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Huawei CFO Case Deepens Amid Documents Discovery
Sanction busting? Documents reportedly show suspected ties to two front companies used to sell kit to Iran
Syrian Malware Team Thought To Be Behind BlackWorm RAT
A lesser-known group of pro-government hackers is pushing sophisticated malware
Syrian Malware Is On The Rise, Warns Kaspersky
As the civil war in Syria enters its fourth year, cyber warfare shows no sign of abating
Syrian Internet Restored After Nationwide Blackout
War-torn Syria suffers another nationwide online blackout, with fingers pointed firmly at the Government
Feds Probe Sales Of Dell PCs To Syria
The sale of Dell PCs by a third party to the Syrian regime is being investigated by US federal authorities
How Anonymous Plans To Expose Syrian Electronic Army Leaders
Anonymous hacktivist tells TechWeek his crew are gathering plenty of data on four leaders of the SEA
New York Times Downed By Syrian Electronic Army
The website of the New York Times has been taken offline in the latest Syrian Electronic Army attack
Syria’s Online Conflict: The Hackers And Their Weapons
Attacks on missile warning services, sophisticated malware campaigns and the Syrian Electronic Army make for a chaotic cyber conflict, TechWeek finds
Washington Post, CNN And Others Hit By Syrian Electronic Army
Hackers breach Outbrain feeds to spread their message across major media websites
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Blog Of Channel 4 Presenter Jon Snow
Fake nuclear bomb story posted on Snow's blog, as Channel 4 blogs remain down
Syrian Electronic Army Strikes Again With FT Hacks
Financial Times has blogs and Twitter feeds taken over
Syria Internet Down Yet Again
Outage the second in the last eight days
Internet In Syria Down, Country Remains Offline
An ongoing outage cuts Syria off from the rest of the world
Syrian Electronic Army Hijacks Guardian Twitter Accounts
Hacking crew makes a mockery of Twitter account security again
AP Twitter Feed Hacked And Claims White House Attack
Hackers compromised the Twitter feeds of the Associated Press and falsely reported White House explosions
FIFA President Sepp Blatter Twitter Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army
Syrian government supporters post Sepp Blatter's resignation on his Twitter acount
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks NPR
Group continues its offensive on western news sources
Syrian Internet Downed Again
Syria saw its Internet go down for close to an hour on Tuesday
Syria Internet Down But Spyware Still Connecting Out
War-torn nation loses connectivity as heavy fighting around Damascus erupts
HP Spy Gear Not ‘Knowingly’ Supplied To Syria
HP says kit may have found its way to Syria through third parties
Al-Jazeera SMS Service Hacked By Pro-Syrian Group
Pro-Syrian hackers out in force again
Amnesty International Blog Hacked As Bogus Syria Campaign Pulled
Fake blog claims calls on the US, Qatar and Turkey to stop funding Syrian rebels
Syrian Spying Tool DarkComet Killed
Remote access tool killed by its creator, but the Syrian government may still be using it
WikiLeaks Releases 2.5m ‘Syrian Emails’
WikiLeaks' Syria emails embarrass governments across the world, Assange claims
Syrian Government Pushing Malware To Activists Via Skype
Bashar al-Assad’s government infects rebels’ computers with Remote Access Tools
Human Rights Body Avaaz Under ‘Massive Cyber Attack’
Avaaz suspects a government or a private business to be behind what it claims is a massive cyber attack on its site
Syria Bans iPhones To Stop Protestors Talking
Apple's iPhone banned to silence reports of violence against protestors in Syria's Arab Spring revolt
Hosting Services May Be Breaking Syrian Sanctions
Syrian government sites hosted in the US, Canada and Germany may break internatiobnal sanctions
Syrian Internet Cut Off During Protests
About two-thirds of Syria's Internet access was cut off on Friday, amidst some of the biggest protests to date