Posted March 1, 2013, 10:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
During his military trial at Ft. Meade, Bradley Manning, age 25, plead guilty yesterday to 10 of 22 charges stemming from the submission of classified information to Wikileaks in 2010. Manning has claimed responsibility for obtaining and sharing hundreds of…
Posted September 25, 2012, 8:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
According to Reuters, Google's search and Gmail services have been blocked from public view in Iran. Tehran officials say these latest additions to Iran's web filter are the result of a much publicized anti-Islamic video called "Innocence of Muslims". The…
Posted August 10, 2012, 1:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in IT Security, The Web
Kaspersky security analysts have identified another cyber-threat (PDF) targeting the Middle East as part of ongoing research into Flame. Named Gauss, it displays all the hallmarks of being part of the same family as Flame (Stuxnet, Duqu) and is compromising financial…
Posted June 20, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web
The Washington Post reports that Flame, an extremely sophisticated virus which was first discovered in Iranian oil refineries, is the brainchild of U.S. and Israeli efforts to slow Iran's nuclear program. This information comes from several Western officials who purportedly…
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