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Techly
January 22, 2018
In 2012, two of Iran's nuclear facilities, Natanz and Fordo, were infiltrated by a very mischievous worm. The worm caused havoc by shutting down various systems at the nuclear power plants, but it makes this list because of its cheeky secondary function. From time to time, in the middle of the night, AC/DC'sÃÂ ...
New York Times
January 21, 2018
WASHINGTON — When the “Wannacry” ransomware attack spread across Britain, Japan Russia, Taiwan and places in between last May, it took only a few days for private firms that looked at the code to come to some pretty quick conclusions. The attack almost certainly came from North Korea. The NorthÃÂ ...
We Live Security (blog)
January 12, 2018
That worm resulted in major damage to centrifuges at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility in 2008 and is believed to have been introduced in the facility via a USB drive. In 2013, two unnamed power generation plants in the United States were found to harbor malware infestations courtesy of tainted USB drives.
mySanAntonio.com
December 28, 2017
Workers at the Iranian nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz in an undated handout frame grab. The Stuxnet computer worm temporarily disabled 1,000 centrifuges at the facility, prompting Iran to become a cyber threat — including to the U.S. less. Workers at the Iranian nuclear enrichment facility at NatanzÃÂ ...
mySanAntonio.com
December 28, 2017
Workers at the Iranian nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz in an undated handout frame grab. The Stuxnet computer worm temporarily disabled 1,000 centrifuges at the facility, prompting Iran to become a cyber threat — including to the U.S. less. Workers at the Iranian nuclear enrichment facility at NatanzÃÂ ...
The New Arab
December 27, 2017
The Islamic republic accused the US and Israel of killing its scientists, including Shahriari, a key member of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation and Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a deputy director of the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility. In 2012, Iran executed Majid Jamali Fashi, who was convicted of workingÃÂ ...
Center for Human Rights in Iran
December 24, 2017
He has admitted passing information to US officials about Iran's Natanz nuclear power site, Gharehbeyglou said in an interview with CHRI in May 2016. However, Gharehbeyglou noted that Golipour's special medical condition entitles him to a case review. “We want a ruling that my client is not fit to beÃÂ ...
OilPrice.com
December 18, 2017
Iran and the U.S. have recently differed over Iran's uranium enrichment and reprocessing efforts particularly at the Natanz facility. The U.S. appears eager to find the Iranians in violation of nuclear fuel reprocessing constraints signed under the Obama administration. Whether this will become a pretext forÃÂ ...
The Cipher Brief
December 17, 2017
Iran wasn't pursuing cyber capabilities with much urgency, experts say, until it was revealed in 2010 that a joint Israeli-U.S. Stuxnet worm sabotaged nuclear centrifuges at Iran's facility in Natanz. As the first-known instance of virtual intrusions resulting in physical effects, the operation demonstrated theÃÂ ...
Financial Tribune
December 15, 2017
During his one-day visit to Isfahan Province, Hamidreza Khabbaz also inaugurated several water and wastewater projects in the city of Natanz, worth 66.5 billion rials (around $1.5 million), IRNA reported on Wednesday. The projects include a wastewater treatment plant, with a capacity to treat 63 cubicÃÂ ...
Sky News
December 14, 2017
Stuxnet reportedly destroyed up to 1,000 centrifuges at the Iranian uranium enrichment facility in Natanz. Another hacking tool called Industroyer, believed to have been sponsored by the Russian state, was identified targeting the Ukrainian power grid in 2016. Iranian President Ahmadinejad tours theÃÂ ...
The National
December 14, 2017
... with the underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility being constructed during their period. Now British foreign secretary Boris Johnson has found himself the latest victim of Tehran's mastery of double-dealing following his abortive visit to Tehran to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, theÃÂ ...
The New Arab
December 13, 2017
The Islamic republic accused the US and Israel of killing its scientists, including Shahriari, a key member of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation and Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a deputy director of the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility. In 2012, Iran executed Majid Jamali Fashi, who was convicted of workingÃÂ ...
