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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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NSA-Developed Ransomware Hits 10,000s Computers worldwide

NSA-Developed Ransomware Hits 10,000s Computers worldwide

Saturday 13 May 2017
ransomware encrypted data on the computers, demanding payments of $300 to $600 to restore access. That has become reality nearly a month later as tens of thousands of computers around the world have become crippled by an unknown hacking group demanding ransom. The malicious malware called WannaCry ...
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Analyst Accidentally Halts Spread of Ransomware

Analyst Accidentally Halts Spread of Ransomware

Saturday 13 May 2017 ،
ransomware infections in 99 countries, with Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan being the top targets. Speaking to the Daily Beast, MalwareTech said he noticed the domain name, a string of nonsensical letters ending in gwea.com, in the code. |I saw it wasn’t registered and thought, ‘I think I&r ...
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Microsoft Slams US Spy Agency for Spread of Global Computer Virus

Microsoft Slams US Spy Agency for Spread of Global Computer Virus

Monday 15 May 2017 ،
ransomware infected more than 100,000 computers worldwide on Friday, extorting victims to pay hundreds of dollars’ worth in Bitcoin or face losing their files. “We have seen vulnerabilities stored by the CIA show up on WikiLeaks, and now this vulnerability stolen from the US National Se ...
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Putin Alarmed by Global Cyber-Attacks

Putin Alarmed by Global Cyber-Attacks

Monday 15 May 2017 ،
ransomware that hit computers across the world could backfire on its creators. The Russian president said, “The ransomware was apparently developed in the US after Microsoft’s management has made it clear that the virus originated from US intelligence services.” Last year, Moscow ...
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N Korea Denies Involvement in Global Ransomware Attack

N Korea Denies Involvement in Global Ransomware Attack

Friday 19 May 2017 ،
ransomware, which started to sweep round the globe last Friday and has infected more than 300,000 computers in 150 nations, threatens to lock out victims who have not paid a sum of $300 to $600 within one week of infection. Most of the attempts at infecting computers were registered in Russia. Hacke ...
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Russia Targeted in “BadRabbit” Cyber Attacks

Russia Targeted in “BadRabbit” Cyber Attacks

Wednesday 25 October 2017 ،
ransomware shuttered hospitals, factories and other facilities around the globe for days.  
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N Korea Rejects US Claims of Involvement in Ransomware Attack

N Korea Rejects US Claims of Involvement in Ransomware Attack

Friday 22 December 2017 ،
ransomware cyberattack, saying Washington was demonizing it. Alwaght- North Korea on Thursday denied US accusations it was behind the WannaCry global ransomware cyberattack, saying Washington was demonizing it. WannaCry infected some 300,000 computers in 150 nations in May, encrypting user fil ...
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Diplomat Pans G7 Criticism of Russia’s Destabilizing Behavior While Calling for ’Stable’ Ties with Moscow

Diplomat Pans G7 Criticism of Russia’s Destabilizing Behavior While Calling for ’Stable’ Ties with Moscow

Monday 14 June 2021 ،
ransomware attacks, abuse virtual currency to launder ransoms, and other cybercrimes, read the 25-page document, which also slammed big rival China on alleged human rights and trade practices. Moscow has consistently refuted the group’s allegations that its actions are of destabilizing nature ...
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Ransomware Attack Targets Hundreds of US Companies

Ransomware Attack Targets Hundreds of US Companies

Saturday 3 July 2021 ،
ransomware attack appears to be underway against the remote IT management platform Kaseya, affecting many of its clients, the US cyber security agency said. Researchers blame the same hackers who went after the meatpacker JBS. A ransomware attack appears to be underway against the remote IT manageme ...

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