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A new documentary on “Stuxnet”, the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program, reveals it was just a small part of a much bigger cyber operation against the nation’s military and civilian infrastructure under the code name “NITRO ZEUS”. http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamesball/us-hacked-into-irans-critical-civilian-infrastructure-for-ma#.lgV7VGmGm Posted from WordPress for Android →

I saw this morning a notice from my local information security authority titled “GNU C -kirjastosta (glibc) löydetty vakava haavoittuvuus“. It tells that February also this year brought another nasty security issue on glibc library (last year’s vulnerability was GHOST). It is a Critical glibc (GNU C library) security issue that needs a bug fix →

https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/security-alert-mazar-bot-active-attacks-android-malware/ Posted from WordPress for Android →

http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/02/15/our-companys-greatest-project/ Posted from WordPress for Android →

Super Suomi: 16 Finnish startups that could change the world in 2016 Much has been said about the Finnish startup scene. Finnish entrepreneurs come in many shapes and forms. But the basic story remains that there’s a lot of human capital freed up after the swan song of Nokia, while new talent keeps brewing in our →

The current situation in European Cyber Security This almost two hour long video is a part of Aalto University Kyberturvallisuus koskettaa meitä jokaista public lecture series: The current situation in European Cyber Security. This session was held at 9.2.2016 at Department of Communications and Networking. Speakers are Steve Purser (the Head of ENISA Core Operations Department) →

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41105-015-0027-5 I have critically mentioned this Finnish invention earlier on blog. New research shows that it does not work. Posted from WordPress for Android →

This article gives some useful patterns for writing bash scripts. For example: Fail fast in case of errors and Clean up after yourself even in unexpected situations https://barro.github.io/2016/02/shell-script-patterns-for-bash/     Posted from WordPress for Android →

The semiconductor industry will soon abandon its pursuit of Moore’s law. Now things could get a lot more interesting. http://www.nature.com/news/the-chips-are-down-for-moore-s-law-1.19338 Posted from WordPress for Android →

Instagram had only 13 employees when it sold for $1 billion to Facebook, and Snapchat has about 350 employees. We’re all familiar with examples of small, lean digital companies that outcompete larger, established companies. But what’s even more notable is that these digital companies are staying small as business scales. Smart headcount growth that optimizes →