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I have been a proud member of the Security Bloggers Network for a while now, and I am proud to see the development in content and quality amongst my peers and myself during this period. I have also been lucky enough to make a few new friends, and obviously I have grown my readership as well.

Thus, it is with a great pleasure I notice the rebranding - welcome the Black Hat Security Bloggers network!

According to the information I have recieved, there are some interesting synergies to note - including a SBN flier for all Black Hat attendees! Now, that will drive readers, no doubt about it!

Make sure you explore the other blogs in the network too - they span from incredibly technical stuff, via more woolen blogs like mine, and to dedicated compliance & privacy blogs.

A few of my own favorites include:

* RiskAnalys.is

* Rob Newby - IT-Security, the view from here

* Andy, IT-guy

* Anton Chuvakin

* Darknet

A few that really stand out, with deep knowledge and great humour are:

* Grumpy Security guy

* Layer8

When I am in need of a laugh, I pop over there!

And deep inside, there is geek in everyone. I feed mine over here:

* Hack a day

* Flylogic hardware security hacking blog

Enjoy :)

Somehow website owners believe that phishing is only targeting banks. Here is some news for you - when security tightens in one area, attachers are quick to find other sites and technologies to exploit. 

In March, a phishing attack targeted MySpace. It was clever, and used CSS to harvest user names and passwords from MySpace accounts. According to Google Security Blog, 95% of all new phishing traffic went to MySpace. 

Yesterday you read about Mike’s background and his view on Information security. One major point he makes is that security is not about technology, it is about business. He uses his long experience serving as a security professional to teach others how to avoid doing the same mistakes he did.

My source in Lebanon sendt me this update on the current situation. Review the end of the post for travelling tips and possible areas to stay away from!

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Fights have been ongoing since May 20 between the Lebnanese Army and the "Fateh El-Islam" organization, a multinational (mainly Arabs) terrorist group, which is taking the Palestinian refugee camp of "Naher El-Bared" (North of the Tripoli city) as a safe haven. About 50 army members and security officers have been killed and almost the same number wounded. It is difficult for the Lebanese army to target this terrosit group since it is hiding between Palestinian civilians (as human shields). After a few days of shelling, a few members of the organization were killed or captured and a few Palestinian civilians killed and wounded. Now the humanitarian situation in "Naher El-Bared" camp is really bad with no electricity, no water and no phones.