Dubai eGovernment, the public initiative to provide online services, announced that it has successfully foiled an attempt by hackers to corrupt data and impair some government websites that it hosts. “We have yet to ascertain the identities of the hackers and the exact location of their operation, but we have generated significant leads that will
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Hellenic Bank beat market expectations and reported net profit of EUR 133 mln, up 129% over 2006 and well above the average forecast of EUR 126 mln. The Board of Directors declared the intention to propose the payment of 11 euro cent final dividend for 2007, which together with the 8.5 cent interim dividend, raises
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Nokia and Elisa, a forerunner of new mobile and content services, announced that they will carry out a pilot of the new N-Gage mobile gaming service. The pilot will start in February and run until mid 2007. “The core of the Nokia games strategy is to make it easy for people to find, buy and
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A new threat called drive-by pharming has been identified, ZDNet UK reports. A security firm has warned that drive-by pharming, in which a cyberattacker takes control of a user’s home router, could allow a malicious attacker to steal a user’s bank details. Anyone who hadn’t changed the default password on their router would be at
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Account holders with at least two Australian banks have become victims of a phishing scam in which malicious code reveals the physical location of affected IP addresses using Google Maps, Computerworld reports. At least one version of the scam was circulated as a false news report claiming the Australian prime minister had suffered a heart
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The Cyprus government is monitoring the promotion of establishing trade and tourist offices of the Turkish Cypriot puppet regime abroad and is intervening in a strong diplomatic manner to avert such development, Government Spokesman Christodoulos Pashiardes said on Monday.Replying to questions, Pashiardes ssaid that these actions by the Turkish side are made in the framework
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Malta’s President Fenech Adami has assured that Malta’s position towards Cyprus is a position of principles and therefore its support towards Cyprus will continue.Adami gave this assurance at a ceremony on February 22, 2007, during which Cyprus Ambassador to Malta, based in Rome, Athena Mavronicola, presented her credentials.During a private conversation after the ceremony, Mavronicola
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The Republic of Cyprus has a complete and exclusive sovereignty over the entire island of Cyprus and alone has the right to designate an airport for the purposes of the Chicago Convention, said a letter by the British Department for Transport to the so-called Turkish Cypriot airlines.A spokesman of the Department confirmed that a letter
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The existing legal framework within which Cyprus makes its moves, with regard to the exploration and exploitation of possible oil and natural gas deposits in the sea south and west of the country, is a very strong and useful tool for the government of the Republic on which to base its arguments in any likely
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The European Commission has activated the pre-judicial process against the Republic of Cyprus, after Nicosia did not submit its national plan for allocating carbon dioxide (CO2) emission allowances for the 2008-2012 trading period of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.The process was announced Monday by the spokeswoman of Environment Commissioner Stavros Demas, while the relevant letter
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