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Japanese Yen(JPY)/Qatari Rial(QAR)

1 Japanese Yen = 0.0341 Qatari Rial




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Japanese Yen(JPY)/Israeli New Sheqel(ILS)

1 Japanese Yen = 0.0329 Israeli New Sheqel





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Tidbits From TSMC Q209 Earnings Call - 40nm Yield

Earning calls sure are interesting! Below is an excerpt from the TSMC Q209 call (transcript from seekingalpha). The discussion revolves around the 40nm yield issues and TSMC's ramp to improving the yield. Dr. Liu really hits on a key element of DFM...(read more)




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Limny 2.0 CMS Add Administrator Cross Site Request Forgery

Limny CMS version 2.0 suffers from a cross site request forgery vulnerability that allows for a malicious attacker to have an administrator account created. Proof of concept code included.




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NinkoBB 1.3RC4 Cross Site Request Forgery

NinkoBB version 1.3RC4 change / add administrator cross site request forgery exploit.




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DL_Stats Cross Site Scripting / Admin Bypass / SQL Injection

DL_Stats suffers from cross site scripting, arbitrary administrative access and remote SQL injection vulnerabilities.




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PageDirector CMS SQL Injection / Add Administrator

PageDirector CMS suffers from add administrator and remote SQL injection vulnerabilities.




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phpBugTracker 1.7.5 XSS / SQL Injection / Auth Bypass

phpBugTracker 1.7.5 suffers from cross site scripting, authorization bypass, and SQL injection vulnerabilities.




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MySQL Lite Administrator Beta 1 Cross Site Scripting

MySQL Lite Administrator version Beta 1 suffers from multiple cross site scripting vulnerabilities.




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phpLiteAdmin 1.1 Cross Site Request Forgery / Cross Site Scripting

phpLiteAdmin version 1.1 suffers from cross site request forgery and cross site scripting vulnerabilities.




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JSPMySQL Administrador 1 Cross Site Request Forgery / Cross Site Scripting

JSPMySQL Administrador version 1 suffers from cross site request forgery and cross site scripting vulnerabilities.





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Survey - Hackers On Vacation Before Q4 Saturation




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jQuery Impacted By Prototype Pollution Flaw








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Oracle Weblogic Apache Connector POST Request Buffer Overflow

This Metasploit module exploits a stack based buffer overflow in the BEA Weblogic Apache plugin. The connector fails to properly handle specially crafted HTTP POST requests, resulting a buffer overflow due to the insecure usage of sprintf. Currently, this module works over Windows systems without DEP, and has been tested with Windows 2000 / XP. In addition, the Weblogic Apache plugin version is fingerprinted with a POST request containing a specially crafted Transfer-Encoding header.




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Opera Scrambles To Quash Zero-Day Bug In Freshly Patched Browser




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Why Iraq is Buying up Playstation 2's





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Hackers Plan Attacks To Protest Iraq War




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Iraq Collapse May Pose New WMD Threat, Say UN Monitors




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Iraq Base Plans Left On Open Servers




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Jamming Systems Play Secret Role In Iraq




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Hackers Attack Iraq's Vulnerable Computers




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Special Forces Getting High-Tech Soldier Suits For Iraq Mission




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Iraq Government Launches Its Own Channel On YouTube




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Wikileaks Releases Indiscriminate Slaying Video From Iraq




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WikiLeaks Set To Release Iraq War Records




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Unpublished Iraq War Logs Trigger Internal WikiLeaks Revolt




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Will 400,000 Secret Iraq War Document Restore WikiLeaks' Sheen?







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RGGI Chair Says States Won’t Leave Emissions Trading Market for California, Quebec

California and Quebec, which together created the largest carbon market in North America this year, may come away empty-handed as they woo northeastern U.S. states to join their system.




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Increased Study Requirements, Loss of DOE Backing End Admiralty Inlet Tidal Pilot Project

Snohomish County Public Utility District announced it is abandoning plans to develop the 600-kW Admiralty Inlet Pilot tidal project in Washington's Puget Sound.





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The Big Question: What Do the Proposed EPA Regulations Mean for the Energy Industry?

In June, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule to restrict the amount of carbon dioxide released from power plants. The rule calls for reducing carbon 30 percent by 2030 over 2005 levels. Many have praised the aggressive proposal, while others are less favorable.




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The Big Question: Where Do You See Renewable Energy Growth Potential in 2015?

The annual outlook issue of Renewable Energy World magazine is our attempt to predict what will happen within the renewable energy industry over the course of the year. To do this, we went straight to the top of major renewable energy companies, asking CEOs and presidents to tell us where they are devoting their company resources in order to capitalize on some of the market growth that they expect to see in 2015.




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Renewables Account for 75 Percent of New US Generating Capacity in First Quarter of 2015

According to the latest "Energy Infrastructure Update" report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Office of Energy Projects, wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower combined provided over 75 percent (75.43 percent) of the 1,229 megawatts (MW) of new U.S. electrical generating capacity placed into service during the first quarter of 2015. The balance (302 MW) was provided by natural gas.





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Aquatera strengthens marine energy ties in Japan

Scotland-based power and environmental consultant Aquatera Ltd. Has entered into a partnership with the Nagasaki Marine Industry Cluster Promotion Association in an effort to help Japan bolster its marine energy sector through international collaboration.




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The Sequester and Its Impact on US Government Funding for Renewable Energy Projects

Mandatory spending cuts triggered by the March 1st sequester (automatic spending cuts) in the U.S. are being felt across the renewable energy sector sparking fears that reduced federal investment could curtail research, development and commercialization of new renewable energy technologies.




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The Viability of Germany’s Energiewende: Mark Jacobson Answers 3 Questions

To those in the climate change field the name Mark Z. Jacobson needs no introduction. The director of the Atmosphere and Energy Program at Stanford University is credited with having written the book on computer modeling for atmospheric changes, as well as being a recognized expert in the impacts of energy production and a staunch supporter of renewables.




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Q3 Portfolio Review: A Bottom For Clean Energy Developers?

In the third quarter, clean energy stocks in general continued their upward trend, turning in a 27 percent gain for the quarter and a 64 percent gain for the year as a whole, as measured by my benchmark and most broadly held clean energy ETF, Powershares Wilderhill Clean Energy (PBW.) This brings PBW back up to levels last seen in September 2011.




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Clean Energy Investment Continues Drop in 3Q

Clean-energy investment fell 14 percent in the third quarter from the prior three months as Europe curbed subsidies and cheaper U.S. natural gas lured investment.




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Renewable Energy Loses Out in Europe's "Lame-Duck" Climate Plan

Wind and solar power producers say they're at risk of losing investment after the European Union's executive arm scrapped proposals for a mandatory target on renewable energy use in 2030.