Pro-Israel hacker tells how he brought down dozens of Iranian sites

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	Pro-Israel hacker tells how he brought down dozens of Iranian sites A hacker going by the name You-r!-k@n claims to have hacked, defaced, and then deleted 91 Iranian websites belonging to various government agencies, educational institutions, and businesses in the name of protesting the Iranian government for "supporting terrorism and developing nuclear weapons to destroy Israel." In an exclusive email interview with InfoWorld Senior Analyst Ted Samson, the hacker has now provided some specifics as to how he was able to hack and delete so many sites. Read More WHITE PAPER: SkillSoft Must-Haves for Connecting the Global Infrastructure IT plays a critical role when enterprises are planning expansion into China, India, Brazil and other geographies. Cultural, technical and legal barriers can all slow building a successful IT infrastructure in emerging markets. Hear from peers who have successfully overcome obstacles and seized the opportunities in these regions. Learn More. In this Issue Apache Cassandra database upgrade due this fall 'Shadow IT' on the rise in businesses Judge vacates jury verdict, favors RIM in patent dispute with Mformation Infosys faces new visa fraud allegation WHITE PAPER: VCE Converging the Datacenter Infrastructure: Why, How, So What? To reap the benefits of highly virtualized datacenters, companies should consider deploying converged infrastructure systems that are managed as unified IT assets. Organizations the have implemented Vblock Systems have dramatically reduced data center costs, deployment times, and downtime. Download this IDC white paper to find out more. Learn more. Apache Cassandra database upgrade due this fall With its popularity growing, Apache's Cassandra database for high-volume, real-time data management will be fitted with technical and query language improvements in the fall. Version 1.2 of Cassandra, eyed for an October release, is slated to offer concurrent schema change and virtual node capabilities as well as JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) deployment support. Read More 'Shadow IT' on the rise in businesses Business divisions are bypassing the IT department, making their own decisions to buy cloud-based application services or use mobile devices, raising the specter of so-called "shadow IT" that's outside the knowledge or control of the CIO and the IT staff. Read More Judge vacates jury verdict, favors RIM in patent dispute with Mformation A judge in California has vacated a July jury decision that Research In Motion pay $147.2 million in damages to Mformation Technologies to settle a patent dispute. The jury awarded Mformation damages based on past sales in the U.S. of BlackBerry smartphones, connected to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) from late 2008 when the lawsuit was filed through the trial date. Read More Infosys faces new visa fraud allegation The Indian offshoring giant Infosys ran a "full-throated campaign of retaliation" against employees to deter them from cooperating with federal authorities investigating visa fraud, according to a new lawsuit. Read More
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