Sunday, September 26, 2010

Simple Thoughts (Technology) – Newsletter for September 26, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010


Stuxnet Affecting Iran Power Plant

TEHRAN, IRAN (GaeaTimes.com)- The Iranian officials have admitted that a huge number of computers in the country running Windows OS have been afflicted by the Stuxnet worm. The industries and mines ministry in Iran has said that nearly 30000 computers in the country has been hit badly by the worm. The possible target …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Stuxnet Affecting Iran Power Plant.

Bom Sabado Virus Affecting Orkut Users

SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- The way the hackers are increasingly targeting the social networking sites, the users have reasons to be worried. Earlier the malicious hackers targeted widely used email accounts to spread worms and trojans but now they are targetting the social networking accounts. They often try to find loopholes in these sites to … Read : Bom Sabado Virus Affecting Orkut Users.

Oracle to Provide Better Support for Java and Open Source Developers

According to a recent press release, Oracle has been witnessing increasing adoption of Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 6 with over 9.1 million downloads of the Java EE SDK and GlassFish Server distributions during the last 12 months. Oracle Technology Network(OTN) that has developers, administrators, and architects already surpassed 10 million …. Original source  : Oracle to Provide Better Support for Java and Open Source Developers.

Bom Sabado Worm infected in Orkut

Kolkata (GaeaTimes.com) – According to the latest reports, Orkut has been attacked by Bom Sabado Worm. The worm is reported to be posting scraps to with the text Bom Sabado which means Good Saturday in Portuguese. Portuguese is official language of Brazil which is the last bastion of the Google owned Social networking Website. India … Read more : Bom Sabado Worm infected in Orkut.

Spam Related Domain Registration is on Rise in Russia after China’s Security Clampdown

According to security provider M86 Security, many spammers based in China are opening new domain registration in Russia. There are 6000 new domain registration in Russia during the last month to support the spam campaigning, the company further said. The latest move is due to the fact that the Chinese domain regulator, China Internet …. Source article  : Spam Related Domain Registration is on Rise in Russia after China’s Security Clampdown.

Bom Sabado Scrap Plagues Orkut

SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- It seems that after Twitter and Facebook another social networking site Orkut has been affected by a worm. The users of Orkut have complained that they are getting a strange scrap named Bom Sabado in their scrapbox, which is equivalent to wall in Facebook. However, it is too early to say … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Bom Sabado Scrap Plagues Orkut.

Iran’s nuclear agency trying to stop computer worm capable of seizing control of power plants

Iran’s nuclear agency trying to stop computer worm

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s nuclear agency is trying to combat a complex computer worm that has affected industrial sites throughout the country and is capable of taking over power plants, Iranian media reports said.
Experts from the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran met this week to discuss how to …. Source  : Iran’s nuclear agency trying to stop computer worm capable of seizing control of power plants.

Mark Zuckerberg’ Girlfriend is Priscilla Chan: Photos

Faceboook founder Mark Zuckerberg has got some other business to do rather than expanding his business. The 26 years old, who stands 35 in the Forbes list with 4.9 billion dollar is now stealing time to freak out with his newest girlfriend Priscilla Chan.
Priscilla Chan, a native of Boston is a third year medical … Read more »»».

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