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	<title>Technology for Mortals &#187; Security</title>
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		<title>Google Android 6 stage update process</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I bought a new HTC Nexus One (brown with US warranty) last week and it came with a custom Vodafone UK ROM with Android Kernel Version: 2.16.405.1 CL223106 release-keys.  Unfortunately, this particular firmware prohibits any OTA updates or even manual updates and it was a nightmare trying to track down the problem.  Luckily I fell upon this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online services security report card posted</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online services security report card Now that the problem of user account “sidejacking” can no longer be ignored, I’ve created an online services report card that highlights which websites protect your account and which don’t.]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft forgets what a &#8220;security vulnerability&#8221; looks like</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/microsoft-forgets-what-a-security-vulnerability-looks-like/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought you’d get a laugh out of this one: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/954157.mspx Somehow, Microsoft hasn’t released a security bulletin for this, and they aren’t calling it a “critical” security problem, or classifying the patch as being security related in the update system, even though it is obviously a security problem! J.Ja]]></description>
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		<title>Comcast to warn botnet infected computers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Comcast has announced that they will begin to test a new monitoring system called Comcast Constant Guard that looks for botnets on their network.  Infected customers will get a “service notice” that pops up messages on the subscriber’s web browser telling them they are infected with resources (mostly preventative solutions) to help clean the computer. Read the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Temporary workaround for Windows SMBv2 zero-day</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/temporary-workaround-for-windows-smbv2-zero-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security news]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Windows SMBv2 zero-day vulnerability (disclosed vulnerability with no software fix) appears to be more dangerous than initially thought.  The vulnerability does not affect the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, but it does affects Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.  The danger is no longer just a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voting machines hacked, votes stolen in POC attack</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/voting-machines-hacked-votes-stolen-in-poc-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/voting-machines-hacked-votes-stolen-in-poc-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security news]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Researches at the University of California, San Diego, have used a new programming technique to hack a voting machine. What is really scary about this attack, is that the researchers did not need the source code or other unlikely insider information to do it. All they needed was the information that someone would have by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Temporary fix for unauthorized WordPress password reset</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security news]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a serious exploit against WordPress out in the wild that allows an attacker to reset your password.  It works on every version of WordPress and there is no official patch yet which is pretty scary.  There is a temporary workaround and it appears that WordPress.com has already applied this workaround.  This workaround can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>90% of you run an insecure version of flash</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/90-of-you-run-an-insecure-version-of-flash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adobe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security news]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, a new version of Adobe Flash came out which patched the most recent critical flaws in Flash Player. Yet because the update process isn&#8217;t automatic, most of you have not updated your Flash Player in your web browser. The fact that Adobe makes the manual update process a pain to use and forces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mozilla patches SSL, Microsoft CryptoAPI still exposed</title>
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		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/mozilla-patches-ssl-microsoft-cryptoapi-still-exposed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BlackHat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEFCON]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mozilla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security news]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mozilla has patched a very critical flaw in Firefox that allows attackers to pose as a legitimate Firefox update server and implant harmful code into a victim’s computer. Firefox 3.0.13 and 3.5.2 are no longer vulnerable to this attack and the update should automatically run. It would be prudent to check it manually under the Firefox [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple keyboards hacked and possessed</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/apple-keyboards-hacked-and-possessed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BlackHat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEFCON]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Input devices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the bad news about all the new critical iPhone and Mac OS X vulnerabilities announced at BlackHat 2009 weren’t bad enough, there now appears to be a new vulnerability in Apple’s hardware.  This type of a hack h0wever isn’t something where you can go into an Apple store and have an Apple “genius” exorcise because [...]]]></description>
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