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	<title>The I.T. Advisory</title>
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		<title>Phone Phreakers Still LIVE!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An Interesting article regarding a 18 year old blind phone phreaker, and his pursuit of his trackers.
http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&#38;file=article&#38;sid=26983
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		<link>http://www.theitadvisory.com/index.php/2008/06/09/phone-phreakers-still-live/</link>
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		<title>Exploit: EasyGallery is prone to multiple input-validation vulnerabilities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EasyGallery is prone to multiple input-validation vulnerabilities, including an SQL-injection issue and two cross-site scripting issues, because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.
Exploiting these issues could allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.
These issues affect EasyGallery 5.0tr; other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theitadvisory.com/index.php/2008/03/13/exploit-easygallery-is-prone-to-multiple-input-validation-vulnerabilities/</link>
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		<title>Windows Optimization: Tip #1 of the day&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey readers,
I would like to talk with you about optimizing the windows start up process. Does it sometimes take forever for your windows xp machine to load when you reboot? Do you often get frustrated that your machine seems to run slower then normal? I have a quick tip that can help you remedy this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theitadvisory.com/index.php/2008/03/13/windows-optimization-tip-1-of-the-day/</link>
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		<title>PITCOM Launches new Student Technology competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A technology  competition aimed at primary school pupils has been launched by the  Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (Pitcom) and e-skills UK.
Aimed at  students aged between nine and 11, Make IT Happen 2008 encourages schools to use  technology to describe how they would improve an aspect of their local  community.
Commenting on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theitadvisory.com/index.php/2008/03/13/pitcom-launches-new-student-technology-competition/</link>
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		<title>Linux: Tip of the day&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello Loyal readers,
Today I would like to give you a good tip for linux security. A lot of servers are compromised due to brute force attacks on users credentials, using default services, like ssh - which if you didn&#8217;t know is the remote management console. There is no one specific way to change a banner [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theitadvisory.com/index.php/2008/03/13/linux-tip-of-the-day-2/</link>
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		<title>My First Review: Spyware Terminator 1.9</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone,
For years, I have used and sworn by SpyBots Search and destroy, however recently, their database has gotten bloated, scans seem to take light years, and cleaning also seems to take a long time. I have been on a hunt for a new spyware scanner, besides adaware and the others that are somewhat bloated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theitadvisory.com/index.php/2008/03/12/my-first-review-spyware-terminator-19/</link>
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		<title>Security: MS Office Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello all,
This Security alert just came across my desk. There is a new exploit inside of microsoft office.
iDefense Security Advisory 03.11.08
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/
Mar 11, 2008
I. BACKGROUND
Microsoft Outlook provides an integrated solution for managing and
organizing e-mail messages, schedules, tasks, notes, contacts, and
other information. More information is available at the following URL.
http://office.microsoft.com/outlook/
II. DESCRIPTION
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		<link>http://www.theitadvisory.com/index.php/2008/03/12/security-ms-office-outlook-remote-code-execution-vulnerability/</link>
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		<title>U.S. kicks off second cyber war game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The United States aimed to learn more about weaknesses in its critical infrastructure this week after kicking off Cyber Storm II, an international exercise pitting imaginary enemies against private and public defenders.
The week-long exercise focuses on cyber attacks on important components of the national infrastructure including industries in the chemical, information-technology, communications, and transportation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theitadvisory.com/index.php/2008/03/12/us-kicks-off-second-cyber-war-game/</link>
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		<title>Sec: Joomla! and Mambo &#8216;Candle&#8217; Component &#8216;cID&#8217; Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#8216;Candle&#8217; component for Joomla! and Mambo is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query.
Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.
This issue affects Candle 1.0.0; other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theitadvisory.com/index.php/2008/03/12/sec-joomla-and-mambo-candle-component-cid-parameter-sql-injection-vulnerability/</link>
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		<title>Google Closes Deal on DoubleClick Aquisition!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By David Lawsky and Eric Auchard
BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc won approval on Tuesday from the European Commission of its planned acquisition of DoubleClick Inc and promptly closed the deal, sending its stock 6 percent higher.
The move will allow the Web search and advertising leader to accelerate its move into the market for corporate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theitadvisory.com/index.php/2008/03/11/google-closes-deal-on-doubleclick-aquisition/</link>
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