Coverage of cybersecurity incidents, policy, privacy, public services, advisories, and regional implications connected to the Middle East.
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Middle East covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to Middle East, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
For practitioners, the tag provides geographic context for developments involving Middle East's organizations, services, partners, and users. Individual articles provide the specific technologies, threats, sectors, and operational implications relevant to each development.
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Over 200 people were arrested in an anti-cybercrime operation that spanned 13 countries across the Middle East and North Africa
Barracuda says 88% of brute-force attempts in Q1 were from the region
A spear-phishing campaign which spread across the Middle East between 2023 and 2024 has now been linked to Bitter APT group
Increased attempts to compromise surveillance cameras linked to Iran during Middle East conflict
Military strikes in the Middle East escalate cyber ops, raising spillover risks globally for firms
A coordinated wave of fake online job ads targeting the Middle East and North Africa has been uncovered, exploiting remote work trends
Iran-aligned BladedFeline group has been observed targeting the government of Iraq and KRG with advanced malware
SIM swapping fraud surges in the Middle East as cybercriminals exploit websites mimicking legitimate services to steal personal data
Middle East real estate scams are surging as fraudsters exploit online listings and bypassed due diligence checks
The data breach exposed more than 10m customer conversations from an AI call center platform in the Middle East
Security agencies from the UK and US are urging individuals with Middle East links to beware of Iranian spear phishing attacks
Discovered by Check Point Research (CPR) and Sygnia, the campaign peaked in mid-2023
The phishing campaign mainly targets individual job seekers and businesses
The malware targeted 24 organizations across Africa, South Asia, Europe and the Middle East