Google says that it has prevented a “phishing attack” on tens of thousands of Iranian users, with the hackers looking to influence the outcome of the upcoming Iranian elections.
Although Northeast Asia and the Middle East are home to different geopolitical realities, the resolution of tensions on the Korean peninsula will almost certainly influence calculations made in Washington and Tehran regarding the Iranian nuclear program.
Several reports indicate that the Iranian regime has taken another step to control the already heavily censored Internet. According to an ITIran report [fa], the circumvention software Psiphon, as well as Kerio and Open VPN, are no longer effective against the Iranian state’s efforts to block websites and internet speeds have fallen sharply.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has hit south-east Iran, near the Pakistan border according to a report from the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Iranian bloggers revealed earlier this month that an official photo showing Iran’s recently unveiled stealth fighter, the Qaher-313, in flight is in…