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- FBM KLCI up in early trade
- Game company Bethesda is latest hacker target
- Apple's Steve Jobs gets comic book bio treatment
| Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:43 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI was marginally up in Tuesday's early trade, rising 0.07% or 1.09 points to 1,546.97 at 9.15am. Among the gainers were Nestle (M) Bhd and DiGi.Com Bhd which gained 10 sen and eight sen respectively to RM48 and RM29 respectively. Regional markets were mixed. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 fell 0.04% to 9,444.47 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was down 0.78% to 22,332.88. Shanghai's A index was down 0.01% to 2,700.20 while Taiwan's Taiex Index rose 0.32% to 8,740.66. Seoul's Kospi Index gained 0.11% to 2,051.09, while Singapore's Straits Times Index slipped 0.16% to 3,054.11. Nymex crude oil dropped 66 cents to US$96.64 per barrel. Spot gold rose US$1.75 to US$1,517.85 per ounce. The ringgit was quoted at 3.039 to the US dollar. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Game company Bethesda is latest hacker target Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:41 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) - A group of hackers has gained access to the websites of the U.S. Senate and video game company Bethesda Softworks, the latest in a series of cyberattacks plaguing a broad range of online victims. The group, which calls itself Lulz Security, posted what it called a "small, just-for-kicks release of some internal data" from Senate.gov on its website on Monday. Likely referencing reports that the Pentagon is considering whether a cyberattack could be considered an act of war, the group also wrote "is this an act of war, gentlemen? Problem?" A representative from the office of the Senate sergeant-at-arms did not immediately return a phone message for comment Monday afternoon. Bethesda acknowledged the intrusion in a blog post Monday, saying hackers may have gained access to users' names, email addresses and passwords. The company said no credit card data or other financial information were compromised. Josh Shaul, chief technology officer at database security software maker Application Security Inc., said the data Lulz posted is "verifiable proof" that it was able to gain access to and take control of the Senate's website. "It's a very skilled group," he said. "They claimed it was easy." Lulz Security has also recently claimed responsibility for breaking into the websites of PBS, Sony Pictures, Nintendo and others. Meanwhile, it's unclear who was responsible for a recent cyberattack on the International Monetary Fund's computer system or the one on Citibank that stole about 200,000 credit card account numbers, customer names and email addresses. Shaul said the recent string of attacks take advantage of insecure systems. While companies are protecting the perimeter of their computer systems, once hackers get in, "everything is there to own," he said. It's the equivalent of a bank putting a guard at the door and leaving all the money in a pile instead of in safes and vaults, he added. "We've created this situation where it's so easy for a skilled attacker to break in and get data," Shaul said. "They are doing it because they can." Bethesda declined to comment beyond its blog post and did not say how many users were affected. In Twitter messages, Lulz (Internet-speak for laughs) said it has had information on more than 200,000 users "for weeks" and broke into Bethesda's website more than two months ago. Bethesda, meanwhile, said that a hacker group "attempted an unlawful intrusion" over the weekend. Lulz said on its website Monday it is not releasing information it has on the 200,000-plus users. Bethesda, behind games such as "Brink" and "Fallout: New Vegas," is a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media Inc., based in Washington, D.C. Latest business news from AP-Wire Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Apple's Steve Jobs gets comic book bio treatment Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:39 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Steve Jobs, the public face of Apple Inc., is getting a biographical comic book. Publisher Bluewater Productions Inc. said Monday it will bring a 32-page biography - titled "Steve Jobs: Co-Founder of Apple" - of the iconic CEO to comic book shops, bookstores and online retailers Aug. 24, detailing his life and career. "His innovations command front page news, speculation of his health affects the stock market. Not bad for a college dropout," Bluewater President Darren Davis said. The book, written by C.W. Cooke and drawn by Chris Schmidt, profiles the technological innovator who helped co-create Apple and then oversaw its resurgence with products including the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. "Admire him or hate him, Jobs' vision and business acumen revolutionized the world," Cooke said. Between Jobs and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, "you would be hard pressed to find someone with greater influence over how we communicate, interact and do business over the last 30 years." The comic is part of the Vancouver, Washington-based publisher's wider series of looks at contemporary figures ranging from Lady Gaga to Sarah Palin to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. "There are definitely some similarities between Zuckerberg and Jobs. It takes a certain kind of drive and a certain kind of genius to move society the way they have," Cooke said. "The idea behind both efforts is to show the person behind the personality and that it is never what you'd expect." Bluewater said the success of its Zuckerberg comic - it sold out - led the company to look at Jobs as a subject. "His story, and that of Apple, is epic," Davis said - AP Latest business news from AP-Wire Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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