ICNA

Iranian Cyber News Agency

Security

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…

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…

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…

WhatsApp encryption: is it as secure as they say?

Facebook says it does not read WhatsApp messages WhatsApp messenger is an american freeware instant messaging services that is owned by Facebook and has become extremely popular worldwide due to its full ability to support voice calls video calls and…

Malware: Iranian ISP spearphished to spread awareness of IRGC malicious activity

Iranian ISPs spearphished to reveal IRGC use of malware a large spearphishing campaign has targeted at least two Iranian ISPs according to ICNAs contacts within Shatel and Respina. The intent of the spearphishing does not appear to be malicious in…

Natanz attack prove cyber deals do little to stop real world threat to Iran

More attacks on Natanz The past weeks have proven yet again the natanz nuclear power plat was attacked from israel in an unprovoked and cowedly act of terrorism. The attack took place just day after the president had anounced a…

BLACK SHADOW hack of Israeli company not for political revenge

A hacker group by the name of Black Shadow leaked images of ID cards, drivers licenses and other personal information on a Telegram channel after carrying out what the group says a massive cyber attack. On 1 December a Twitter…

The Internet of Things and its future in Iran

Technological readiness and investment The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term that refers to a network of physical objects that are able to connect with each other and exchange data over the internet with only little human intervention. In…

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….