Sophos has released new findings on CryptoRom scams—a subset of pig butchering (shā zhū pán) schemes designed to trick users of dating apps into making fake cryptocurrency investments—in its latest report, “Sha Zhu Pan Scam Uses AI Chat Tool to Target iPhone and Android Users.” Since May, Sophos X-Ops hasRead More…
The World Wide Web, more commonly known as the Internet, is the widest digital network ever created and the primary platform of communication for over 64% of the world’s population, currently surpassing 5.16 billion connected users according to the DIGITAL 2023: GLOBAL OVERVIEW REPORT by WeAreSocial. This percentage becomes evenRead More…
The latest Codebreakers competition organized by Kaspersky among cybersecurity specialists from more than 35 countries including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and South Africa has revealed that reverse engineering is the most complex task performed by InfoSec practitioners. Reverse engineering implies detailed examination of a software product or web applicationRead More…
Positive Technologies analysed threats to information security in the Middle East, discovering a significant increase in cyberattacks on critical IT infrastructure from 2022-2023. Most of these were targeted attacks, and the most frequently affected organisations were government institutions. Ransomware attacks are skyrocketing.Read More…
IDC Technologies has formed a strategic partnership with Galaxkey to deliver advanced cybersecurity solutions to its customers in the Middle East. This partnership aims to enhance the security measures of the regional enterprises by ensuring data protection, privacy, and compliance for them.Read More…
Fedor Chunizhekov, Information Security Analyst at Positive Technologies talks about the evolving cybersecurity landscape in the region and highlights the key points from its “Cybersecurity threatscape in the Middle East” report that are impacting the Middle East. He also emphasized that to address the core security issues we need toRead More…
It’s time for summer vacation again, and while many look forward to a well-deserved break, there is an entire industry that is unlikely to take any time off: cybercrime. Digital security risks and malicious attacks increase during summertime due to lower and temporary staffing in the workplaces. The UAE, withRead More…
Trend Micro has announced that its Risk to Resilience world tour – the world’s largest cybersecurity roadshow is enroute to the Middle East and Africa (MEA) to empower enterprises in building up their defence capabilities and reimagine cybersecurity. The roadshow in Qatar took place at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Doha.Read More…
