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Sepehr Energy Jahan Company Hacked

Sepehr Energy Jahan Company has been hacked. Today, Anonymous announced that they had successfully attacked and infiltrated the company’s network and extracted approximately 6 Gb of data. It is worth noting that this hacker group was a member of the…

IRGC Front Company Sahara Thunder Hacked by PRANA Network

On 4 February 2024, PRANA Network announced that they had successfully hacked the email servers of an IRGC front company called Sahara Thunder who are facilitating the illegal sale of weapons from Iran to Russia.     This data which…

Privacy vs Anonymity

Guest written by Laurtis Vestergaard In the first post of our series on setting up VPNs we covered the basics of how to set up a VPN what equipment is needed. If you missed it you can read it here….

How to set up a VPN

Guest written by: Laurtis Vestergaard In these next series of blogs, we will walk you through the various methods on how you can set-up a commercial VPN or create your own for secure online browsing. Previously we have looked at…

An updated history of Anonymous hacking group

Maybe you remember that approximately a year ago we published a report about the history and activities of Anonymous hacking group but what exactly has this group been doing since that time. Of course this group has been continuing their…

FSB, Russian industry leaders and government officials travel to Iran – Safiran data

After publishing our initial article about the group Hooshyarane Vatan’s hack of Safiran, we have had a bit of time to look at the data some more. We wanted to know who the Russian visitors to Iran were so started…

Hacked by Anonymous: Part Two of 4chan to Iran

Dear readers in our last article we describe how famous hacking group Anonymous was first formed from the website 4chan and went on to become famous for Hacktivist attacks across the world.  In this next article we talk about Anonymous…

An Anonymous History: From 4chan to Iran

Dear readers in August the hacking group Anonymous first turned its eye on Iran, a group calling themselves The Sword of Anon released image of  Saif al-Adl a high level member of al-Qaeda alongside number other member located in Tehran,…

Pegasus Spyware and the commercialization of spying

Guest written by: Laurrits Vestergaard   Spying on personal communications is not new, it has been undertaken by governments for decades. However, the discovery of the extent of use of the Pegasus spyware in 2016 and subsequent research by Citizen…

What actually is a strong password?

Guest written by: Laurits Vestergaard What actually is a strong password? Increasingly our lives are online, thought innumerable online accounts all of which require a password. There are constant stories of data breaches and hacks where hackers have taken advantage…