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Millions of computers may be compromised by US spyware - Kaspersky report

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The US National Security Agency (NSA) has figured out how to conceal spying software profound inside hard drives made by top PC manufacturers, permitting the agency to spy on most of the world's computers, as per cyber researchers and previous operatives. The nearly protected system was found by Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based security software creator that has uncovered a progression of Western cyber-secret activities operations. Kaspersky said it discovered PCs in 30 nations contaminated with spying projects, with the most infections seen in Iran, emulated by Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Mali, Syria, Yemen and Algeria. The targets included government and military establishments, telecom organizations, banks, vitality organizations, atomic researchers, media, and Islamic activists, Kaspersky said. The firm declined to publicly blame the US for being behind the spying crusade, however said it was nearly connected to Stuxnet, the NSA-drove cyberweapon that was utilize

Google to Shut Down Orkut on Sept 30

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Google published today that it is shutting down its first social network, Orkut, on September 30. Orkut, launched in 2004 and named after Google engineer Orkut Büyükkökten , who made it, was extremely well known in Brazil, where for quite a long time it was the leading social network. Facebook at last surpassed it the country in January 2012. Orkut was widely utilized within India, however never picked up footing in the U.S. also with the production of Google+ three years back, the end of Orkut was just a matter of time. "It's been an incredible 10 years, and we apologize to those still energetically utilizing the administration," engineering chief Paulo Golgher wrote in a blog entry. "We trust individuals will discover other online groups to start more discussions and fabricate considerably more associations for the following decade and past." Orkut grew out of Google's 20 percent activity, which permitted representatives to utilize a fifth of their wor