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Hackers backed by Iran are targeting US critical infrastructure, US warns

Enlarge / Illustration set of flags made from binary code targets. (credit: Getty Images) Organizations responsible for critical infrastructure in the US are in the crosshairs of Iranian government hackers, who are exploiting known vulnerabilities in enterprise products from Microsoft and Fortinet, government officials from the US, UK, and Australia warned on Wednesday. A joint […]

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A new app helps Iranians hide messages in plain sight

Enlarge / An anti-government graffiti that reads in Farsi “Death to the dictator” is sprayed at a wall north of Tehran on September 30, 2009. (credit: Getty Images) Amid ever-increasing government Internet control, surveillance, and censorship in Iran, a new Android app aims to give Iranians a way to speak freely. Nahoft, which means “hidden” […]

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US seizes 33 Iranian state-run media sites accused of election disinformation

Enlarge / Website seizure notice that appears on presstv.com. On Tuesday, the US government said it seized 33 websites run by a branch of the Iranian government that spread disinformation in the US before the 2020 presidential election. The US also seized three websites that it said were operated by an Iraqi terrorist organization. Yesterday’s […]

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It’s ransomware, or maybe a disk wiper, and it’s striking targets in Israel

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers say they’ve uncovered never-before-seen disk-wiping malware that’s disguising itself as ransomware as it unleashes destructive attacks on Israeli targets. Apostle, as researchers at security firm SentinelOne are calling the malware, was initially deployed in an attempt to wipe data but failed to do so, likely because of a logic flaw […]

Entertainment

Sam Asghari Wants To Take His Relationship With Britney Spears ‘To The Next Step’: ‘I Want To Be A Young Dad’

Sam Asghari is clearly thinking about the future… and it’s not just his career and the business side of things that is on his mind! The Iranian-born actor sat down for an interview with Forbes that was published on Saturday morning, and in it, he opens up quite a bit about his relationship with girlfriend Britney Spears. […]

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Iran behind Assumed”Proud Boys” voter-intimidation Mails, Feds allege

Expand / FBI Director Chrisopher Wray talking at a media conference in Washington, DC, on October 7. (charge: Jim Watson | AFP | Bloomberg | Getty Images) We have less than fourteen days to go before the national voting deadline to the elections on November 3, and essentially what is, as most anticipated, hitting the […]