Iran

UK Cyber Security Centre's scary new story: One phish, two phish, Russia phish, Iran phish

Nice people on LinkedIn want to harvest logins from politicians, boffins, and defense types

Cyber-crime27 Jan 2023 | 10

Iran-linked Charming Kitten espionage gang bares claws to pollies, power orgs

If you get email from 'Samantha Wolf', congrats: you're important enough to make a decent target

Cyber-crime15 Dec 2022 | 1

Iranian cyberspies exploited Log4j to break into a US govt network

It's the gift to cybercriminals that keeps on giving

Security16 Nov 2022 | 8

Starlink terminals reportedly smuggled into Iran amid internet shutdowns

Don't thank Elon

Networks24 Oct 2022 | 14

Google says slap some GUAC on your software supply chain

In brief Also: Iranian election hackers are back, the TSA gets regulatory on train cybersecurity, and more

Security24 Oct 2022 | 2

Hacktivists say they stole 100,000 emails from Iran's nuclear energy agency

Tehran laughs it off as foreign psyop or media stunt. Just don't remind them about Stuxnet, OK?

Cyber-crime24 Oct 2022 | 1

US to relax restrictions for tech companies in Iran

With censorship looming, US wants to bring internet, communications companies into fray

Networks26 Sep 2022 | 6

Iran blocks Whatsapp, Instagram as citizens protest death of Mahsa Amini

Also: New 'magnet of threats' attackers and FBI has details on Iran's online incursion into Albania

Security23 Sep 2022 | 16

Musk says Starlink will ask for exemption to US sanctions on Iran

Violence flares amid internet blackouts after woman dies in police custody

Networks20 Sep 2022 | 30

Iran steps up its cybercrime game and Uncle Sam punches back

Criminal charges, more sanctions, and a $10m bounty, oh my

Cyber-crime15 Sep 2022 | 15

Uncle Sam sanctions Iran's intel agency over Albanian cyberattack

Iranians won't be terrified, but US vendors need to check their customers

Security10 Sep 2022 | 10

Mandiant links APT42 to Iranian 'terrorist org'

'It's hard to imagine a more dangerous scenario,' Mandiant Intel VP told The Reg

Research07 Sep 2022 | 27

77% of security leaders fear we’re in perpetual cyberwar from now on

In brief Also, Charming Kittens from Iran scrape email inboxes, France could fine Google again, and more

CSO27 Aug 2022 | 32

Iran cheerfully admits using cryptocurrency to pay for imports

Trade minister says to expect more of this sanctions-busting stuff starting in September

Software10 Aug 2022 | 33

US claims Chinese supplier violated export rules by helping ZTE sell telco equipment to Iran

Far East Cable acted as a broker in between ZTE and Iranian companies, it's alleged

Systems09 Aug 2022 | 6

Russia, Iran discuss tech manufacturing, infosec and e-governance collaboration

Proposed working group would see Moscow's miltech conglomerate Rostec operate in Tehran

Security22 Jul 2022 | 20

Israel plans ‘Cyber-Dome’ to defeat digital attacks from Iran and others

Already has 'Iron Dome' – does it need another hero?

Security30 Jun 2022 | 20

Israeli air raid sirens triggered in possible cyberattack

Source remains unclear, plenty suspect Iran

Cyber-crime22 Jun 2022 | 2

Microsoft seizes 41 domains tied to 'Iranian phishing ring'

Windows giant gets court order to take over dot-coms and more

Cyber-crime07 Jun 2022 | 4

Iran, China-linked gangs join Putin's disinformation war online

They're using the invasion 'to take aim at the usual adversaries,' Mandiant told The Reg

Security19 May 2022 | 14

Iran-linked Cobalt Mirage extracts money, info from US orgs – report

Khamenei, can you just not? Not right now, fam

Research13 May 2022 | 3

Who is exploiting VMware right now? Probably Iran's Rocket Kitten, to name one

We hope you've patched that 9.8/10 severity bug

Research26 Apr 2022 | 5

Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia are top sources of online misinformation

Think tank fears future studies of this sort may be harder as social networks withdraw data

Security31 Mar 2022 | 28

Huge DDoS attack temporarily kicks Israeli government sites offline

A state of emergency is declared as officials assess the damage and look for culprits

Security15 Mar 2022 |

Iran's internet chokepoint caught fire, caused outages

Digital karma at its finest

Networks07 Mar 2022 | 13

UK intel chief says MI6 must outsource innovation – and James Bond's in-house 'Q' is nonsense

China is on the march, Russia loves to destabilise, no intelligence agency can stop 'em without help

Security01 Dec 2021 | 39

Chinese espionage group targets Israel while suggesting the source could be Iran

FireEye says Israeli defense agencies were alert to compromises as China works to protect Belt and Road investments

Security11 Aug 2021 | 19

Iranian state-backed hackers posed as flirty Scouser called Marcy to target workers in defence and aerospace

Recognise this one? Oh dear...

