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		<title>Is Brand Name Typosquatting really Cybersquatting?</title>
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Cybersquatting as domain squatting

Cybersquatting is profit that is made from the goodwill of a trademark.  The Domain Name Handbook defines cybersquatting as:
&#8220;A name given to individuals who attempt to profit from the Internet by reserving and later reselling or licensing domain names back to the companies that invested time and money in developing the goodwill [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2010/03/11/is-brand-name-typosquatting-really-cybersquatting/</link>
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		<title>Google ALERT poisoned URL</title>
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While happily perusing Google malware alerts this morning, I managed to click on a poisoned URL.  The Vista computer that I use for alerts/surfing/chatting/social networking is not my main PC, but is obviously one that I have no desire to infect!

So as to not reinvent the wheel, I went to Norton Safeweb and got a fairly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2010/03/07/google-alert-poisoned-url/</link>
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		<title>TrademytweetsDOTcom &#8211; just another Twitter Scam!</title>
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Trademytweets[SCAM]com is a new variation of the old Tweeterfast, Tweeterfollow theme. Recent domains that have operated under the same gray umbrella are gettwitterfollowersforfree.com and
SpreadMyTweets.com.
Trademytweets claims:
&#8220;How does it work? When you sign in with your Twitter details, our system will find you 20, 40, 60 or 100 other Tweeters. Then with these people it will begin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2010/02/21/trademytweets-com-just-another-twitter-scam/</link>
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		<title>A quick and dirty on vigilante hackers</title>
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Psychological harassment, obstruction of justice,  and misuse of Internet technologies is clearly breaking the law.
For those of us who are involved in the realm of information security, it is a sad time indeed to see the control that some vigilante hackers have over the Internet.
Some of these cyber-criminals are not at all who they portray [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2010/02/16/a-quick-and-dirty-on-vigilante-hackers/</link>
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		<title>Spam Spam (What It Do)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spammers often collect email addresses from customer lists, chatrooms, email chain letters, forums, newsgroups, websites, and viruses. Current email accounts that are receiving spam have connections to prior chain mails, forums, and newsgroups. Spam or junk email is almost always unsolicited and unwanted.]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2010/02/11/spam-spam-what-it-do/</link>
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		<title>The invisible customer gobsmacked &#8212; NOT!</title>
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Just got back from my favorite grocery store (anonymous) that I have been frequenting for eight years.  The cashier at the speedy check-stand was less than pleasant &#8212; she was downright rude. This is the first time in eight years that I have had a bad experience/negative encounter at this particular store.
I was so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2010/02/10/bad-cashier-bad-attitude-bad-customer-service/</link>
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		<title>Facebook redesign!  Nobody told us!</title>
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Great Facebook communication!  Are you simply too huge, too cool, and too awesome to share GUI changes with our community?
Ermmm, Happy 6th Anniversary!
 
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		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2010/02/04/facebook-redesign-nobody-told-us/</link>
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		<title>Register today for the FOSE 2010 experience!</title>
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You are well aware of the challenges we as a CyberSecurity community face from rapid changes in the technology landscape. FOSE 2010 is the place to discover opportunities and solutions along with changing expectations for government IT professionals.
Register today for the FOSE 2010 experience http://www.fose.com.
You can expect:

3 days of IT resources helping you navigate today’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2010/02/03/register-today-for-the-fose-2010-experience/</link>
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		<title>3 important steps that can take the bite out of cyberharassment</title>
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Recently, While watching the twitter public_timeline (TPT), I managed to get myself tangled up in an uncomfortable situation online.  While on the TPT I came across an alleged hacktivist, became overly curious, and followed up by conducting private research to better understand the intentions behind his or her hacktivism activities.
It wasn&#8217;t long before I began [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2010/01/26/3-important-steps-that-can-take-the-bite-out-of-cyberharrassment/</link>
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		<title>If you read it on Facebook, it must be TRUE!</title>
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Facebook Is Going To Start Charging Money!
This scam first appeared on Facebook during December 2009. Users who joined this group were tricked into clicking a malicious link that took them off-site while secretly dumping malware on their computer.

