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Iran Arrests Alleged Spies Over Stuxnet Worm
kaptink writes "Reports surfacing from Iran claim 'nuclear spies' have been arrested over the infection at the Busheher nuclear station, which opened in August. According to Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi, because Stuxnet is so sophisticated, cost so much to write and uses two stolen security certificates, he believes only a national intelligence agency or a huge private company could have devised it, calling them 'enemies' spy services."
Admittedly I didn't know much about Stuxnet until after reading more about it and it seems to me just yet another windows virus that hasn't until now been discovered and mistakenly spread via contractors laptops. . . .
Seems to me that this worm wasn't designed for a specific target and is like any other virus..
From what I've read, it was specifically written to infect Siemens controllers, root them so it could change the control algorithms while displaying the proper algorithms when polled. The controllers are located at each piece of equipment, typically running independently, each with a minimal OS, if any. They are connected in a local network to allow communication and central monitoring and adjustment.. Stuxnet only used Windows vulnerabilities as a vector to get onto the front-end workstations in order to load into the controllers through the local network.
Follow the money.
The tea party has never been a grass roots org. Launched by a stock exchange trader on CNBC throwing a fit, and funded by Dick Armey's Freedom Works; the tea party has always been the Republican Party.
Israel is noticeably, quite literally, greener than its neighbours.
That's why they deserve that land, they take better care of it.
Bullshit. Israel is destroying it - this "making the desert bloom" crap is destroying the water aquifers there which is one of reasons Israel is pulling so many provocative actions with Lebanon, they want an opportunity to seize access to the Litani river.
The Palestinians have literally spent centuries developing olive grove orchards which are very sustainable in desert climes. Then "settlers" bulldoze them down and plant Orange groves and other such water intensive plants such as Celery, exhausting the local aquifers, leaving just a fraction of water they've pissed in for the Palestinians.
Allah is one weird entity. Apparently, under traditional Muslim belief, Allah is so other that one can never communicate with It directly. Errr...so how do they explain Muhammad? Dunno.
I'm not religious, but I'm a student of religion. According to legend, Muhammad was recited the passages of the Koran by the arch-angel Gabriel (acting as an intermediary of sorts I suppose). I don't believe Muhammad ever talked directly to god.
Anyhow, Muslims are fond of saying "if Allah wills it" to apply to any of their wishes. Okay, so..this Allah entity, he apparently willed Jews to create modern Israel? Or the Saudi royal family? Or forces making Muslims "victims" in the modern world? The schism between Sunnis and Shi'ites? What about the Alawis, Sufis, or any of the other innumerable Islamic sects?
The same B.S. so many other religious espouse... "God works in mysterious ways." It's childishly easy to come up with a reason for god letting these things happen. Persecution as a test of faith. Let an enemy rise to power so they have someone to conquer and become stronger. Etc. etc. Typically it's all "test of faith" as the usual reason.
If Allah is so just, how to explain the status of women in the Islamic world? What about the infidels? Islam is supposed to be a tolerant religion. Okay, where are the Christian churches in Saudi Arabia or the Jewish Temples? How come the Ba'hai are persecuted in Iran? What's with the Fatwas for killing whomever the Fatwa-er deems deserving of death? If Allah is It's cracked up to be, how come It cannot defend Its own turf and must rely on Muslims to do Its dirty work? And if It is so other, how can Muslims be relied on to interpret what It wants?
Women get the short end of the stick because, well, it's a power and control thing. Lots of religions had it (and still have it), although Islam is the only major religion that suppresses so many minority and women's rights so egregiously.
As for why Muslims have to do God's dirty work, well... the same reason that the Crusaders did god's work (in their view). If there is a god he's either unwilling or unable to influence the world on a large scale.
As for the inconsistencies in logic, well, that's Religion 101 for you. Logical fallacies left and right. Thankfully the majority of Muslims are moderates, otherwise we'd have car bombs and Jihadists everywhere. After all, you don't see evangelical Christians blowing up Planned Parenthoods and headshotting abortion doctors every day, do you?
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...otherwise we'd have car bombs and Jihadists everywhere. After all, you don't see evangelical Christians blowing up Planned Parenthoods and headshotting abortion doctors every day, do you?
Dunno. We're pushing nearly 18k terrorist attacks by muslims since 9/11, that's quite a few. And if you take a look in various parts of the APCR where it's supposed to be moderate, you sure do see a lot of jihadi's, public whipping, and 'ankle' laws.
And well, you don't. Mostly because mainstream christianty keeps evangelical's in check, they might spout the crazy but the rest don't let them go any further.
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