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.
Gartner projects IT security spending in the MENA region will continue to increase in 2025, with security services accounting for the most growth.
An Indian disaster-relief flight delivering aid is the latest air-traffic incident, as attacks increase in the Middle East and Myanmar and along the India-Pakistan border.
A controller linked to BPF backdoor can open a reverse shell, enabling deeper infiltration into compromised networks. Recent attacks have been observed targeting the telecommunications, finance, and retail sectors across South Korea, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Egypt.