Foreign powers stepping up cyber attacks on US
Trying to influence the US election
Software King of the World Microsoft has noticed an uptick in the amount of attacks by foreign powers trying to influence the US elections.
Iran’s petrol stations shut by hackers
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t is supposed to inspire revolt
Iran's president said that a cyberattack which paralysed every petrol station in the Islamic Republic was designed to get "people angry by creating disorder and disruption".
Iran takes sting out of sanctions with bitcoin
Mining
Around 4.5 percent of all bitcoin mining takes place in Iran, allowing the country to earn hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies that can be used to buy imports and lessen the impact of sanctions, a new study has found.
Israel spooks destroyed Iranian nuclear facility
By turning it off and turning it on again
The explosion and blackout at the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran over the weekend might not have been as technologically sophisticated as the Stuxnet cyberattack.
Trump website hacked
Stumped on the stump
Donald Trump's campaign website suffered a cyber attack yesterday with hackers claiming to have dug deep into the president's private matters.
IBM watches Iranian hacker training video
Five hours of footage
Security experts at IBM’s X-Force security team have obtained roughly five hours of video footage that appears to have been recorded directly from the screens of hackers working for a group IBM calls ITG18, and which other security firms refer to as APT35 or Charming Kitten.
Iran's cure for Kung Flu -- ban Wikipedia
Why didn't any one think of this before?
Iran appears to have come up with solution to stop the spread of coronavirus. iI has cut access to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
Iranians have not mounted cyberwar
At least according to GlobalData
The spectre of an Iranian cyberattack loomed large following the assassination of Iran’s general, Qasem Soleimani, but it has so far – publicly, at least – gone unrealised.
Iran working to gain access to US electricity network
Hackers form a queue behind the Russians and Chinese
While Iranian hackers don't have the capability to start causing blackouts in the US, security experts have found evidence they are having a go at it.
Expected Iranian cyber-attacks will cost US lives
Warns former Obama cybersecurity commissioner
The US assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani has led to mounting discussions of war, but for many, it is a battle that looks set to be fought as much on digital lines as physical ones, through cyberattacks on US companies and critical infrastructure.