that the company has shut its doors. It is hard to comprehend though just how spyware can be so lucrative. That said, when you have millions of computers at your disposal, so to speak, the revenue can quickly add up. It is nice to see also that the government is taking this type of electronic annoyance more seriously by beginning to hand out some stiff fines. <a href="http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/10/25/spyware-equals/">more...</a>]]></description>

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		<title>Identity theft</title>
		<link>http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/10/24/identity-theft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Parker</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Security Central</category>
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   		<description><![CDATA[I just read this piece on identity theft. So it then came as a funny coincidence that my insurance policy came to me in the mail. Part of my policy gives me coverage for identity theft. A whopping $10,000.00 is what I am covered for. There is little doubt that identity theft is a real problem. Question is though, just how widespread is it? To my knowledge there is no one that I know who has been a victim of this. <a href="http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2007/10/24/identity-theft/">more...</a>]]></description>

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