The Local Sweden
December 12, 2017
The Islamic republic accused the US and Israel of killing its scientists, including Shahriari, a key member of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization and Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a deputy director of the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility. In 2012, Iran executed Majid Jamali Fashi, convicted for working forÃÂ ...
News18
December 31, 1999
In 2008, centrifuges at Iran's Natanz nuclear plant started crashing. The breakdown seemed random, some centrifuges spinning too fast and others too slow. This continued over the next two years, affecting nearly 1,000 of the 5,000 centrifuges which were working on Uranium purification. It is now commonÃÂ ...
Center for Research on Globalization
December 31, 1999
They apparently intend to attack the key nuclear research sites of Teheran, Bushehr, Arak, Bonab, Ramsar, Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan amongst others (Iran of course, has only a civil, nuclear power program unlike Israel that has an estimated military arsenal of up to 400 nuclear warheads), in a criminalÃÂ ...
Financial Tribune
December 31, 1999
S pilet Alborz travel agency will take enthusiasts to the ancient village of Abyaneh in Natanz County, Isfahan Province. The trip is scheduled for Friday starting at 5 am from Argentina Square. It will familiarize visitors with the culture, history and natural attractions of the village nested in the foothills of theÃÂ ...
The Northlines
December 6, 2017
[7] Beginning in 2002, Iran's centrifuge enrichment program was moved to Natanz, the location chosen for a 1,000 centrifuge pilot plant and a commercial-scale facility intended to house over 50,000 centrifuges with capacity to produce nuclear fuel for power plants using uranium enriched from three to five ...
War on the Rocks
December 6, 2017
Through what is known as a “man-in-the-middle attack,” Stuxnet intercepted and manipulated the input and output signals from the control logic of the nuclear centrifuge system in Natanz, Iran. In this way, it was able to hide its malicious payload (simulation) and instead replayed a loop of 21 seconds of ...
Financial Tribune
December 5, 2017
Characterized by a peculiar reddish hue, Abyaneh is rural district in Natanz County. It is one of the oldest villages in Iran. Visitors will be guided around the village for the first day. On the following day, the group will go to Aran-Bidgol County to see the desert of Maranjab. A desert walk and visits to a salt ...
Times of Malta
December 4, 2017
Only three years later we learned that the US and Israel had dispatched the Stuxnet malware into Iran, enabling them to take over the control systems of 1,000 uranium-enrichment centrifuges in the Natanz plant and to destroy them all from afar. The centrifuges were accelerated to such speed that they ...
DatacenterDynamics
December 4, 2017
Either nation is yet to confirm its involvement in the destruction of Iranian centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility, but revelations about the weapon in 2010 are believed to have kicked off an arms race for advanced cyber capabilities worldwide. Security consultant Ralph Langner, who analyzed Stuxnet in ...
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
November 16, 2017
In an interview with CHRI in May 2016, Gharehbeyglou said her client had admitted passing information to US officials about Iran's Natanz nuclear power site. Golipour went on hunger strike on October 12, 2017, in protest against his continued incarceration and the possibility that seven more years could ...
DAWN.com
November 14, 2017
The new IAEA report said that the number of enrichment centrifuges installed at Iran's Natanz site remained below the upper limit of 5,060Â ...
Professional Engineering
November 8, 2017
Often critical systems are 'air gapped' – kept totally separate from the internet – but that may not be enough to protect them, said Tuptuk, as demonstrated by the Stuxnet attack on the Iranian Natanz nuclear facility. She said the smart grid is “one of the most complicated planned network infrastructures in ...
Professional Engineering
November 8, 2017
... but that may not be enough to protect them, said Tuptuk, as demonstrated by the Stuxnet attack on the Iranian Natanz nuclear facility.
Financial Tribune
November 5, 2017
The number of centrifuges installed at Fordo and Natanz enrichment sites were also reduced by two-thirds, as part of the constraints placed on ...
ABC News
October 31, 2017
The drill is taking place near the central city of Isfahan, a region that is home to the country's key nuclear facilities, including the Natanz uranium ...
