IRAN

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Aug
Beneath the Waterline: Iran's Deniable Campaign Against America's Weakest Infrastructure- 294

Beneath the Waterline: Iran's Deniable Campaign Against America's Weakest Infrastructure- 294

August 11, 2026 Over two days in late July, a handful of programmable logic controllers in small-town Minnesota water
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03
Aug
Washington widens its warning as Iran's cyber-physical reach grows — and its own threats escalate-288

Washington widens its warning as Iran's cyber-physical reach grows — and its own threats escalate-288

July 23, 2026 The US federal government has broadened a warning about Iranian-linked hackers targeting the industrial control systems
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03
Aug
Iran's quiet war inside Israel's networks- 281

Iran's quiet war inside Israel's networks- 281

July 10, 2026 While Israeli and American forces struck Iranian targets from the air, a quieter campaign was already running
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21
Jul
Old Protocol, New War: How Iran Tracked US Military Phones Through a 1970s Telecom Flaw- 267

Old Protocol, New War: How Iran Tracked US Military Phones Through a 1970s Telecom Flaw- 267

July 19, 2026 In the days surrounding the February air campaign against Iran, a wave of signals swept across Middle
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19
Jul
A malware sample built for single-core Windows XP may be the first cyberweapon ever found- 245

A malware sample built for single-core Windows XP may be the first cyberweapon ever found- 245

April 24, 2026 Five years before Stuxnet became the textbook case for cyber-physical sabotage, something called FAST16 may already
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19
Jul
The Fed's financial stability survey just put a name to what markets have been pricing quietly- 228

The Fed's financial stability survey just put a name to what markets have been pricing quietly- 228

March 1, 2026 The reordering itself is the story. A central bank survey is not a newspaper — it reflects what
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19
Jul
From Signatures to Behavior: How Real-Time AI Attacks Disrupted Global Cyber Defense- 224

From Signatures to Behavior: How Real-Time AI Attacks Disrupted Global Cyber Defense- 224

May 4, 2026 A retail chain in Hungary lost €15.5 million because an AI-polished email looked exactly like
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19
Jul
Iran's ransomware proxies and the collapse of the line between crime and state power- 217

Iran's ransomware proxies and the collapse of the line between crime and state power- 217

May 17, 2026 Since 2020, a pattern has hardened into doctrine: when Iran wants to pressure an adversary's
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19
Jul
MuddyWater's Double Game: Iran's Cyber Unit Trades Precision for Reach- 213

MuddyWater's Double Game: Iran's Cyber Unit Trades Precision for Reach- 213

June 28, 2026 An intrusion that looks like a ransomware shakedown and a breach wave spanning nine countries on four
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05
Jul
When Cyberspace Became the Last Battlefield: Iran's Digital War and Its Limits- 208

When Cyberspace Became the Last Battlefield: Iran's Digital War and Its Limits- 208

June 17, 2026 On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran under Operations Epic
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