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United Arab Emirates covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to United Arab Emirates, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
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As the war with Iran continues, breach attempts targeting the United Arab Emirates tripled in a few weeks — many targeting critical infrastructure.
Researchers say Israel remains a central focus, with UNC1549 targeting aerospace and defense entities in the US, the UAE, Qatar, Spain, and Saudi Arabia.
In partnership with Emirates tech company G42, Microsoft is building the first stage of a 5-gigawatt US-UAE AI campus using Nvidia GPUs.
In a clever, messed-up twist on brand impersonation, attackers are passing off their spyware as a notorious UAE government surveillance app.
The initiative will be tailored to students and their growth in cybersecurity preparedness.
Following increasing attacks on healthcare organizations, the United Arab Emirates has refined its regulatory strategy for improving cybersecurity in healthcare.
The Iran-linked nation-state group made its debut with a stealthy, sophisticated, and laser-focused cyber-espionage attack on targets in UAE.
As the UAE financial sector finished up its annual cyberattack exercise, its worries about ransomware compromises and geopolitical attacks are on the rise.
A sophisticated social engineering cybercrime campaign bent on financial gain was observed being run from Tencent servers in Singapore.
Hacktivism-related DDoS attacks have risen 70% in the region, most often targeting the public sector, while stolen data and access offers dominate the Dark Web.
DDoS cyberattack campaign averaged 4.5 million requests per second, putting the bank under attack 70% of the time.
The US government worries that Group 42 Holdings, an AI firm based in the United Arab Emirates, could become a backdoor for technology leaks to China.
Government, manufacturing, and the energy industry are the top targets of advanced, persistent threat actors, with phishing attacks and remote exploits the most common vectors.
The UAE leads the Middle East in digital-transformation efforts, but slow patching and legacy technology continue to thwart its security posture.
Misconfigurations, insecure services leave United Arab Emirates organizations and critical infrastructure vulnerable to bevy of cyber threats.
UNC1549, aka Smoke Sandstorm and Tortoiseshell, appears to be the culprit behind a cyberattack campaign customized for each targeted organization.
United Arab Emirates will likely be one of the first in the region to implement zero-trust security due to its heavy adoption of cloud technologies.
The exercises are aimed at finding security gaps in the nation's banking infrastructure.
More than six million VPNs are now deployed on devices in the United Arab Emirates.
The Emirates see phishing emails, DDoS attacks, and ransomware, as well as port scans, regularly.