Radiofarda – The U.S. is bracing for cyberattacks Iran could launch in retaliation for the re-imposition of sanctions this week by President Donald Trump, cybersecurity and intelligence experts say.
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Fields Medal Stolen From Kurdish Mathematician In Rio
Radiofarda – A winner of the Fields Medal, often called the ‘Nobel Prize of mathematics,’ had his prize stolen shortly after receiving it during a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday.
Read More »Iran’s Telecommunications Company Illegally Reroutes Telegram App Traffic
CHRI -Move Designed to Tighten Ban on App But Ineffective in the Long Run In a new move aimed at tightening the state-imposed ban on the Telegram messaging app, the Telecommunications Company of Iran (TCI) temporarily rerouted Telegram app traffic in violation of domestic law in July 2018.
Read More »British-Based Iranian Kurd One Of Four Fields Math Medal Winners
Radiofarda – Caucher Birkar, a Cambridge University professor of Iranian Kurdish origin, was named Wednesday one of four winners of mathematics’ prestigious Fields medal, often known as the Nobel prize for math.
Read More »Telegram Will Not Be Unblocked In Iran
Iran-HRM – In his Soroush account — a local messaging application in Iran – Deputy Prosecutor General Abdolsamad Khorramabadi announced that “Telegram will never be unblocked.” (Tabnak state-run Website – Jul. 24, 2018)
Read More »Iran’s Growing Cyber Capabilities Pose Danger -German Spy Agency
Radiofrada – Iran has expanded its cyber attack capabilities and poses a danger to German companies and research institutions, Germany’s BfV domestic intelligence agency said in its annual report.
Read More »Top US officials: Iran has laid groundwork for major cyberattacks on Europe, US
Al-Arabia – Top US officials speaking at the 2018 Aspen Security Forum warned that Iran has already laid the groundwork for extensive cyberattacks against US and European infrastructure and private companies.
Read More »Is Iran’s youngest minister biting off more than he can chew?
Al-Monitor – Dodging pressure from all sides, Iran’s minister of communications and information technology seems to have no intention of backing down from his push for transparency.
Read More »’30 Million Iranians Bypass’ Internet Filtering Using Two Domestic Apps
Radiofarda – Iran’s Deputy Prosecutor General Abdolsamad Khorramabadi says more than 30 million Iranians continue to access the banned messaging app Telegram using two domestic applications Hotgram and Talagram.
Read More »Telegram Channel Managers Arrested, Iranian MP Says Telegram Should Be Blocked
Iran-HRM – Payam Dorafshan, a lawyer, stated that a number of telegram channel managers have been summoned to the judiciary in the city of Isfahan. He pointed out by referring to a message which was sent to the Telegram managers a few months ago, that one day the security agencies send messages on the Telegram mentioning that any activities done …
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