Security28 Jul 2021 | 22

Dozens of Iranian media websites devoured by the Great Satan, apparently

Updated Anonymous US intelligence sources: Yes, we did it

Networks22 Jun 2021 | 57

Iran bans cryptocurrency mining for four months as the weather – and election campaigns – start to heat up

Demand for 'leccy also lifted by dry season that's seen more farmers pumping water

Legal27 May 2021 | 9

SAP to pay $8m in non-prosecution agreement with US authorities over Iran sanction violations

'We accept full responsibility for past conduct,' says German software giant

Legal30 Apr 2021 | 7

Stuxnet sibling theory surges after Iran says nuke facility shut down by electrical fault

Evidence is thin, but Natanz enrichment facility is offline

Security12 Apr 2021 | 34

Be careful where you log into GitHub: Dev visits Iran, opens laptop, gets startup's entire account shut down

Service restored, code silo gets license to serve Iranian programmers

Devops05 Jan 2021 | 50

Welcome to the splinternet – where freedom of expression is suppressed and repressed, and Big Brother is watching

Feature The new internets of Iran, China, and Russia are nothing like the original

Networks04 Jan 2021 | 146

Iran to issue license for national bug bounty program to clean up its code base

Maybe don't enter unless you fancy reading colossal piles of sanctions rules

Security08 Dec 2020 | 10

Criticalstudies.org sounds pretty important, right? Wrong: USA says it’s an Iranian fake news front

So it's been seized, along with a bunch of other sites, with Cloudflare accounts providing critical evidence

Security05 Nov 2020 | 22

Iran sent threatening pro-Trump emails to American Democrats, Russia close behind, says US intelligence

Updated No, say it ain't so, maga_christ9000@post.ir

Security22 Oct 2020 | 82

Iran's RampantKitten spy crew were snooping on expats and dissidents for six years

So says Check Point, piecing together Telegram-busting malware clues

Security18 Sep 2020 | 5

Where China leads, Iran follows: US warns of 'contract' hackers exploiting Citrix, Pulse Secure and F5 VPNs

Please just patch your infrastructure, begs US-CISA

Security16 Sep 2020 | 5

Hey there, want to break into computers like an Iranian hacker crew? IBM finds 40GB of videos that include how-tos

In Brief Plus: BitTorrent CEO puts a $1m bounty on Twitter hackers

OSes20 Jul 2020 | 4

Iran military manages to keep a straight face while waggling miracle widget that 'can detect coronavirus from 100m away'

Video Nothing says serious engineering like a collapsible radio aerial

Bootnotes17 Apr 2020 | 100

Pervasive digital surveillance of citizens deployed in COVID-19 fight, with rules that send genie back to bottle

Israel is up for it. America, Iran, Thailand may be, too. China is there already, natch

Security18 Mar 2020 | 46

Cyber-wrath of Iran for top general's assassination hasn't progressed beyond snooping and nicking logins... yet

Boring! Where are teh 1337 h4x? We want 1337 h4x

Security27 Feb 2020 | 11

Voyager 2 gets back to sciencing while 'unstoppable' Iran promises world more 'Great Iranian Satellites'

Roundup Also: UK's OneWeb fires off 34 sats and NG-13 Cygnus scrubbed

Science11 Feb 2020 | 20

Twitter says a certain someone tried to discover the phone numbers used by potentially millions of twits

Exploitable API blew away anonymity, abused by systems in Iran, Israel, Malaysia

Security04 Feb 2020 | 39

Microsoft engineer caught up in sudden spate of entirely coincidental grilling of Iranian-Americans at US borders

Officials deny claims of families being singled out for hours

Legal08 Jan 2020 | 68

Cyber-warnings, cyber-speculation over cyber-Iran's cyber-retaliation cyber-plans post-Soleimani assassination

Experts reckon regional infrastructure is in the cross-hairs

Security06 Jan 2020 | 14

Iran says it staved off cyber attack but doesn't blame US

Here's a rundown of some of the Middle East's cyber argy-bargy

Security12 Dec 2019 | 9

Oil be damned: Iran-based crooks flinging malware at Middle Eastern energy plants again – research

ZeroCleare wipes up where Shamoon left off

Security05 Dec 2019 | 10

Iran kills the internet for its people's own good as riots grip the Middle Eastern nation

Country offline for third day in response to protests

Networks19 Nov 2019 | 75

Malware hides as iOS jailbreak, Sucuri is insecuri, and China is about to get even worse

Roundup Plus, new allegations in Iran and American hacking war

Security21 Oct 2019 | 2

Iran tried to hack hundreds of politicians, journalists email accounts last month, warns Microsoft

No confirmation from Trump yet whether he asked them to do it

Security04 Oct 2019 | 56

US Cyber Command warns that the Outlook is not so good - Iranians hitting email flaw

Government-backed campaign going after bug that was patched in 2017

Security03 Jul 2019 | 17

Iran's blame-it-on-Bitcoin 'leccy shortage probably isn't a US hack cover story... yet

Comment But just imagine Stuxnet: Consumer Edition

Security28 Jun 2019 | 20

Your server remote login isn't root:password, right? Cool. You can keep your data. Oh sh... your IoT gear, though?

Not-quite-Iranian kit-bricking malware emerges as Tehran blamed for rise in cyber-attacks

Security27 Jun 2019 | 23

Iran is doing to our networks what it did to our spy drone, claims Uncle Sam: Now they're bombing our hard drives

Tehran's hackers are 'wiping' infected machines as tensions spike, fresh sanctions approved

Security24 Jun 2019 | 163