<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Security and the Net &#187; Security</title> <atom:link href="http://securityandthe.net/category/security/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://securityandthe.net</link> <description>News and opinions about security, the internet and more</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:11:48 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0</generator> <cloud domain='securityandthe.net' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' /> <item><title>Printing handcuff keys</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/09/18/printing-handcuff-keys/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=printing-handcuff-keys</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/09/18/printing-handcuff-keys/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:43:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Short newslinks]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1506</guid> <description><![CDATA[At this year&#8217;s Hacking At Random event/conference (HAR2009), a member of SSDeV (the &#8220;Sportenthusiasts of Lockpicking&#8221;) managed to pull off a very cool stunt: he copied a key for police handcuffs without owning the original key itself. What he did was print a key using a 3D printer; the key was created and checked by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/09/18/printing-handcuff-keys/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tele2 Netherlands giving the same password to all users</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/08/23/tele2-netherlands-giving-the-same-password-to-all-users/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tele2-netherlands-giving-the-same-password-to-all-users</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/08/23/tele2-netherlands-giving-the-same-password-to-all-users/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:34:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1480</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Dutch branch of ISP Tele2, an European ISP that is active in 11 countries, has just admitted that they use the same password for all new subscribers. Their procedure goes like this: When a new subscriber signs up, they can choose a login or are assigned one. They are then sent a letter by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/08/23/tele2-netherlands-giving-the-same-password-to-all-users/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How not to respond to security issues</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/08/15/how-not-to-respond-to-security-issues/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=how-not-to-respond-to-security-issues</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/08/15/how-not-to-respond-to-security-issues/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:48:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Short newslinks]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1474</guid> <description><![CDATA[Wat is the worst response you can give when someone alerts you about a security issue in your software? I can almost hear you thinking: &#8220;waiting two years to fix it&#8220;, but there is an even worse response. Some companies just simple don&#8217;t respond at all. Simply amazing&#8230; After verifying the issue we contacted the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/08/15/how-not-to-respond-to-security-issues/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Squirrelmail plugins altered by hackers</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/08/04/squirrelmail-plugins-altered-by-hackers/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=squirrelmail-plugins-altered-by-hackers</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/08/04/squirrelmail-plugins-altered-by-hackers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:37:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Short newslinks]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1470</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last month, the webserver hosting the popular open source webmail suite SquirrelMail was compromised. At that time, the maintainers thought no source code had been altered: At approximately 1700 GMT, on June 16, it was discovered that the SquirrelMail webserver had been compromised. The project administrators took immediate action to mitigate any futher compromises, locking [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/08/04/squirrelmail-plugins-altered-by-hackers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>92% of Flash users affected by 0-day hole?</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/07/26/92-of-flash-users-affected-by-0-day-hole/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=92-of-flash-users-affected-by-0-day-hole</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/07/26/92-of-flash-users-affected-by-0-day-hole/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:12:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Short newslinks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adobe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[flash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[psi]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1433</guid> <description><![CDATA[Secunia released some interesting statistics last week; according to their numbers, at least 92% of the people using their PSI scanner that have Flase Player installed are running a version that is affected by the zero-day attack that was recently discovered. The real number might be even higher; they didn&#8217;t release combined numbers for users [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/07/26/92-of-flash-users-affected-by-0-day-hole/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>50 ways to inject your SQL</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/16/50-ways-to-inject-your-sql/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=50-ways-to-inject-your-sql</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/16/50-ways-to-inject-your-sql/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:01:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1400</guid> <description><![CDATA[No, this is not a list of 50 ways to inject SQL; it&#8217;s a link to a &#8220;50 ways to leave your lover&#8221; parody. The singer won&#8217;t win any awards for this performance, but the lyrics are great! Evade the regex, Rex Encode it all in hex Unbalance the quotes, Vinod And change the query [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/16/50-ways-to-inject-your-sql/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Apple admits Mac OS users can get viruses</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/12/apple-admits-mac-os-users-can-get-viruses/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=apple-admits-mac-os-users-can-get-viruses</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/12/apple-admits-mac-os-users-can-get-viruses/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:27:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1379</guid> <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s taken them several years to finally get to this point, but Apple has acknowledged that Mac users are not immune from viruses. During WWDC, their Mac OS security page was updated with the following text: There has been a warning about viruses and malware on their website before, but it was buried in their [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/12/apple-admits-mac-os-users-can-get-viruses/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What if every major browser had the same bug?