&#8220;The ongoing thread that Facebook will soon begin charging for their site doesn’t appear to be slowing. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2010/01/21/if-you-read-it-on-facebook-it-must-be-true/</link>
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		<title>GASP YouTube: Vote-botting, false flagging, false DCMA shenanigans?</title>
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In May of Last year The London Daily News reported that YouTube censored US journalist Alex Jones, best known for investigative reporting on the 9/11 terrorist attacks. At that time the &#8220;Alex Jones Show&#8221; on YouTube had over 1 million views per week, and was also responsible for &#8220;The Obama Deception.&#8221;
“Increasingly YouTube has been scorned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2010/01/05/gaspyoutube-false-flagging-false-dcma-and-vote-botting-shenanigans/</link>
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		<title>Tech highlights from December 2009</title>
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Twitter hack claimed by Iranian group
The hack that occurred on Twitter itself is significant beyond any wider political motives. It shows that what is the world’s fastest growing communication network is rather insecure.
Being able to change the DNS records of a website means that rather than simply redirecting users to a vanity page identifying the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2009/12/27/tech-highlights-from-december-2009/</link>
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		<title>Greetings from the Tekblog!</title>
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		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2009/12/24/greetings-from-the-tekblog/</link>
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		<title>Tweeterfast, Tweeterfollow, Twtkingz &#8212; The never-ending Twitter scam&#8230;</title>
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I&#8217;ve been following the Tweeterfollow musical domain saga since late September 2009.  The theme never changes.  I&#8217;ve also written about their scam/phishing/twitter account hijackings here.
Yesterday the Tweeterfollow (AKA: TF) domain push on Twitter was via Twtxtreme.info  (currently disabled) using short url services tinyURL and retwt.me.  Today it looks like TF is promoting twtkingz.info via [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2009/12/15/tweeterfast-tweeterfollow-twtkingz-the-never-ending-twitter-scam/</link>
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		<title>FacebookAgent is a Backdoor Bot &amp; Trojan Dropper</title>
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There has been chattering the past few days about unknown rogue software available for download on the Internet that lets you view private Facebook profiles.  I can assure you that this new software called FacebookAgent is old news wagging a new wrapper.  This is not just another scam!  This rogue application also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2009/12/03/facebookagent-is-a-backdoor-bot-trojan-dropper/</link>
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		<title>Tech highlights from November 2009</title>
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Proper use of English could get a virus past security 
Hackers could evade most existing antivirus protection by hiding malicious code within ordinary text, according to security researchers.
One of the most common ways of hijacking other people&#8217;s computers is to use &#8220;code-injection&#8221; attacks, in which malicious computer code is delivered to and then run on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2009/11/30/tech-highlights-from-november-2009/</link>
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		<title>An affiliate marketer shows you how to go phishing&#8230;</title>
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I am currently reading a read me from a recent .rar that I downloaded and extracted over at Tubnut (that is a pet name for  my virtual station that analyzes files.)  The one question in the read me  that consistently catches my attention is  &#8212;How can I get somebody to login to my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2009/11/26/an-affiliate-marketer-shows-you-how-to-go-phishing/</link>
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		<title>My USB flash stick is broken!</title>
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Maybe not! I have an 8 GB USB stick that is only showing 950 mbs of available disk space.  After doing a bit of Google research I decided to visit http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197 and download HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool &#8211; v2.1.8, a nifty little USB format utility that is free to use.
Note: Be sure to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2009/11/25/my-usb-flash-stick-is-broken/</link>
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		<title>Part II: Intruder Defense – Use Ubuntu to secure financial transactions online</title>
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Last month Brian Krebs wrote an interesting and informative article about E-Banking on a Locked Down (Non-Microsoft) PC for business owners, and outlined a tutorial on how to accomplish security online.
&#8220;In past Live Online chats and blog posts, I&#8217;ve mentioned any [sic] easy way to temporarily convert a Windows PC into a Linux-based computer in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2009/11/25/part-ii-intruder-defense-%e2%80%93-use-ubuntu-to-secure-financial-transactions-online/</link>
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		<title>Dinner_Guest:  Viral PR or the Real Thing?</title>
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 Dinner_Guest
Twitter Bio: I can&#8217;t help myself and i need to tell someone. Love the kill
Joined: Tue 10 Nov 2009 21:41
Following: 1  &#124;  Followers: 100  &#124;  Updates: 41
Being an avid Techcrunch fan, I was intrigued with Mike Butchers article &#8220;Is @Dinner Guest a sick joke or a real murderer on Twitter?&#8221; Who is this Dinner_Guest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tekblog.teksquisite.com/2009/11/17/dinner_guest-viral-pr-or-the-real-thing/</link>
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