A roundup of cyber news from the Middle East and North Africa region. This week’s post covers the Flame malware, censorship in social media and Google’s Transparency Report.

This week in Iran Cyber Watch: Espionage through social networking, Flame malware, Internet TV channels, and more.

This week in Iran Cyber Watch: Iranian reaction to Flame malware, National Information Network, National Email, The Supreme Council of Cyberspace and more.

This week in Iran Cyber Watch: Flame Virus, More on Google-Map, Dating Website, National Search Engine, and more.

This week in Iran Cyber Watch: Call for Internet Blackout, Religious Social Networking, Iran’s Complaint to Google and more.

This week in Iran Cyber Watch: Local E-mail services, Supreme Council on Cyberspace and more.

ASL19 is a non-for-profit organization which closely collaborates with the Citizen Lab researching the state of internet controls, circumvention and surveillance in Iran. We are currently looking for a full time research coordinator to join our team.

This week in Iran Cyber Watch: Cause of cyber attack on Ministry of Oil, ban on foreign E-mail addresses, the Supreme Leader’s religious orders on the use of circumvention tools, and more.

This post is the first in a new series tracking the latest news and updates on the status of Internet controls and circumventions in Iran compiled by ASL19.

The Citizen Lab is proud to participate in the Google Policy Fellowship for the fourth time next summer. In June 2012, a Google Policy fellowship based at the Citizen Lab will be be offered to a student who is passionate about technology and Internet policy. Applications are due by February 3, 2012 by midnight Pacific time. For more information see the Google Policy Fellowship site.