Iran news headlines on Saturdayinclude Iran denial ofmilitary presence in Syria; approval of 312 rejected hopefuls for Tehran council race;Rafsanjani calling for safeguarding Islamic Republic and country rejection of involvement in US cyber attacks.   No Iranian armed forces, military advisors in Syria: Iran UN envoy The Iranian ambassador ...

Iran has rejected Western media claims that the Islamic Republic has been involved in cyber attacks against other countries, calling for the reinforcement of international law to counter cyber-warfare. In a letter to theNew York Timespublished on May 22, Alireza Miryousefi, the head of the press office for the Iranian Mission to the UN, wrote, Although ...

SAN FRANCISCO American officials and corporate security experts examining a new wave of potentially destructive computer attacks striking American corporations, especially energy firms, say they have tracked the attacks back toIran. The targets have included several American oil, gas and electricity companies, which government officials have ...

Several major U.S. utilities are under constant cyberattack and havent taken precautions to protect critical systems from Iran, North Korea and other adversaries, according to a congressional survey of more than 100 companies accounting for much of the nations power system. The survey shows the nations electrical grid remains highly vulnerable to ...

A previously unknown hacking group believed to be based inIranhas started cyber attacks inside the U.S., according to Mandiant Corp., a security company thats linked Chinas army to similar activity. The Iranian group emerged within the last six months and has infiltrated the networks of at least one U.S. corporation, Richard Bejtlich, Mandiants chief ...