Stuxnet worm rampaging through Iran: IT official
The Stuxnet worm is mutating and wreaking further havoc on computerised industrial equipment in Iran where about 30,000 IP addresses have already been infected, IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
View ArticleIsrael tested Stuxnet on Iran, with US help: report
US and Israeli intelligence services collaborated to develop a destructive computer worm to sabotage Iran's efforts to make a nuclear bomb, The New York Times reported Sunday.
View ArticleTop Iran nuke envoy blames US for cyberattack
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili blamed the United States for a cyberattack on what he insisted is a nuclear energy -- not weapons -- program, in an interview broadcast Monday.
View ArticleGoogle software for the masses lands in Iran
Google has made mapping, photo-sharing, and Web browsing software available for the first time to people in Iran but blocked access by government computers there.
View ArticleIran tech expo sends defiant message to West
(AP) -- An Iranian supercomputer. New space rockets and satellites carrying the flag of the Islamic Republic. Biotech innovations that include artificial tendons.
View ArticleIran to launch several satellites: Ahmadinejad
Iran plans to launch several home-built satellites by March 2012, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday after the unveiling of four new prototypes.
View ArticleIran sends rocket, capsule into space: IRNA
Iran on Thursday signalled a broadening of its space ambitions by announcing the launch of a new rocket and a test capsule designed to house a monkey, amid Western concerns over its scientific advances.
View ArticleChina rockets to second in science publications (Update)
China has rocketed into second place in the number of articles published in international science magazines, according to a report released Monday by the Royal Society in London.
View ArticleFold mountains slip on soft areas
The Zagros Mountains are well researched from a geological perspective. However, scientists at the ETH Zurich have now used computer simulations to demonstrate for the first time how it came about that...
View ArticleIran mastered critical steps to build nuke: report
The Iranian government has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon after receiving assistance from foreign scientists, The Washington Post reported late Sunday.
View ArticleA list of the planthoppers of Iran
A list of 235 planthoppers from Iran is recorded along with distribution data. This list is based on previous studies on Iranian Auchenorrhyncha during last 100 years. In addition to the latest species...
View ArticleEU Commissioner calls for new tools for bloggers
(AP) -- The European Union should help teach bloggers living under oppressive regimes how to communicate freely and avoid detection, and develop technology to help them, the bloc's digital affairs...
View ArticleRQ-170 drone's ambush facts spilled by Iranian engineer
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the aftermath of the Iran capture of a US military drone earlier this month now come arguments over how Iran managed to pull it off. An Iranian engineers exclusive interview with...
View ArticleKaspersky team reveals Stuxnet family of weapons
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Stuxnet cyber weapon that was designed to cripple control systems in Irans nuclear plant was just one of five weapons engineered in the same lab, and three have not been released...
View ArticleTwitter CEO says blocking policy over-distilled
(AP) -- Twitter CEO Dick Costolo sought to calm the global outrage over the company's new country-by-country censorship policy on Monday, complaining in part that the issue is being treated with the...
View ArticleTwitter adds Arabic and Hebrew
Twitter on Tuesday launched Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi and Urdu versions of its website, further localizing of the popular one-to-many text messaging service.
View ArticleIran conducting cyber-war with BBC: broadcaster
Iran launched a "sophisticated cyber-attack" in an attempt to disrupt the BBC's Persian service, which is watched by over seven million viewers weekly, the broadcaster's chief was to claim Wednesday.
View ArticleSatellite captures images of sandstorm
ESA's Envisat satellite has captured images of a sandstorm over Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and southern Iraq and Iran.
View ArticleIran denies has plan to cut Internet access
Iran has denied online reports surfacing Tuesday that it plans to cut access to the Internet in August and replace it with a national intranet, according to a statement by the ministry of communication...
View ArticleOfficial: Iran oil industry safe after cyberattack
(AP) -- An Iranian official says the country's oil industry is working well despite an attack from hackers and a computer virus that targeted the sector's computer systems.
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