Monthly Archives: May 2012

UN to Warn World About Flame Virus Risks

By | 2012-05-30T00:17:47-04:00 May 30th, 2012|News|

A United Nations agency that aids member nations in securing their national infrastructures is set to warn member nations about the risk posed by the 'Flame' virus.   Flame is a computer virus that Tehran says is infecting its computers and which independent experts say "most dangerous cyberwarfare tool ever created."   One technology reporter

Legality of Egypt’s political isolation law questionable

By | 2012-05-29T23:54:05-04:00 May 29th, 2012|Reports|

Egypt’s political isolation law, which aims at depriving senior officials of the former regime of occupying political posts, has for long been a source of controversy not only because it returned Mubarak’s minister and premier Ahmed Shafiq to the presidential race, but also questions surrounding its legality.   “The political isolation law is rife with

Iran Behind Plots to Kill US Officials and Jews

By | 2012-05-29T14:37:46-04:00 May 29th, 2012|Reports|

Iran, with Hizbullah compliance, is behind plots to kill U.S. officials and Jews with sniper fire and bombs, The Washington Post reported Monday in its lead article.   The information on the plots is another thread in the growing web of apparent international terrorism backed by Iran against Americans and Jews and which so far

Egyptians protest against election results; violence flares as Shafiq’s HQ torched

By | 2012-05-29T13:56:31-04:00 May 29th, 2012|News|

Protesters set fire Monday to the headquarters of Egypt’s presidential candidate and ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq after the election committee said he made it into a run-off vote with an Islamist rival.   The assailants set fire to an annex of Shafiq’s headquarters in Cairo hours after election officials announced that the holdover from Hosni Mubarak’s

Flame Computer Virus Strikes Iran – ‘Worse Than Stuxnet’

By | 2012-05-29T10:10:15-04:00 May 29th, 2012|News|

Iranian security experts report a virus far more dangerous than the Stuxnet worm has struck the country's computer systems.   Dubbed the “Flame,” the virus is one that has struck not only Iran, however, but a number of other enemies of Israel as well.   The Kaspersky Internet security firm is calling the “Flame” data-stealing

The ‘Flame’ Computer Virus Strikes Iran, ‘Worse Than Stuxnet’

By | 2012-05-29T02:57:58-04:00 May 29th, 2012|News|

Iranian security experts report a virus far more dangerous than the Stuxnet worm has struck the country's computer systems.   Dubbed the “Flame,” the virus is one that has struck not only Iran, however, but a number of other enemies of Israel as well.   The Kaspersky Internet security firm is calling the “Flame” data-stealing