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Iran Has Shut Off the Internet
2019-11-20 12:52

Iran has gone pretty much entirely offline in the wake of nationwide protests. This is the best article detailing what's going on; this is also good. AccessNow has a global campaign to stop...

Facebook pulls fake news networks linked to Russia and Iran
2019-10-23 12:02

It took down four foreign interference campaigns and announced initiatives to prevent foreign interference in US elections.

Haxis of evil: Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are 'continuous threat' to UK, say spies
2019-10-23 11:28

National Cyber Security Centre handled 658 incidents last year The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has said in its annual review (here) that Russia, China, Iran and North Korea...

Iran? More like Ivan: Brit and US spies say they can see through Turla hacking group's facade
2019-10-21 10:06

Russian-backed cell's Middle East campaign pretended to be of a Persian persuasion British and US spies have blamed Russian hacker group Turla for masquerading as Iranian hackers to launch recent...

Iran-Linked ‘Charming Kitten’ Touts New Spearphishing Tactics
2019-10-11 12:37

A campaign first observed last year has ramped up its attack methods and appears to be linked to activity targeting President Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign.

Iran-linked Hackers Target Trump 2020 Campaign, Microsoft says
2019-10-07 12:24

A group called Phosphorous has been trying to access Microsoft-based email accounts of people associated with the campaign.

Microsoft: Iran-Backed Group Targeted a Presidential Campaign
2019-10-04 21:18

'Phosphorous' Hacking Group Attempted Attacks on 240 Email Accounts Over Two MonthsMicrosoft says that over the past two months, a hacking group apparently linked to Iran targeted email accounts...

Iran tried to hack hundreds of politicians, journalists email accounts last month, warns Microsoft
2019-10-04 18:33

No confirmation from Trump yet whether he asked them to do it The Iranian government has attempted to hack into hundreds of Office 365 email accounts belonging to politicians, government officials...

Iran's Oil Sector on 'Full Alert' Against Attacks
2019-09-30 06:36

Iran's oil minister on Sunday ordered his country's energy sector to be on high alert to the threat of "physical and cyber" attacks. Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said "it is necessary for all companies...

Iran Denies Successful Cyber Attacks on Oil Sector
2019-09-21 11:55

Iran denied on Saturday its oil infrastructure had been successfully attacked by a cyber operation, after reports of disruptions to the sector online. read more