Regional News (Middle East)

Saudi Arabia Teams Up with Black Hat Organisers to Launch World Class Hacking Event @HACK

Saudi Federation of Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones teams up with Black Hat organisers Informa Tech for world-class @Hack event to

Iran-linked Chafer APT Group Targets Governments in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

Cybersecurity researchers uncovered an Iranian cyber espionage campaign conducted by Chafer APT and aimed at critical infrastructures in Kuwait and

The Number of Cyber Attacks on Saudi Aramco is Increasing

Saudi Aramco, the Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company, revealed that it has seen an increase in attempted

JhoneRAT Uses Google Drive, Twitter, ImgBB, and Google Forms to Target Countries in Middle East

Researchers from Cisco Talos discovered a new Trojan named JhoneRAT that was used in targeted attacks against entities in the

Cyber-battle Over Real Model City Planned for Abu Dhabi Security Conference

The daily war waged between cyber-criminals and security experts will be played out in miniature in Abu Dhabi next month

New Attack Group Targets Saudi IT Providers

A previously undocumented threat group has been mounting what appear to be supply-chain attacks against IT providers in the Middle

LYCEUM APT Hackers Attack Critical Infrastructures Over a Year using Several Hacking Tools

A new threat group dubbed LYCEUM spotted attacking critical infrastructure organizations including oil, gas and possibly telecommunications using several hacking

New Threat Group Targets Middle East

A new threat group has been observed targeting oil and gas companies in the Middle East. Researchers from SecureWorks’ Counter

ViceLeaker Android Spyware Targets Users in the Middle East

Experts at Kaspersky have uncovered a spyware campaign dubbed ViceLeaker that spreads in the Middle East to spy on Android

Dubai Bank Invokes Shaggy in Awareness Video

Shaggy’s chart-topping hit from 2000, “It Wasn’t Me,” has made a comeback. Emirates NBD, a bank in Dubai, in conjunction

Bouncing Golf Cyberespionage Campaign Targets Android Users in Middle East

According to security researchers at Trend Micro, a cyberespionage campaign is targeting Android users in Middle Eastern countries. Security researchers

Emissary Panda APT Group Hit Government Organizations in the Middle East

Chinese Cyber-Spies Target Government Organizations in Middle East Chinese APT group Emissary Panda has been targeting government organizations in two

DNS Hijackers Target Middle East Governments

Security experts are warning of a new state-sponsored DNS hijacking campaign affecting at least 40 organizations across 13 countries. Cisco

Gulf Countries Came under Hackers’ Spotlight in 2018, with more than 130000 Payment Cards Compromised

Bahrain, 08.04.2019 – Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, and NGN International, a global system integrator, analyzed

Hackers Queue Up to Exploit WinRAR Bug

Security researchers have warned of a new wave of attacks on Middle Eastern companies from APT33, a group with links

Middle East Servers Targeted in Saipem Cyber-Attack

Oil services company Saipem, based in Milan, Italy, was the victim of a cyber-attack that appears to be targeting servers