Cyberattacks

Iran dismisses allegations on organizing cyber-attack on Australia

TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson dismissed allegations about Iran’s backing a cyber-attack against Australian Parliament, describing these claims as part of enemies’ psychological war.

By Heshmatollah Rahnama

The five 2019 US threats in NIS report

TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – A major US intelligence report released in Washington on January 22 released the threats the US faces in 2019. The document claims the threats come from three countries Russia, China, and Iran as the US intelligent agencies have to keep a close eye on immigrants and cyberattack.

5th domestic cyber defense exhibition kicks off in Tehran

TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – The 5th exhibition of domestic cyber defense industry kicked off today at Tehran’s Permanent International Fairground, in a ceremony attended by Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali, the head of Iran's Passive Defense Organization.

Iran repulses Israel’s cyberattack on its telecom. infrastructure

TEHRAN, Nov. 05 (MNA) – The board chairman of Iran’s Telecommunication Infrastructure Company (TIC) said that the company has repulsed a cyberattack launched from the Israeli regime against some of the telecommunication infrastructure.

MPs call for countermeasure to potential US cyberattack

TEHRAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) – 136 Iranian lawmakers are pushing for a bill that obliges the Armed Forces to launch a countermeasure in response to a potential US cyber attack on Iran’s vital infrastructures.

German min. claims Iran cyber attacks on rise!

TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) – German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer presented a domestic intelligence agency report on Tuesday, claiming that "cyber-attacks from Iran on Germany have been on the rise since 2014."

Cyber police chief reports 296 serious cyberattacks on Iran vital systems

TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) – Iran’s Cyber Police Chief General Kamal Hadianfar said Sun. that there have been 296 serious attacks on the country’s vital infrastructures in 2017, 50% of which were launched from US and China.

Iranian data bases come under external cyber attack

TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA) – Iranian ICT minister reported late Friday that some of Iran’s data bases had come under cyber attack from outside the country disrupting the Internet.

UK repeats US cyber-attack charges against Iran

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) - The British Foreign Office Minister for Cyber Lord Tariq Ahmad on Friday followed the US government in accusing Iran of involving in the destructive cyber activities targeting hundreds of universities.

Jazayeri calls for barricade against enemy’s cyber attack

TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – Iranian Brigadier General Jazayeri said any inefficiency and weakness in managing cyberspace and protecting it against enemy troops was unforgivable and called for creation of strong fortresses against any possible cyber attack.

Mossad spy in AEOI to be executed: prosecutor

TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (MNA) – Tehran Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi said that the spy who helped Mossad to assassinate Iranian nuclear energy scientists have been sentenced to death.

Iran industrial cyber system among world's 10 most vulnerable

TEHRAN, Dec. 24 (MNA) – The findings of a research by Kaspersky Lab shows that in the first 6 months of 2017, Iran has been among 10 countries whose industrial cyber systems are the most vulnerable.

Brig. Gen. Jalali:

Economic war against Iran 'a serious threat'

TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – Head of Passive Defense Organization of Iran Brig. Gen. Gholamreza Jalali said the Islamic Republic of Iran is truly involved in a war against its economy.

Ransomware infection hits 4k PCs in Iran

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – A massive cyber-attack using tools stolen from the US National Security Agency (NSA) has struck 4,000 computers in Iran, according to Iran’s CERT Coordination Center.

Jalali:

Iran prepared to recover ransomware infected data  

TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) – In case of any reports on infected computers at Iranian organizations by the NSA-derived ransomware, Iran’s Passive Defense Organization is prepared to recover the damaged data, head of the Organization said Sunday.

Russia prepared to face NATO cyber attack

MOSCOW, Jun. 21 (MNA) – The Presidential Commissioner for the International Cooperation in the ICT security, Andrei Krutskij, affirmed on Monday that Russia will response to any aggressive action of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) in this area.

FM Spokesman:

US in no position to accuse Iran of cyberattacks

TEHRAN, Mar. 26 (MNA) – Iran’s FM Spokesman Jaberi Ansari while noting US attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities said Washington is not in any position to accuse other countries’ citizens without providing documentary evidence.

Iran rebuts claims of cyberattacks against US officials

PARIS, Nov. 28 (MNA) – Iran says it has been a victim of serious cyberattacks in the past years such as the Stuxnet case, but has never retaliated to these illegal attacks.