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In this July 7, 2019 photo, Iran's telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi is interviewed by The Associated Press at his office in Tehran, Iran (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 10, 2019, 1:13 pm
Rising young star of Iranian politics defends past career in intelligence
Mohammad Jahromi oversees Tehran’s satellite program, accused by US of serving as cover for experiments on intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads
By Jon Gambrell
Illustrative: A cybersecurity expert stands in front of a map of Iran as he speaks to journalists about the techniques of Iranian hacking, September 20, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
June 29, 2019, 6:56 am
US cyber attack on Iran exploited flaw in heavily-guarded network, experts say
Assault that crippled Revolutionary Guard missile system result of massive investment in cyber warfare by American military, likely took extensive preparation
By Michel Moutot
Iran's communications minister Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi speaks in a TV interview on August 13, 2017. (screen capture: YouTube)
June 24, 2019, 8:42 am
Iran calls US cyber attack unsuccessful, warns it could repeat drone downing
Meanwhile White House said drafting plans for possible further cyber action: targeting Iranian navy and seeking to foment unrest elsewhere in the nation
By TOI staff and Agencies
This June 6, 2013 file photo shows the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md at a time when the American Civil Liberties Union, Wikimedia and other groups were suing the National Security Agency over its surveillance practices. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
June 23, 2019, 3:06 am
US reportedly launched cyber attack on Iran after drone downing
Long-planned operation targeted missile systems and spy network tracking ships in Strait of Hormuz, according to Washington Post
By AFP
Illustrative: Stuart Davis, a director at one of FireEye's subsidiaries speaks to journalists about the techniques of Iranian hacking, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
June 22, 2019, 4:19 pm
Iranian hackers step up cyber efforts, impersonate email from president’s office
Cybersecurity firms see surge in attempts to gain access to American government agencies, oil and gas sectors
By Tami Abdollah
Illustrative image of a hacker and online fraud (scyther5; iStock by Getty Images)
June 1, 2019, 11:01 am
Hackers take down Iranian social security website
Semi-official news agency reports site down for part of Thursday; Israel, US blamed for past breaches of governmental systems
By AP
Illustrative image of conceptual cyber attack code. (DaLiu/iStock by Getty images)
May 17, 2019, 6:52 am
Iran claims to develop defense against Stuxnet-like attacks
Communications minister says Iranian scientists have created a firewall to block computer viruses from harming infrastructure, like bug that damaged nuclear centrifuges
By TOI staff
File: An Iranian worker at the Uranium Conversion Facility at Isfahan, 410 kilometers south of Tehran, January 2014. (AP /Vahid Salemi)
November 5, 2018, 2:34 pm
Iran claims to thwart Stuxnet-style Israeli cyberattack
Information minister says a regime with ‘a record of using cyber weapons’ attempted to damage communication infrastructure but ‘returned empty-handed’
By TOI staff and AFP
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during a joint press conference with his Turkish and Azeri counterparts (unseen) on October 30, 2018, in Istanbul. (Ozan Kose/AFP)
November 1, 2018, 12:05 am
Iran accuses Mossad of running ‘false flag’ ops to frame Tehran
Claim by foreign minister comes after Israeli officials reveal spy agency’s role in exposing alleged assassination plot on Iranian dissidents in Denmark
By TOI staff and AFP
In this February 3, 2007, file photo, an Iranian technician works at the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
October 31, 2018, 9:59 pm
TV report: Israel silent as Iran hit by computer virus more violent than Stuxnet
Tehran strategic networks attacked, Hadashot TV says, hours after Israel revealed it tipped off Denmark about Iran murder plot, and days after Rouhani’s phone was found bugged
By TOI staff
An F-16I fighter jet of the Israeli Air Force's 253rd Squadron prepares to take off during an operation to bomb a Syrian nuclear reactor in Deir Ezzor on September 5, 2007. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 21, 2018, 5:15 pm
From Osirak to Iran scientists: Other nuclear-related attacks linked to Israel
Aside from destruction of Syrian and Iraqi reactors, covert assassinations and computer viruses have also been attributed to the Jewish state
By AFP
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab (Courtesy)
January 21, 2018, 1:34 pm
Netanyahu turns down meeting with Russian cybersecurity head linked to US hack
Citing schedule restraints, Prime Minister’s Office says premier ‘must decline’ Eugene Kaspersky’s request for sit-down at Davos World Economic Forum this week
By Raoul Wootliff
A view of the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab, Russia's leading antivirus software development company, in Moscow on October 25, 2017. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
October 25, 2017, 11:42 pm
Outed by Israel, Kaspersky confirms it took classified US information
Russian firm acknowledges its software picked up source code but says it was destroyed and never shown to anyone
By JTA
An employee of Kaspersky Lab works on computers at the company's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2017. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
October 11, 2017, 8:44 am
Israel said behind discovery of Russian cybersecurity hack into US intel
Kaspersky Lab software ordered wiped from government computers after Israeli agents hacked into system and found Kremlin’s footprints
By TOI staff
Costin Raiu, Director, Global Research & Analysis Team at Kaspersky Lab during a visit to Jerusalem, June 14, 2017. (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
June 26, 2017, 3:26 pm
Virtual detectives prowl the web’s ‘dark forest’ for criminal tracks
By studying past cyber-attacks you learn how to fend off new ones, Kaspersky Lab’s chief researcher says
By Shoshanna Solomon
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