Iran's permanent envoy to the UN said that Iran is one of the victims of cyberattacks by the malicious computer virus Stuxnet, which was created by the United States and Israel to damage its peaceful nuclear facilities "Cyberspace provides golden opportunities for human beings to continuously develop and enhance all aspects of their lives,...

Press TV - A senior Iranian official says the large-scale cyber attack that recently targeted the Islamic Republics infrastructure probably originated from the United States. On February 8, the Iranian internet service suffered hours of disruption in what telecoms authorities said was the result of DDoS cyber attack that was dealt with swiftly. ...

Iranian Diplomacy | Kaveh L. Afrasiabi: There is increasing pressure inside Iran for a through investigation to ascertain whether the US conducted a cyber-attack that contributed to the crash of the Ukrainian flight PS752 on January 8. In light of the on-going popular uproar over the incident , President Hassan Rouhani has called on the judiciary to ...

Tasnim Head of Irans Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali rejected as baseless claims that the US has recently mounted several cyber attacks against the Islamic Republic. The Americans have twice said that they have responded to the Iranian attack on the US drone with cyber attacks, Brigadier General Jalali told reporters ...

Sputnik - Tit-for-tat cyberattacks between Iran and the US are likely to continue unless the US pursues diplomacy and ends draconian economic sanctions against the Middle Eastern country, Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Non-Violence, told Radio Sputniks Loud & Clear Monday. On Saturday, the Washington Post reported, citing ...

The New York Times | Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt and Thomas Gibbons-Neff: American intelligence and military officers are working on additional clandestine plans to counter Iranian aggression in the Persian Gulf, pushed by the White House to develop new options that could help deter Tehran without escalating tensions into a full-out conventional ...

CNBC - The Pentagon conducted a cyberattack on computer systems in Iran that control rocket and missile launches, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News. President Trump reportedly approved the cyberattack. This came as Mr. Trump decided Friday to back off the launch of a retaliatory military strike on Iran after it downed an unmanned ...

MNA In case of any reports on infected computers at Iranian organizations by the NSA-derived ransomware, Irans Passive Defense Organization is prepared to recover the damaged data, head of the Organization said Sunday. Head of Irans Passive Defense Organization Brig. Gen.Gholamreza Jalali said hackers have stolen the cyberweapons from the US ...

[caption id="attachment_31963" align="alignright" width="175"] A sign stands outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., Thursday, June 6, 2013.[/caption] WASHINGTON A newly disclosedNational Security Agencydocument illustrates the striking acceleration of the use of cyberweapons by the United States andIranagainst ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali revealed on Tuesday that a US cyberattack on Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz failed due to his organization's tough defensive measures. "The first cyberattack, codenamed Olympic Games, was carried out on Natanz and was declared by the US President,...

The former second ranking officer in the US military is reportedly under investigation by the Justice Department for allegedly revealing details of the Stuxnet computer virus, which targeted Irans nuclear energy facilities. NBC News cited legal sources as saying that retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright, 63, is being probed for allegedly leaking classified ...

A former head of counterterrorism at the White House says Irans nuclear energy program is immune to any cyber attack, also warning against any military strike against the country as apocalyptic. In an interview with the Times of Israel, Richard Clarke - the top counterterrorism advisor to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush - ruled out the ...

Michael Joseph Gross raises some fascinating, and disturbing, questions in Silent War, in the July issue ofVanity Fair. Apparently drawing on extensive contacts in the rarified world of extremely talented hackers, and finding some corroboration from government and ex-government types, Gross recounts a consumer attack on ARAMCO that did a full wipe ...