Cellphone giant MTN was so desperate to win a mobile operating licence in the “virgin” territory of Iran that it allegedly put together a package of bribes, trading opportunities in sophisticated weaponry, capital investment and diplomatic influence that the Islamic Republic could not resist. That is the claim of rival…
New malware preys on Iran nuclear weapons tension
Chinese cybercriminals have crafted a sophisticated, robust malware attack that exploits growing political tension and fear over Iran’s alleged covert nuclear weapons program to infect PCs. The goal of the hackers is to corrupt the computers of U.S. military employees, according to researchers from the security firm Bitdefender, who detected…
Cyber weapons growing concern in hyper connected world, experts say
The concept of cyberwar crossed a threshold in 2010, says Michael Hayden, former CIA and NSA director, when the Stuxnet computer worm destroyed a series of nuclear centrifuges in Iran by hijacking their controls. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National…