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At least Six missing 22 rescued from Lagos boat disaster

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At least Six missing 22 rescued from Lagos boat disaster Six missing, 22 rescued from Lagos boat disaster: At least six passengers on board a boat were feared dead after it capsized in a lagoon in the Majidun area off Ikorodu in Lagos State on Wednesday evening. However, 22 others, who also fell of the boat were rescued by local divers. The development occurred barely two weeks after 13 people died at the 4th Avenue, 42 Road, Festac Town, Festac, Lagos State. According to an anonymous source, the boat was filled with working class people who were headed home after the day�s job. �I was told that a boat with about 28 passengers fell off a boat on Wednesday evening. Some of the victims were said to have been dressed formally and were returning after the day�s work,� he said. Although details remained sketchy as of press time, rescue officials said members of the community confirmed the incident. The spokesperson, National Emergency Management Agency, South-West zone, Ibrahim Farinloye, t...

Article 5 Million Web Sites Served Malware for at Least 3 Months And Nobody Noticed!

Article 5 Million Web Sites Served Malware for at Least 3 Months And Nobody Noticed! I really want to direct your attention to the following article which appeared today; Malicious widget hacked millions of Web sites Parked sites hosted by Network Solutions spread malware since at least May http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/081610-malicious-widget-hacked-millions-of.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_2010-08-17 Essentially the article says that up to 5 million web sites have been serving up malware for at least the last three months - and nobody noticed. Even worse, it appears that nobody was safe; "The widget turned every infected domain into a drive-by attack site that launched the multi-exploit "Nuke" toolkit against users running Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Opera" Typically, the malware seems to only affect Windows PCs. Roll on Chromium OS! Im not sure how much longer I can continue to support windows environments for anything other than games. There...