Tag Archives: Iran
We reported late last month that a cyber attack dubbed the “Flame” uncovered by Kaspersky Labs, being in operation since 2010, exceeded those of all other cyber menaces known to date. The Washington Post reports that the United States and Israel together created the Flame malware in order to attack Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The publication further reports...
Despite the fact that it is strictly prohibited for any use of U.S. person, company, organization or agency to do any sort of business dealings to Iran, but, however, Reuters reports that Iran’s MTN Irancell, country’s second-largest mobile operator managed to obtain sophisticated U.S. computer equipment including Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Cisco Systems. MTN...
Iran again – but this time the country seen prohibiting import of foreign computer security software and moreover even started building its own anti-virus software – Strange act but true – as even if seen earlier times Iran is one such good nation who had prohibited/banned sites for quite some time. Reza Taghipour, Iran’s Information and Communications...
Iran’s ministry confirmed that the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and a number of affiliated companies were hit with a malware attack on Sunday resulting in several product equipment at several locations, including the Kharg Island, was taken offline on precaution basis. The Mehr News Agency, reported Monday that the country’s principal oil terminal on Kharg...
