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.

The Citizen Lab published the inaugural issues of the weekly Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Cyber Watch (replacing Iran Cyber Watch) and the monthly Southeast Asia Cyber Watch.

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.

The inaugural issue of Southeast Asia Cyber Watch contains news articles from Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam.

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.

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.