</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/10/what-if-every-major-browser-had-the-same-bug/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=what-if-every-major-browser-had-the-same-bug</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/10/what-if-every-major-browser-had-the-same-bug/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:31:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[browser security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[browser wars]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1370</guid> <description><![CDATA[Any security professional will tell you that diversity is a good thing; if you use enough different products, it is highly unlikely that all of them will have the same security issue. While this is mostly correct, Amit Klein at Trusteer just released a report (PDF) about a privacy issue that affects all major browsers [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/10/what-if-every-major-browser-had-the-same-bug/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is a physical server more secure than a virtualized one?</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/09/is-a-physical-server-more-secure-than-a-virtualized-one/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=is-a-physical-server-more-secure-than-a-virtualized-one</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/09/is-a-physical-server-more-secure-than-a-virtualized-one/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:37:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cloud]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hack]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1359</guid> <description><![CDATA[The answer to that question should be obvious, but it became a headline earlier today when word got out about a big hack affecting 100.000 sites. All data for these sites was removed when servers at Vaserv.com were brought down by a zero-day exploit in LXLabs&#8217; HyperVM software. HyperVM is a solution that allows for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/09/is-a-physical-server-more-secure-than-a-virtualized-one/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Astalavista &#8220;hacker community&#8221; hacked.</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/07/astalavista-hacker-community-hacked/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=astalavista-hacker-community-hacked</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/07/astalavista-hacker-community-hacked/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:12:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Short newslinks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[astalavista]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hack]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1355</guid> <description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the self-proclaimed &#8220;hacker community&#8221; Astalavista (not to be confused with the other Astalavista) has been targeted by hackers itself. While this site isn&#8217;t as popular as it was years ago, I&#8217;d consider this a rather high-profile target; in this case, the so-called &#8220;anti-sec group&#8221; thought so as well. They posted this message [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/07/astalavista-hacker-community-hacked/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Flaws in ATM machines &#8211; or in malware analysis?</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/05/flaws-in-atm-machines-or-in-malware-analysis/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=flaws-in-atm-machines-or-in-malware-analysis</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/05/flaws-in-atm-machines-or-in-malware-analysis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:47:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ATM]]></category> <category><![CDATA[malware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PIN]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1350</guid> <description><![CDATA[According to a report by TrustWave, new malware has been spotted that specifically attacks ATM machines. The malware can be used to perform various functions including copying magnetic cards and PIN numbers. Trustwave calls upon banks to inspect their ATM machines for malicious software: Given the impact this malware can have on an infected ATM [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/06/05/flaws-in-atm-machines-or-in-malware-analysis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>XSS against Google services: scary, but fixed fast</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/05/09/xss-against-google-services-scary-but-fixed-fast/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=xss-against-google-services-scary-but-fixed-fast</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/05/09/xss-against-google-services-scary-but-fixed-fast/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 17:54:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spammers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[xss]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1312</guid> <description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s start with the bad news: a researcher known only by his nickname &#8220;Inferno&#8221; just announced he has found a cross-site scripting vulnerability on many Google services. While XSS attacks are, unfortunately, a common thing this one is far scarier than most. Since almost all Google services use a single cookie on the google.com domain [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/05/09/xss-against-google-services-scary-but-fixed-fast/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The downside of automatic updates</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/05/08/the-downside-of-automatic-updates/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-downside-of-automatic-updates</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/05/08/the-downside-of-automatic-updates/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 20:33:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Short newslinks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[browser security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chrome]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1306</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just days after a report co-authored by Google claimed that the automatic update feature of the Chrome browser help improve security by silently installing patches without asking for approval from the user, the managed to demonstrate the downside of this approach. On May 5th, a patch was rolled out to fix two security issues; just [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/05/08/the-downside-of-automatic-updates/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Silent updates: improving security?