From Missiles To Malware: Iran’s Potential Pivot To Digital Warfare

From Missiles To Malware: Iran’s Potential Pivot To Digital Warfare

The footage was striking: plumes of smoke rising over Iran’s nuclear facilities, the culmination of years of brinkmanship and intelligence coups. With one sweeping air campaign, the United States sent a message: the Islamic Republic will not be permitted to cross the nuclear threshold.Yet as the dust settles, it would be a profound mistake to assume the threat has been neutralized. If anything, Iran’s nuclear humiliation may accelerate a transit…

The Iran Cyber Threat Is Real - Our Phones are Making it Worse

by Terry Thompson at CDN - U.S. intelligence agencies are on high alert after CNN reported that Iran is actively preparing cyberattacks aimed at critical government and military infrastructure. But the real threat may already be inside the wire — not from foreign hackers at a keyboard, but from mobile phones unknowingly or deliberately carried into the nation’s most sensitive facilities. The devices we … Click to read the rest HERE-> The Iran Cy…

The Iran Cyber Threat Is Real

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Image: jaydeep_, Wikimedia Commons This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire. By Terry ThompsonReal Clear Wire The Iran Cyber Threat Is Real—And Our Phones Are Making It Worse U.S. intelligence agencies are on high alert after CNN reported that Iran is actively preparing cyberattacks aimed at critical government and military infrastructure. But the real threat may already be inside the wire — not from foreign hackers at a keyboard, …