The Internet is a fascinating place, especially when countries that don’t embrace the concepts of freedom of expression and freedom of speech are involved. Each of these countries takes it’s own view of what the Internet should be, and they usually follow political conventions in those countries. This could be set to change however. Iran [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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Infrastructure worm targets Iran
A new worm that has been named Stuxnet has been detected that appears to have been written specifically to attack infrastructure in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the first example of malware of this type the worm was programmed to attack power stations, water plants and industrial units. A report by the BBCÂ has said [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Internet Filtering Checks and Maps
Is your country / ISP filtering the Internet ? That’s a question that not many users in the Western Hemisphere are asking themselves assuming that Internet filtering is more of a method of oppressive regimes to control the information flow in their countries. Countries like Iran, China or Syria are known to filter the Internet [...]
