U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran are playing out in the air and at sea, while a parallel fight is unfolding online. Why it matters: Iranian actors — both state-linked and loosely affiliated — have a history of cyberattacks against the U.

Cheap Iranian drone attacks are pushing the Pentagon to expand layered air defenses in the Middle East, including interceptor drones and emerging laser systems.

Iranian news agency Tasnim published a list of approximately 30 Big Tech targets throughout the Middle East as “enemy technology infrastructure,” signalling that they could be the next targets. View o

The great irony, however, is that the LUCAS drone is based on Iran’s own low-cost one-way attack drone, the Shahed-136. In May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump publicly praised the Iranian drones as cheap to produce,

Iran-linked hackers allegedly targeted the Stryker medical company, wiping devices through Microsoft systems. Learn how this cyberattack affects you.

Iranian-linked cyber group Handala claimed responsibility for the attack on social media.

A new treaty on military space operations is highly unlikely, leaving private companies and militaries to define the boundaries of acceptable conduct in war.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire in a house after it was hit by a Russian drone on Jan. 15, 2026. Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images With Russian ground troops bogged ...