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Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online New evidence suggests the developers behind the powerful trojan worm known as Stuxnet may have begun work on the virus as early as 2005, five years before it was first deployed. Though no one has officially claimed ownership of this trojan, it is widely believed Stuxnet was commissioned by Israel and the U.S. to attack Iran’s nuclear plans. Security firm Symantec first found these early roots of Stuxnet, dubbed Stuxnet 0.5, and...

NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC urged world powers to stand firm in next week's talks with Iran, after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued a new report confirming that more advanced uranium enrichment machines have been installed at the Natanz facility. Iran last month notified the IAEA about its Natanz plans, a move the U.S. called "a provocative step." (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) The new IAEA report comes just...

NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC is urging the international community to respond firmly to Iran's latest plans to accelerate its uranium enrichment. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) In a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Tehran announced that it will install advanced uranium enrichment machines at its Natanz facility. The IAEA released today the letter Iran sent January 23. "Could it be any clearer that Iran...

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Barrier1, the leader in Intelligent Threat Management, announces SC Magazine Selects Barrier1 as "Industry Innovator for Perimeter Defense". (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110616/CG20813LOGO) Network Security attacks continue to become more complex. Cyber Criminals are now changing attack vectors within days and not months and going beyond the first type of "blended threats" in which they use a coordinated approach and All 7 OSI...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Feeling threatened from the 2010 Stuxnet attack against their nuclear plants, Iran is improving its cyber-attack program and could have America in its sights, says one US General. According to Bloomberg, General William Shelton, the head of the US Air Force Space Command, believes that Iran is the biggest cyber threat facing the US today. “They are going to be a force to be reckoned with, with the potential capabilities that...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The control systems of two U.S. power plants were found to be infected with malware, according to the latest quarterly newsletter from the U.S. Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT). In both cases, the infections came from USB drives used for data backup or software updates to critical systems used to control power generation equipment, the ICS-CERT said. The organization did not disclose the...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Iran, which has been targeted in several hacks over the past few years, has been busy battling yet another Stuxnet cyber attack over the past few months, according to the NY Times. This time, an Iranian official is saying foreign enemy hackers have been targeting the southern coast of Iran, home to many important industries, as well as the Culture Ministry Information Center. Though various accounts of these attacks have not given...

NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new American Jewish Committee (AJC) survey of Jewish voters in the battleground state of Ohio reveals that 64 percent will choose President Obama, and 29 percent will vote for Governor Romney on Election Day. It is the third and last in a series of pre-election polls of American Jewish opinion. The others were a national survey and a separate poll in Florida. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) "Each survey...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Iran has devised what they believe to be the most effective way to protect themselves from cyber attacks launched by terrorist hackers and outside governments: They’ll create their own version of the Internet. According to the Washington Post, the Iranian government has begun to lay out technical plans to build their own, self-contained version of the Internet, giving the country tighter control over the information and users...

NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than two-thirds -- 69 percent -- of Jewish voters in Florida say they will choose President Obama over Governor Romney, who will win 25 percent of the state's Jewish vote, according to a new American Jewish Committee (AJC) survey. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) Obama won 76 percent of the Florida Jewish vote in 2008. Jews comprise about four percent of the voters in Florida, which is widely...