TEHRAN Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month’s presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud, users and experts say. The authorities deny such claims, but have not explained exactly why ...

LONDON - The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack in history, reported BBC on Wednesday.A row between a spam-fighting group and hosting firm has sparked retaliation attacks flooding core infrastructure. It is having an ...

Lebanese caretaker Telecoms Minister Charbel Nahhas said that a U.S. ship was the cause of internet jamming in Lebanon. "The problem, however, is due to a coordination error related to waves," Nahhas told the local OTV, adding that an investigation was underway to find out whether this act is ...

The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual's Internet activity without a court order if agents deem the information relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation. The administration wants to add just four words ...

More and more people in Turkey are getting interested in marriages through the internet due to the lack of proper social atmosphere and time. Hundreds of Turkish people were meeting each other and getting married on the internet, Xinhua quoted Ebru Selvi, director of an online marriage website, as ...

China denied involvement in Internet attacks and defended its online surveillance practices as lawful on Monday after the United States urged Beijing to investigate a computer attack against search engine giant Google. Chinas anti-hacking policy is transparent and consistent, the Ministry of ...

China, widely criticized for its censorship of the media, this week blocked access to The New York Times, the newspaper said on Saturday. When computer users in cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou tried to connect on Friday to nytimes.com, they received a message that the site was not ...

Internet service in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and other Middle Eastern countries was cut on Friday after submarine cable failed in the Mediterranean Sea, said the company that runs the service. Three cables linking Italy and Egypt failed for yet unknown reasons, Shaheed al-Sateeh, a manager ...