Iranian Cyber Army Moves Into Botnet Renting 63
angry tapir writes "A group of malicious hackers who attacked Twitter and the Chinese search engine Baidu are also apparently running a for-rent botnet, according to new research from Seculert. The so-called Iranian Cyber Army also took credit last month for an attack on TechCrunch's European website. In that incident, the group installed a page on TechCrunch's site that redirected visitors to a server that bombarded their PCs with exploits in an attempt to install malicious software."
Re:No Connection with Tehran (Score:0, Funny)
It seems [reuters.com] that there is no real connection between this group and Tehran. It's important to remember that when there is real discussion [theatlantic.com] going on about conflict with Iran. That being said, this group does seem to be motivated by some sort of Iranian nationalism. It's just a further reminder of how small groups and individuals can inflame international imbroglios, leaving state actors in a bind. Think the Netanyahu and Obama administrations' paralysis over how to handle the settlers in the West Bank.
Nuke all those Arabs.
America, Fuck Yeah!