Iran said Sunday that two newly constructed satellites have passed pre-launch tests and will be transported to the nation’s space center for eventual launch, without elaborating. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-01-iran-satellite.html…
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Cut Undersea Cable Plunges Yemen Into Days-Long Internet Outage
Last week, the internet went dark for Yemen and its 28 million citizens. It’s still not fully back today. In fact, the entire Red Sea region has dealt with slow to nonexistent connectivity since the severing of a single submarine cable on Thursday. Wired reports: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Ethiopia all felt major effects from last week’s cut of the…
Does Iran have a pod of Soviet killer dolphins ?
It turns out that there is a possibility, albeit a small one, that Iran’s Navy includes trained dolphin assassins. As far back as the 1960s, militarie… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/333736/does-iran-have-a-pod-of-soviet-killer-dolphins…
Iran Plane Crash Wreckage Spotted from Space (Satellite Photos)
Sharp-eyed satellites have spotted debris from the Ukrainian airliner that went down in Iran early Wednesday morning (Jan. 8). Source: https://www.livescience.com/iran-plane-crash-ukranian-airlines-wreckage-satellite-photos.html
Satellite Spots Iran Missile Attack Aftermath from Space
Satellites operated by San Francisco-based company Planet have captured remarkably sharp photos of Iraq’s al-Asad airbase, one of the sites hit in last night’s (Jan. 7) bombardment. Source: https://www.livescience.com/iran-missile-attack-satellite-photos.html
It would take Iran more than 4 months to develop nuclear weapons
The US assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani has raised fears of nuclear conflict, but Iran has been on the road to building nuclear weapons for some time Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532643-600-it-would-take-iran-more-than-4-months-to-develop-nuclear-weapons/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Exclusive: UN cybercrime chief warns against US and Iran cyberattacks
As US-Iran tensions rise following the assassination of an Iranian general and missile attacks on US troops, UN diplomat Neil Walsh warns cyberattacks can be just as impactful Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229402-exclusive-un-cybercrime-chief-warns-against-us-and-iran-cyberattacks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Will Iran Launch a Cyberattack Against the U.S.?
“Iranian officials are likely considering a cyber-attack against the U.S. in the wake of an airstrike that killed one of its top military officials,” reports Bloomberg: In a tweet after the airstrike on Thursday, Christopher Krebs, director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, repeated a warning from the summer about Iranian malicious cyber-attacks, and urged the public to brush…
Iran Curbs Internet Before Possible New Protests
Iran’s authorities have restricted mobile internet access in several provinces, an Iranian news agency reported on Wednesday, a day before new protests were expected to kick off following calls for demonstrations on social media. Reuters: Social media posts, along with some relatives of people killed in unrest last month, have called for renewed protests and for ceremonies to commemorate the dead…
A Twitter App Bug Was Used To Match 17 Million Phone Numbers To User Accounts
Security researcher Ibrahim Balic said he has matched 17 million phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter’s Android app. TechCrunch reports: Ibrahim Balic found that it was possible to upload entire lists of generated phone numbers through Twitter’s contacts upload feature. “If you upload your phone number, it fetches user data in return,” he told TechCrunch….