An Unknown Hacker Group Claims That It Shut Down the World's Largest…

The NY Times is reporting that unknown computer hackers who call themselves "Cutting Sword of Justice" have claimed responsibility for spreading a malicious virus into Saudi Aramco, the Saudi government-owned oil company that's also the world's largest, and destroying three-quarters of all its computers. The hackers used …

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Someone's Trying To Shut Down Power Plants—With a Virus

Earlier this year, a devastating virus dubbed Flame made its way through power plants in Iran, wreaking havoc on system software, and prompting the country to disconnect itself from the internet. Now comes word from Kaspersky Labs that there's a copycat virus doing the same thing to "at least one organization in the…

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The Olympic Flame Dies, Gets Unceremoniously Relit By Old Guy On a…

This is not a metaphor: the Olympic Flame has died for real, as technicians were moving the cauldron to a new location in the stadium. Now, they have to sacrifice 12 virgin ping-pong players and start a war with the Persians.

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Flame Hijacks Microsoft Update to Spread Malware Disguised As Legit…

It's a scenario security researchers have long worried about, a man-in-the-middle attack that allows someone to impersonate Microsoft Update to deliver malware - disguised as legitimate Microsoft code - to unsuspecting users.

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Meet ‘Flame’, The Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers

A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyberespionage operation.
The malware, discovered by Russia-based anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab, is an espionage toolkit that has been…

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I Never Knew Indigo Smoke Bombs Could Be So Mesmerizing

The video description says it's a 60 second experiment with the color Indigo but that's sort of underselling the beauty of it. There is indigo, yes, but also beautiful smoke, dyed colors and sparks! I don't know why but I've watched it 10 times already. [Paul Octavious via Mappeal]

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