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		<title>I Was Just Trying To Help&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2012/03/23/i-was-just-trying-to-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I don&#8217;t have access to that budget file.  Can you give it to me?&#8221; As easy as that security controls meant to provide access to information to only those who need it to do their job (the practice of least privilege) is bypassed by well intentioned employees.  They only want to help but their behavior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Malware</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2012/01/05/391/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The history of viruses.  Pretty cool actually to look back at where we&#8217;ve been and the advances made in nefarious code. Courtesy of Bitdefender.]]></description>
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		<title>New Dog&#8230;.  Old Tricks</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2011/09/17/new-dog-old-tricks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny how the anonymous nature of the Internet continues to mock us all.   Back on September 8th, a fake FBI profile was distributed via Twitter as shown in a recent post on Naked Security &#8211; Fake FBI Anonymous psychological profile &#8211; a lesson to all Internet users. It takes me back to an old New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Layered Endpoint Security</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2011/04/13/layered-endpoint-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this conversation: &#8220;Is your workstation protected?&#8221; &#8220;Of course, I have anti-virus installed.&#8221; While anti-virus products are one piece of protecting your workstation, it isn&#8217;t enough.  Most AV products do a poor job of detecting new malware.  It does better over time protecting against old malware that happens to still be floating around IF [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Addicted to Click&#8221; and Supporting the Habit</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2011/02/25/addicted-to-click-and-supporting-the-habit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anup Ghosh wrote in his SC Magazine article titled &#8220;Unwitting accomplices and complicit security teams&#8220;: Cyber miscreants have figured out there is no sense in spending the energy trying to break through firewalls when you can simply ask any one of the thousands of users connected to the internet to invite you in. How true!  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remember when&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2011/01/21/remember-when/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I was thinking about my start in the information security field.  I was working as a network analyst for an international company and was simply assigned &#8220;the firewall&#8221; for the relatively new Internet connectivity.  I quickly caught the security bug, attended a conference or two, read anything I could get my hands on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Less &#8220;Aware&#8221; Consumers are Bigger Phishing Targets</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2011/01/04/less-aware-consumers-are-bigger-phishing-targets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It should come as no surprise that with the proliferation of mobile devices (Blackberry, Android, iPhone) that phishing attacks have also gone mobile.  From an article at Help Net Security, &#8220;Mobile users more vulnerable to phishing attacks&#8220;, log files from a compromised web server hosting phishing web sites revealed these interesting tidbits: 1.  Mobile users [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accountability Links Behavior and Outcomes</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/11/30/accountability-links-behavior-and-outcomes/</link>
		<comments>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/11/30/accountability-links-behavior-and-outcomes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It amazes me that I still hear executive level IT people say that information security is a technology problem.  Sure, technology has a vital role in the building blocks of a solid information security program but even the best technology can be circumvented by unknowing or malicious people.  Getting people to understand their role in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education and awareness loses to the exploitability of humans</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/09/10/education-and-awareness-loses-to-the-exploitability-of-humans/</link>
		<comments>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/09/10/education-and-awareness-loses-to-the-exploitability-of-humans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent VBMania virus (Trojan Horse)  is simple proof that education and awareness programs are not sufficient to overcome human curiosity and stupidity.  For years computer users have heard the same message:  &#8220;Don&#8217;t open attachments or click on links in unsolicited e-mails.&#8221;    Yet, they still do! Yesterday&#8217;s simple spam attack  infected servers at ABC, NASA, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Be a Billy</title>
		<link>http://paulmudgett.com/2010/08/04/dont-be-a-billy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Mudgett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m getting a kick out of some fun videos put together by the fine folks at StaySafeOnline.org.  Check them out and enjoy this awareness video:  &#8220;Don&#8217;t be a Billy&#8221;]]></description>
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