The Majalla Magazine
October 31, 2017
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a ceremony at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, on April 9, 2007, 180 miles ...
Center for Human Rights in Iran
October 30, 2017
He was in contact with the American Embassy in the [United Arab] Emirates and transferred information about the Natanz nuclear plant as well ...
Daily Maverick
October 16, 2017
By January 2016, Iran had drastically reduced the number of centrifuges installed at Natanz and shipped tonnes of low-enriched uranium to ...
Silicon UK
December 31, 1999
That malware is said to have damaged nearly 3,000 centrifuges in the Natanz facility in Iran. And it is report that the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, Germany and France have their own “cyber commands”, essentially special headquarters to combat cyber espionage and hacks of critical infrastructure ...
DatacenterDynamics
December 31, 1999
Both nations have yet to confirm their involvement in the destruction of Iranian centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility, but the reveal of the weapon in 2010 is believed to have kicked off an arms race for advanced cyber capabilities worldwide. Security consultant Ralph Langner, who analyzed Stuxnet in ...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
A road links Abyaneh to the main Kashan-Natanz highway in a region called Hanjan, which is 55 kilometers and 25 kilometers away from ...
Independent Online
September 1, 2017
... which attacked its uranium enrichment plant in the central city of Natanz, prompting Tehran to point the finger at arch-foes the US and Israel.
Washington Examiner
August 30, 2017
... of Iran, is credited with exposing Iranian nuclear sites in Natanz and Arak in 2002, triggering International Atomic Energy Agency inspections.
Folio Weekly
August 30, 2017
The music's rowdy and their mosh pits spin like a nuclear-powered centrifuge in Natanz. Fresh Air, a collection of nine originals and one cover,ÃÂ ...
Arab News
August 24, 2017
... is supported by new revelations from the organization that was the first to reveal Iran's clandestine nuclear sites at Arak and Natanz.
War on the Rocks
August 22, 2017
The best-known offensive cyber operation remains the Stuxnet attack on Iran's nuclear facility at Natanz in 2009. The attack was clever andÃÂ ...
CSO Online
August 22, 2017
Stuxnet was never intended to spread beyond the Iranian nuclear facility at Natanz. The facility was air-gapped and not connected to theÃÂ ...
Tehran Times
August 19, 2017
TEHRAN – Iran seeks to make the best use of its rich rural landscape as an approach to promote its budding tourism sector with pinpointingÃÂ ...
Payvand
August 18, 2017
Natanz Central Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) is located near Sheikh Abdol Samad Isfahani Tomb in the city of Natanz in Iran's Isfahan province.
The Cipher Brief
August 7, 2017
... by the Stuxnet worm's sabotage of an Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz, the GGE hit a landmark, agreeing that “international law, in particular,ÃÂ ...
The National Interest Online
July 31, 2017
... facilities at Natanz and Arak in 2002. According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran's new report, the Islamic Republic is using NorthÃÂ ...
Daily Times
July 28, 2017
Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency visited the Natanz facility and observed that a strange number of uranium enrichingÃÂ ...
NavyTimes.com
July 27, 2017
... the twin cascades for 20 percent uranium production at nuclear power plant of Natanz, some 300 kilometers south of Tehran, on Jan.
Iran Human Rights Monitor (blog)
July 26, 2017
... were severely electrocuted in a half constructed building next to Tavakol Mosque”, the head of the Natanz Emergency Medical Center, said.
Intelligencer Post
July 19, 2017
In 2005, Iran backed out of these agreements under the rule of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, resuming enrichment at the Natanz facility aÃÂ ...
Geo News, Pakistan
July 13, 2017
All enrichment takes place at the Natanz facility. The Fordo site, containing an additional 1,044 centrifuges, is no longer allowed under theÃÂ ...
ZDNet
July 12, 2017
As a very serious example, the Stuxnet virus was delivered, via a USB stick, into Iran's Natanz centrifuge facilities. It was used to destabilizeÃÂ ...
