Counter Galois Onion: Improved encryption for Tor circuit traffic
The Tor project have recently announced that it is implementing a new Counter Galois Onion (CGO) relay encryption algorithm. Cryptographers Jean Paul Degabriele, Alessandro Melloni, Jean Pierre Munch and Martijn Stam has been designed CGO for years. According to the…
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…
Upcoming changes on X platform
X’s Head of Product, Nikita Bier, has released an update on X which states that the platform is planning to roll out new features which will include displaying user details such as where X accounts were created and their country…
Predatory Sparrow Cyber group attacks Iranian Steel Companies
Guest written by: Jamshid Sani CISP A hacking group called Predatory Sparrow has claimed responsibility for a recent cyber-attack which allegedly targeted three Iranian steel companies. In social media posts on Monday 27 June 2022, the group named Khuzestan…
N3tw0rm Attack: Israeli firms targeted by suspected Iranian group
A new group of ransomware hackers quickly becoming known online as N3tw0rm has started effecting users in Israel. Twitter users started picking up the story on 3 May, and now a group called OP innovate who are a cyber security…
CHARMING KITTEN blamed for BadBlood phishing campaign
Hackers linked to Iran have targeted 25 senior professionals at various medical research organizations located in the US and Israel as part of phishing campaign CHARMING KITTEN know as also APT35 and AJACX SECURITY TEAM and PHOSPHOROUS are a group…
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…
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…
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….
Iranian malware attacks CORRUPT KITTEN, DOMESTIC KITTEN and ZOOPARK – what we have learnt
We have already published an article detailing the shocking intrusion of the Iranian government into the lives of the citizens they have sworn to protect. It was found that they actively use malware to violate the privacy of innocent Iranians…