Life after WhatsApp
Everyone is talking about WhatsApp and their new policy update which users must accept if they want to continue to use the popular messaging app. This new update allows WhatsApp to share some user data with its parent company Facebook….
Google and its applications suffer outage
Recently a huge outage hit Google and many applications owned by Google, causing popular platforms such as Gmail, Youtube and Google Docs to become unavailable. Comments from the company A Google spokesperson has released the following statement about the outage:…
BLACK SHADOW hack of Israeli company not for political revenge
A hacker group by the name of Black Shadow leaked images of ID cards, drivers licenses and other personal information on a Telegram channel after carrying out what the group says a massive cyber attack. On 1 December a Twitter…
The best that can be done? Education site in Texas defaced by Iranian Group
A hacking group by the name of @UNIDENTIFIED_TM has claimed responsibility for the defacement of a education website in the American state of Texas. The hacks was in response to the attack that killed Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. The…
ITO Govt website target of hack despite warnings
On November 10th a government website (e-monitor.ito.gov.ir) belonging to the Information Technology Organization of Iran (ITO) was the target of a hack. ITO is responsible for administration and regulation of matters connected with IT sector in Iran and for taking…
The Internet of Things and its future in Iran
Technological readiness and investment The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term that refers to a network of physical objects that are able to connect with each other and exchange data over the internet with only little human intervention. In…
Iran hackers accused of sending threatening Proud Boys emails to Democrats
On wednesday night officials of the United States accused Iran of targeting American Democrat voters with faked emails that warned that both Iran and Russia has obtained voter data that could be used to threaten and disrupt the US election….
IRGC websites under attack
On the 7th October the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) blocked 92 domains that it claimed the IRGC used to spread false news in order to interfere in the US presidential election. The FBI did not provide a list…
Twitter hack shows that the insider threat cannot be removed
Yesterday many high profile Twitter accounts were hacked as part of a coordinated attack to spread a cryptocurrency scam. This is a big embarrassment for Twitter that is now the official voice of many world leaders. Users of the social…
Are the explosions in Iran a result of cyber attacks?
Readers of this post already will have seen news reports of the recent explosions in Iran. After the explosion at the Parchin military complex and the second at the Sina Athar Medical center, the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility site was…