Cyber attacks, which have been rising in the Middle Eastern states over the past few years, represent a growing risk for both public and private operations. Private-sector and government websites have been repeatedly targeted by ransom ware, malicious software, and virus attacks etc.
Given the past of Iran and its conflict with western nations, it did not turn out to be a surprise that Iran linked DEV-0343 was found to be involved in targeting US and Israeli defense firms.
From last two years, security researchers have highlighted dozens of malicious cyber attacks attributed…
Iran and China has rapidly improved its cyber capabilities. They are not in the top rank of cyber powers, but are ahead of most nations in strategy and organization for cyber warfare.
In July, facebook take down 2000 accounts run by a group of hackers in Iran as part of…
Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper headed the advisory committee of a Toronto-based company which is now looking to facilitate the sale of surveillance technology to the UAE.
Harper has done major investment in Canadian AWZ Ventures that finances Israeli surveillance technology systems, including facial recognition and crowd detection systems…
Israeli cyber surveillance weapons have been getting much recognition across the world recently for assisting states in covert surveillance. Especially, for hacking activists and journalists. …
In the recent times, Middle East has become the hub of cyber warfare. In the process many private and state actors have emerged as key players. For instance, Qatar was supported by Turkey, US based Global Risk Advisors (GRA) and Italy’s Hacking Team; UAE was supported by Israeli firm NSO…
A cyberespionage group FamousSparrow is focusing on motels, governments, and personal companies around the globe, leveraging the ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability together with its personal customized backdoor, SparrowDoor.
Slovak cyber security firm ESET said that it has been active since at least August 2019, with victims located across Africa…
Israel is well-versed with both offensive and defensive cyber warfare capabilities. Apart from developing itself in various fields, Israel has gained much recognition for cyber technology and its outsourcing to both eastern and western countries. …
Qatar’s Election Committee Shura published a list of guidelines for the candidates’ technical team managing the campaign to adopt cybersecurity practices. The guidebook aims to raise their awareness on related topics and issues.
The guidelines also urge the candidates to prepare their social media communication channels from their personal accounts…
