Iranian Hackers Cyber Attack Foes

Iranian hackers linked to the Revolutionary Guard’s paramilitary volunteer militia Basij have launched a series of cyber attacks on websites of the “enemies,” a state-owned newspaper reported today. According to The Associated Press, Gen. Ali Fazli, acting commander of the Basij, was quoted by state-owned IRAN paper as saying university teachers, students and clerics comprise Iran’s cyber army. He said the attacks were in retaliation for similar attacks…

Iranian Cyber Army Hacks Voice of America

The Voice of America website has been attacked by Iranian hackers who defaced the homepage and disabled the organization’s online news service to more than 30 countries, according to NewZimbabwe.com.

Claiming to be the Iranian Cyber Army, the hackers defaced VOA’s main website and left a message addressed to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying, “Mrs. Clinton, do you want to hear the voice of oppressed…

Iranian Cyber Army Hacker Group Offers Botnets-for-Hire

The so-called Iranian Cyber Army, a group of hackers with alleged links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, is reportedly getting into the botnet business.

The group, which hacked Twitter and Chinese search engine Baidu last year, has been offering its services on the cyber black market by renting access to its botnet, PCWorld reports. Last month, the group took credit for cyber attacking TechCrunch’s European website.

Researchers…

Judge Approves Baidu Lawsuit Following Hack

A U.S. federal judge has ruled in favor of China search engine giant Baidu, allowing the company to proceed with its lawsuit against Register.com for negligence.

The ruling followed Register.com’s arguments in March, claiming the suit was not valid because the master services agreement barred claims relating to employee mistakes except in cases of gross…

Court Approves Baidu Lawsuit Against Domain Register for Iranian Cyber Army Hack

A U.S. judge has approved the lawsuit filed by Chinese search engine giant Baidu against its domain register following a cyber attack which occurred in January.

The suit follows the attacks in January which were attributed to a group calling themselves the “Iranian Cyber Army.” Baidu alleges that Register.com gave the hackers access to Baidu’s account when the hackers called…

Iranian Cyber Army Second-Largest in the World, Claims Iranian Commander

After hacking Twitter and various Iranian websites and engaging in a cyber war with China, Iranian Cyber Army is said to be looking at the Revolutionary Guards for direction, according to a senior Revolutionary Guards Corps commander.

Fars news agency reports Ebrahim Jabbari, commander of the Ali Ebn-e Abi Taleb Guards in Qom, said Thursday the Revolutionary Guards has been successful in establishing a cyber army and “today,…

Chinese Search Engine Files Lawsuit Following Hack

Following the cyber attack by the ‘Iranian Cyber Army’ on Chinese search engine Baidu, the company has filed a lawsuit against the domain registrar in a New York court. The DNS record attack redirected web users to a defaced web page instead of the search engine site.

According to the lawsuit, the attack occurred because of “gross negligence” on the part of the domain registrar. The attack disrupted traffic…

Iranian Cyber Army Strikes Again

The group of hackers that attacked Twitter last month have struck again. The group, calling itself the Iranian Cyber Army hacked and defaced the home page of Baidu.com, a Chinese search engine, according to an article on The Register.

The defacement, which occurred on Monday night, showed a picture of an Iranian Flag along with the words “This site has been hacked by Iranian Cyber Army.” The hack was…

Iranian Cyber Army Launches Attack

A group calling itself the Iranian Cyber Army have carried out cyber attacks against Twitter, and the website of a group who claims the recent elections in Iran were fraudulent. The group hacked the two websites and replaced them with anti-American slogans.

Service to Twitter was disrupted for more than an hour. The website of the opposition group was down for two days. Following the recent allegedly fraudulent…