A new hacking group, “Ababil of Minab”, has entered the cyber arena
A new pro-Iranian hacking group has emerged called Ababil of Minab. Ababil of Minab has named itself after the missile attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Hormuzgan province in Southern Iran which occured on the 28 February resulting in…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
35/000 Characters Tweet Shocks German Hackers!
Thinking that a person could send a tweet with more than 280 characters is more or less like a dream. One can say that, this is for the first time that a person could go round this limitation. In the…
4TT4CK3R Identifies Flaw in University of Tehran Website
Vulnerability researcher 4TT4CK3R discovered on 23 August a cross-ste scripting vulnerability on website of University of Tehran. He has informed UT of the vulnerability. Although the risk of any damage is small, we should be pleased that our country Iran…
4tt4ck3r Finds Flaw in UK Government Websites
Iranian hacker 4tt4ck3r has previously found Reflected XSS -Cross Site Scripting- vulnerabilities in government websites of the UK as follows : Parliament of the United Kingdom The vulnerable website address is : https://www.parliament.uk/search/results/ The URL of website changed to this type : https://www.parliament.uk/search/results/?q=HellO…