</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/05/06/silent-updates-improving-security/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=silent-updates-improving-security</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/05/06/silent-updates-improving-security/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 20:05:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chrome]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1299</guid> <description><![CDATA[A paper comparing the update mechanisms for several different webbrowsers was published by Google and ETH Zurich yesterday. The full text can be found here, with a blog post accompanying it. As expected, Firefox and Chrome are updated fastest; Firefox because of the in-your-face warnings when a new version is available, and Chrome because updates [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/05/06/silent-updates-improving-security/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Borders in Cyberspace</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/05/03/borders-in-cyberspace/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=borders-in-cyberspace</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/05/03/borders-in-cyberspace/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 14:40:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cybersecurity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[great firewall]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1291</guid> <description><![CDATA[In a recent column at SecurityFocus, cyber intelligence expert Jeffrey Carr discusses the diffuculties that researchers face when trying to determine the origin of attacks conducted over the internet. The problem is simple: there are lots of reports claiming attacks on important infrastructure that are &#8220;supposedly&#8221; coming from Chinese or Russian hackers. But because they [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/05/03/borders-in-cyberspace/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Remote root exploit for Linux machines running SCTP applications</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/28/remote-root-exploit-for-linux-machines-running-sctp-applications/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=remote-root-exploit-for-linux-machines-running-sctp-applications</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/28/remote-root-exploit-for-linux-machines-running-sctp-applications/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:42:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Short newslinks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sctp]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1276</guid> <description><![CDATA[There appears to be a serious vulnerability in Linux kernel versions &#60; 2.6.28-git8. This was reported as a potential denial-of-service issue in many places; but it now appears to be more serious than that. This site over at blogspot.com posted exploit code that supposedly allows an attacker to gain root privileges on machines running sctp [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/28/remote-root-exploit-for-linux-machines-running-sctp-applications/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>OAuth session fixation attack</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/28/oauth-session-fixation-attack/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=oauth-session-fixation-attack</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/28/oauth-session-fixation-attack/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:57:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oauth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1262</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last week, Twitter temporarily stopped using OAuth authentication. The information they posted on their blog was pretty light on details, and the same thing goes for the security advisory that was posted later. Since then, more details and some better explanations of attack scenario&#8217;s have surfaced; let&#8217;s have a closer look at the security issue [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/28/oauth-session-fixation-attack/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Black Hat Europe update: Trust issues?</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/16/black-hat-europe-update-trust-issues/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=black-hat-europe-update-trust-issues</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/16/black-hat-europe-update-trust-issues/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:51:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Short newslinks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bgp hijacking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[blackhat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mpls]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1204</guid> <description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Kaminsky 2.0&#8243; at Black Hat today turned out to be  the talk from Daniel Mende and Enno Rey, dealing with vulnerabilities in the BGP and MPLS protocols. From what I can tell, there was no real news; most of the information they presented has been available for a while. The fact that BGP has [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/16/black-hat-europe-update-trust-issues/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>&#8220;Kaminsky 2.0&#8243; at Black Hat Europe tomorrow?</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/15/kaminsky-20-at-black-hat-europe-tomorrow/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=kaminsky-20-at-black-hat-europe-tomorrow</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/15/kaminsky-20-at-black-hat-europe-tomorrow/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:59:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[blackhat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sockstress]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1197</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve heard several reports, including one from a large Dutch news site, mention that a new security issue will be revealed at Black Hat Europe tomorrow. It is said to have the same impact as the DNS bug found by Dan Kaminsky last year. No further details have been provided, but since the full speaker [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/15/kaminsky-20-at-black-hat-europe-tomorrow/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Amazon: technical glitch, censorship gone wrong, or was it a hacker?</title><link>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/15/amazon-technical-glitch-censorship-gone-wrong-or-was-it-a-hacker/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=amazon-technical-glitch-censorship-gone-wrong-or-was-it-a-hacker</link> <comments>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/15/amazon-technical-glitch-censorship-gone-wrong-or-was-it-a-hacker/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:16:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Maarten</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[amazon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[amazonfail]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://securityandthe.net/?p=1180</guid> <description><![CDATA[This weekend, lots of writers saw their books disappear from Amazon&#8217;s bestseller lists. Somehow, the sales ranking for their books was removed. Since this ranking is an important way for potential buyers to select the contents of their shopping cart, this prompted several angry responses by authors. Filtering adult content? The most visible one was [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://securityandthe.net/2009/04/15/amazon-technical-glitch-censorship-gone-wrong-or-was-it-a-hacker/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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