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Possible IRGC cyber capability leak?

Readers have brought to the attention of ICNA a video that was shared on Twitter that is rumored to be a IRGC instructor demonstrating a tradecraft capability of the state in which they are to generate interest around a topic…

Hosein)root Discovers XSS Vulnerability on Google Earth

On 25 November Hosein)root who asked ICNA publish his true name as Amir Hossein Sharbati on CXSecurity and some other places published his XSS vulnerability that he discovered in Google Earth. The vulnerability is of this nature that if KML…

SMS Virus Developed by Iranian Hacker Claims 100/000 Victims in Iran

In recent weeks a story that has attracted attention of many people has been the development and spreading of a virus by SMS, which was developed by Iranian hacker Pourya Emanverdi, who uses the username num1vps online. The story is…

Defacement of Hafez Institute of Higher Education by UnSec Team

ICNA was contacted yesterday, 19 October, by UnSec Team member Mostafa Asadi concerning the hack and defacement of the website of Hafez Institute of Higher Education, Shiraz, Iran. Although of course this kind of activities are illegal in Iran, according…

Iranian TYRANT Ransomware

A new type of ransomware have been discovered on October 16 2017 which appears to be Iranian. The Tyrant Ransomware is a data encryption Trojan that is classified as a mid-tier crypto-threat. The threat appears to be used in attacks on…

Who are the Iran Malware Team?

ICNA have found a mysterious Iranian hacking team called the “Iran Malware Team”. We have not heard of them before and would like to know more. They have a website at iranmalware.team and their site shows they appear to be…