Iranian Hackers Accused of Attack on U.K. Parliament
In the last day we have seen that UK government has accused Iranian hackers of attacking the email system of U.K. Parliament. Although this has not been confirmed yet by either side, if it is proved, it shows two things:…
Iran Cyber Security Company: Registration for 1st CTF Open Now
Iran Cyber Security Group has relaunched recently as a registered and official company – Iran Cyber Security Company. Between its first activities is the holding of its first Capture the Flag (CTF) competition. You can see full details at https://iran-cyber.net/ctf/info,…
Iranian Hackers Charged By USA For Cracking/Selling Software
The USA Department of Justice –DoJ– announced indictments against two Iranians for hacking a software company –ArrowTech– in Vermont. The FBI’s Albany Cyber Squad investigated the case. Mohammed Reza Rezakhah and Mohammed Saeed Ajily were charged with five counts as follows:…
Iranian IHU EWCD Malware Domains
ICNA have already posted about the links between malware here, and the Iranian State. We have done some further research. In early March 2017 the Kaspersky report identified several domains associated with malware, including: eservic.com actdire.com securityupdated.com and chromup.com Further…
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…
Iranians Behind StoneDrill and NewsBeef Malware
Using simple techniques available to any security vendors looking at VirusTotal data, ICNA has found and clearly identified that the hacker xman_1365_x as being behind the StoneDrill and NewsBeef malware. Mahdi Honarvar xman_1365_x is self-identified on forums as Mahdi Honarvar…
New Iranian & Global Cyber News Site
ICNA has decided to launch our ICNA site on paper.li, which has articles both about Iran and other global hacking news. See sample page below. Please keep telling us about your successes, because we still want to tell the world…
Apa Isfahan University of Technology Capture The Flag
APA_IUTcert CTF The APA_IUTcert CTF -Capture the Flag- competition held by Isfahan University of Technology will start on 26 January 2017 The site to register/login for the CTF is hereThe challenge categories -see here for full details – are: Web…
Sharif University 7th Online CTF
Sharif University in Tehran has recently held the 7th onlince CTF -Capture the Flag- cyber competition. The latest Sharif CTF started on December 16 2016 and ran for 48 hours.The first online SharifCTF was held back in 2011. While the…
More Iran Teams Hack Saudi Arabia
The cyberwar between Iran and Saudi Arabia continues, with the following Iranian hacking teams claiming finding vulnerabilities in the domains listed below. IEDB www.shof.saaldonia.com.safesco.com.sawww.spml.com.sawww.computerhouse.com.sawww.citycement.sawww.nascom.com.sa Atash Security Group www.yasco.com.sa Lord Hacking Team arma.com.sa alenjaz.com.sawww.dsdc.com.sawww.protec.com.sawww.jawad.com.sawww.sapin.com.sa See our related articles for more news…