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UAE thwarts Egypt-originated cyber attacks
UAE thwarts Egypt-originated cyber attacks (Wam) / 22 July 2013 The Telecommunications Authority (TRA) said on Sunday that it had successfully thwarted Egypt-originated attempts by cyber-hackers to damage some government websites on Friday. The TRA said its Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT) succeeded in neutralising the danger and repairing the limited damage caused by the attack. Mohammed Nasser Al Ghanim, Director-General of TRA, said the authority had from the beginning, worked on protecting the targeted sites and at the same time, worked hard on tracing the source of danger. TRA contacted the relevant Egyptian authorities in order to coordinate the efforts of the two countries on this matter. “We agreed to provide the Egyptian authorities with a list of IP addresses from which the cyber-infiltration attempts originated,” Al Ghanim added, expressing hopes that measures will be taken to stop further attempts and to identify the perpetrators. Continue reading
Fire sweeps Sharjah tower
Fire sweeps Sharjah tower Afkar Abdullah / 21 July 2013 In yet another residential Sharjah blaze, a fire has partially gutted a 30-storey building leaving about 30 residents homeless and damaging nearby cars. The fire, which tore through the whole block in Al Hudah Tower started around 8.45am and took firefighters about an hour to get it under control, Sharjah Civil Defence Director-General Brigadier Abdullah Saeed Al Suwaidi said. “Firefighters arrived at the scene in less than five minutes and went about evacuating the residents through the building…(before) efforts were made to put out the blaze and control it from spreading to other blocks.” The fire started on the third floor and spread up to the 30th floor, leaving a long trail of damage up one side of the building. Five cars parked outside were also partly burnt by the flying debris caused by the blaze. Thankfully there were no fatalities or injuries reported, Al Suwaidi said. The blaze is the first big residential fire to be reported in the emirate this summer, with the emirate notorious for big residential fires such as those that gutted Al Baker Tower, which displaced 125 families last January. afkarali@khaleejtimes.com Continue reading
S.Williams reaches final of Swedish Open
S.Williams reaches final of Swedish Open (AP) / 21 July 2013 Serena Williams defeated Klara Zakopalova 6-0, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Swedish Open on Saturday to get her 50th win of the season faster than any other year in her career. After losing the first eight games, the third-seeded Zakopalova managed to break Williams’ serve twice in the second set to level score at 4-all, but the top-ranked Williams broke back to take the set and the match. “I was hardly making mistakes in the first set. I have to figure out a way to continue that tennis for more than one set, and I’m definitely going to go back and watch the film,” Williams said. According to the WTA, the most wins Williams previously had going into the summer hardcourt season was 38 in 2003. In the day’s other semifinal, Sweden’s Johanna Larsson came from behind to overpower Italy’s Flavia Pennetta 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Williams will meet the home favorite Larsson in Sunday’s final. Williams will be going for her seventh title of the year and 53 rd of her career, while Larsson will be chasing her first-ever title. Continue reading
