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Pierluigi Paganini May 12, 2020

A cyber attack hit a port on Strait of Hormuz, Iran said

Iran ‘s officials revealed that hackers compromised and damaged a small number of computers at the port of Shahid Rajaei in the city of Bandar Abbas. Iranian officials announced on sunday that hackers damaged a small number of systems at the port of Shahid Rajaei in the city of Bandar Abbas. Bandar Abbas is the […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 16, 2020

US administration requests $9.8B for cyber 2021 budget for the Department of Defense

The US administration requested $9.8 billion for cyber in next year’s budget for the Department of Defense, the amount is the same as last year. The US administration requested $9.8 billion for cyber operations in next year’s budget for the Department of Defense, a data that confirms the strategic importance of the fifth domain of […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2019

Iran announced it foiled ‘really massive’ foreign cyber attack

Iran telecommunications minister announced that the Islamic republic had recently thwarted a “highly organized cyber attack” targeting government infrastructure. The Iranian telecommunications minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, announced today that the Islamic Republic had recently thwarted a “highly organized cyber attack” targeting its government infrastructure. The news was reported by both the ISNA and Mehr […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2019

Teheran: U.S. has started ‘Cyber War’ against Iran

Iran ’s Passive Defense Organization chief Gholamreza Jalali declared that the US government has started its cyber war against the country. Gholamreza Jalali, Iran’s Passive Defense Organization chief, announced that that “America has started its cyber war against Iran, without providing more details. The news was reported by the ISNA news website on October 1, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2019

Iran denies successful cyber attacks hit infrastructures of its oil sector

In the last hours, some western media reported destructive cyber attacks against infrastructures in the Iranian oil sector, but Iran denied it. Last week drone attacks have hit two major oil facilities run by the state-owned company Aramco in Saudi Arabia, one of them is the Abqaiq site. Western Governments and Saudi Arabia blamed Iran for […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2019

The role of a secret Dutch mole in the US-Israeli Stuxnet attack on Iran

Journalists revealed the role of a mole recruited by the Dutch intelligence in the US-Israeli Stuxnet attack on the Natanz plant in Iran. The story of the Stuxnet attack is still one of the most intriguing case of modern information warfare. The virus was developed by the US and Israel to interfere with the nuclear […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2019

US cyberattack temporarily paralyzed the ability of Iran to target oil tankers in the Gulf

The United States cyber army carried out a cyberattack in June on a database used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to plot attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf. The New York Times revealed that the US carried out a cyberattack in June on a database used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2019

Czech Republic ‘s committee blames foreign state for Foreign Ministry Cyberattack

A parliamentary committee in the Czech Republic blames a foreign country state for a cyberattack that hit the Czech Foreign Ministry A parliamentary committee in the Czech Republic revealed that the National Cyber and Information Security Agency blamed a foreign state for a cyber attack that targeted the Czech Foreign Ministry. The committee did not […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2019

Iran denies attack against its infrastructure has ever succeeded

After media reported a cyber offensive launched by the US against Iran, Teheran announced that alleged cyber attack against its infrastructure has ever succeeded. Last week, media reported that the United States has launched a series of cyber attacks on Iran after the Iranian military has downed an American surveillance drone. US President Donald Trump […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2019

Trump secretly ordered cyber attacks against Iran missile systems

The United States launched a series of cyber attacks on Iran after the Iranian military has downed an American surveillance drone. The military response to Iran, after the Iranian army has downed an American surveillance drone, started from the cyberspace. US President Donald Trump first approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing a […]