A roundup of cyber news from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This week’s post covers media crackdowns in Sudan, cyber defense preparation in Iran, the release of a human rights activist in Bahrain, news from Syria and post-election Egypt, as well as updates on social media policing in the region.

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: 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.

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.