(By some experts it was not yet clear whether the virus was, like Stuxnet, seeking to corrupt industrial processes to cause physical damage, or was a simple data virus.)

The High Council of Cyberspace of Iran published a "Request for Information" (RFI) seeking details on new types of censorship tools that are available in the market. The RFI calls for proper conditions for domestic experts in order to build a healthy Web and organize the current filtering situation. Iran invests millions of dollar in internet control and censorship technique, mainly build by the the Chinese telecom company ZTE. (EFF.org, ars technica)

The Pentagon says it is making measurable progress in developing new defensive and offensive weapons for the cyberspace. (Reuters)

Präsident Obama signed an Executive Order targeting people and companies facilitating human-rights abuses with technology (surveillance technology for the purposes of computer or network disruption, monitoring, or tracking of individuals) to Syria and Iran.

The order is solely focused on Syria and Iran, leaving out - most notably - Bahrain, where protesters were killed last weeks by police forces. Bahraini human rights groups have documented the use of Trovicor (formely Siemens/Nokia) technologies in surveillance there.