Kaspersky reveals that the Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa are a focus for 25 Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups tracked since early 2024. The findings show that these groups target financial services, critical infrastructure, defense, and government entities,Read More…
Maher Yamout, a lead security researcher at Kaspersky, is at the forefront of detecting and analyzing cyber threats in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa. Based in Dubai, he and his team focus on helping clients understand and defend against the growing risks in the digital landscape.Read More…
Kaspersky experts have outlined top four email scam themes and tactics currently prevalent in the Middle East, Türkiye, Africa region (META). These scams highlight different social engineering techniques used by cybercriminals, however the objective remains the same, which is to entice unsuspecting victims and steal their personal and financial information.Read More…
Kaspersky experts are warning against banking scams targeting people in the UAE. Cybercriminals have been increasingly posing as prominent banks, exploiting the element of fear in people and compelling them to divulge financial and personal information through various tactics.Read More…
According to a recent survey by Kaspersky called Digital Superstitions, a fourth (40%) of respondents from KSA do not know what data about them is publicly available on the Internet. For those who recognized and are aware about their own personal information being available online, the survey showed that someRead More…
Despite the negative impact the hard lockdown has had on global economy, the annual Black Friday retail sales tradition is expected to remain popular this year. Instead of limiting sales specials for just one day, many stores have taken to doing Black Friday for the entire month of November.Read More…
Recently at Kaspersky Lab’s annual Cyber Security Weekend 2019 that took place in Cape Town South Africa. Reuben Paul, a 13 year old, 7th grader known as the “Cyber Ninja”, was able to hack into a drone, exposing the gaping holes in the security measures of millions of every dayRead More…
