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New version of cyberspying Flame virus uncovered
A new cyberespionage tool linked to the Flame virus has been infecting computers in Lebanon, Iran and elsewhere, security researchers said Monday. Kaspersky Lab, which was credited with revealing the Flame virus earlier this year, dubbed the new malware “miniFlame,” and said it was “a small and highly flexible malicious…
Israel facing ‘increasing number of cyber attacks’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel was facing an increasing number of cyberattacks, just days after Washington issued a veiled warning to Iran over digital attacks on its interests. “There have been increasing efforts to carry out cyberattacks on Israel’s computer infrastructure,” Netanyahu said at the weekly cabinet…
Colbert puts Iran’s leaders ‘On Notice’
With time running out on Iran’s chase for nuclear capability, Stephen Colbert said Tuesday, saving the world was up to him, leading him to put the country’s leaders on his “On Notice” board. “Mullah this over!” the Colbert Report host announced, while slotting them between the band OK Go and…
Romney announces change in foreign policy at Virginia Military Institute
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney made a campaign stop at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia on Monday to announce that it’s time to “change course” on Israel and Palestine foreign policy. “I know the president hopes for a safer, freer and a more prosperous Middle…
U.S. court orders Iran and others to pay $6 billion for 9/11 attacks
NEW YORK — A US judge formally ordered Iran, Al-Qaeda and several other defendants Wednesday to pay $6 billion compensation to the victims of September 11, 2001, in a largely symbolic ruling. Although Iran denies any connection to 9/11, it was included in the list of alleged culprits by the…
Protest, scuffles with police in Iran over currency crisis
A protest and scuffles with police occurred in central Tehran on Wednesday in the first sign of public unrest over Iran’s plunging currency, which this week has lost more than half of its value. Hundreds of police in anti-riot gear stormed the capital’s currency exchange district of Ferdowsi, arresting illegal…
Ahmadinejad: Iran won’t ‘retreat’ on nuclear issue despite economic sanctions
Iran will not back down on its nuclear programme despite economic problems caused by Western sanctions, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday. “We are not people to retreat on the nuclear issue,” he told a news conference in Tehran. “If somebody thinks they can pressure Iran, they are certainly wrong…
Iran unblocks access to Gmail
Iran on Monday removed online blocks on Gmail but a government Internet filtering committee official said other, additional censorship was being prepared against YouTube, according to reports. Internet users in Iran found themselves able to freely access their Gmail accounts for the first time since the blocks were suddenly established…
U.S. pushing Gulf nations to develop missile defense
The United States is pushing Gulf countries to develop missile defense plans, amid what they see is a rising threat from Iran, US officials said Friday. “It’s the United States’ goal, to encourage the GCC countries to develop this missile defense architecture, because… to truly protect the region by missile…
Netanyahu draws actual red line on cartoon bomb during UN speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu feels so strongly about imposing a “red line” on Iran’s nuclear program that he demonstrated by using a magic marker to draw an actual red line on a bomb diagram during his speech to the United Nations on Thursday. “There’s only one way to peacefully…
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