Iranian citizen arrested for cyber attacks
According to Iran International, an Iranian citizen named Amir Barati was arrested last week in Montenegro. He is accused of leading a widespread hacking campaign that targeted over 130 universities, with the attacks estimated to have caused around $3.4 billion…
Handala Hack Group Commander Killed
According to a report published by the Israeli news agency C14, Yahya Hosseini Panjaki (also known as Seyed Yahya Hamidi) the leader of the Handala hack group – one of the most active and dangerous hacker groups that has targeted…
Continuation of Iran’s war on the cyber battlefield
Whilst the conflict between the US/Israel coalition and Iran continues, Iran’s regime has intensified its effors in the cyber war. The hacking group Handala which emerged shortly after the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October and who previously claimed…
What you should do during an internet outage
For years, the government has had a history of using the limiting of internet access as a tool for censorship and oppression against the Iranian people. Therefore, the aim of this report is to provide guidance on how to counter…
Iranian hacking group carries out cyber operations against 2 Swedish companies
Swedish news outlet ‘Dagens Nyheter’ have published an article stating that hacker networks connected to the Islamic Republic of Iran Intelligence Services, in Spring this year, exploited 2 Swedish software companies and their trade infrastructure to carry out covert cyber…
Handala hacking group exposes confidential access to Suvarnabhumi Airport
On November 15, 2025, the cyber group known as “Banished Kitten” or “Handala” affiliated with the Ministry of Intelligence and Security of Iran (MOIS), inadvertently disclosed confidential access to the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, whilst attempting to breach the…
ProtonMail shows faults in its unshakable privacy policy
last month the so-called privacy oriented ProtonMail webmail service quietly removed IP tracking from its list of privacy protections for which it has been praised for in the past. The company’s privacy policy, which was quietly updated now says that…
Cyberserve company the target of Black Shadow Group
Black Shadow attacks Cyberserve according to Israeli reporting, the hacker group Black Shadow announced that they had hacked into the servers of the Israeli internet company Cyberserve, turning off the servers and threatening to leak data. The Jerusalem post identifies…
Advanced Persistent Threats: Part one of ICNAs Hacker Series
ADVANCED PERSISTENT THREATS Dear readers in our previous article titled The increasing problem of hacking in Iran we talked about different hacking groups operating in our country. In the coming weeks we will publish a number of articles as…
Analysis of Café Bazaar apps reveal concerning malware problem
Overview of Café Bazaar Café Bazaar is an Iranian android marketplace created by Reza Mohammadi and Jessam Armandehi and has announced that the platform has surpassed 40 million users. For our non-iranian readers Cafe Bazaar offers its services for specifically…