We See What Others Cannot
The message surrounding the “Fast Flag Capture” event reveals far more than a student cybersecurity competition. The text uses a conversational and emotive tone — “we realized late,” “I wish we could come too,” “last-minute opportunity!” — to create a sense of inclusion, urgency, and belonging. Beneath that friendly style lies a structured mobilization message…
OVERVIEW How actors such as MuddyWater don’t simply execute cyber intrusion campaigns using technical tools, but rather embed them in religious, revolutionary and moral‑duty frameworks that transform espionage into perceived obligation. Narrative framing beyond TTPsMuddyWater’s operations follow known TTPs—phishing, back‑doors, living‑off‑the‑land techniques. But they cannot be fully understood until one examines how the Iranian state…
Since January 2025, the Darkbit hacking group, identified as Storm-1084, has targeted Mivchar College in Israel. Leading this group is Hossein Fard Siahpoush, also known as Parsa Sarafian, associated with Ravin Smart Voice (Ravin Academy) in Iran. Mivchar College Overview Established in 2000 by Dr. Rabbi Abraham Fors, Mivchar College collaborates with institutions like the…
The US-sanctioned Ravin Academy, an #Iranian cybersecurity training institute supported by Iran’s #MOIS and IRGC, recently attended Positive Hack Days (PHDays) alongside Positive Technologies (sanctioned), and the U.S. government banned Kaspersky in Moscow. Each is known for its cybersecurity expertise and presents significant concerns under US sanctions or bans. The training and collaboration at PHDays…
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Tuesday 28 April 1403 at 12:30 Harvard Web Programming and Artificial Intelligence Spring Course CS50xTehran Friday, March 18, 1402 at 02:00 Workshop on cognitive modeling of human behavior Institution of that academy Thursday, March 17, 1402 at 08:00 Training workshop on technical concepts in simple language Scientific Association of Industrial Engineering Faculty of Sharif University…
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The Ravin Academy’s course offerings show a concerted effort to develop sophisticated cyber skills within Iran. The potential dual-use nature of these skills, especially in offensive cyber operations, aligns with the strategic interests of the IRGC and raises concerns about their potential application in state-sponsored cyber activities against perceived adversaries. The last part of introducing…
video interview with “Farzin Karimi”; You can watch the former co-founder of Ravin Academy on Wednesday, December 29, at 20:00, on YouTube and Aparatmon. Ravin Academy https://ravinacademy.com/yalda/
You can watch the review and introduction video of the “PowerShell for Hackers” online course taught by “Mohammad Ali Ebrahimi” in full from the link below and register online. ravinacademy.com/courses/powershell-for-hackers 39 hours from Monday, November 22 (during 13 3-hour sessions, every Monday and Wednesday from 18:00 to 21:00) It is possible to register in installments…
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“Because in this course we are heavily dependent on mastering software reverse engineering, we provide separate chapters for both software reverse engineering and Android malware analysis.” 🥁 The review and introduction video of the “Android Malware Analysis” face-to-face course taught by “Mohammad Hossein Ashfete-Yazdi” was released. On the academy website, you can watch this video…
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