Positive Technologies analyzed attacks on individuals in Middle Eastern countries between 2022 and 2023. Malware was used in 70% of successful attacks. More than half of these attacks involved spyware. The vast majority of attacks used social engineering techniques.Read More…
Positive Technologies has analyzed the relevant cyberthreats of Q2 2023. According to the report, the number of targeted attacks increased by 10% since the beginning of the year, now standing at 78%. Experts noted large-scale attacks that exploited vulnerabilities and numerous leaks of users’ personal data. Furthermore, the period saw an increase in successful cyberattacks on blockchain projects and an upsurge in ransomware activityRead More…
Positive Technologies today announced that Western Digital has thanked its security expert Nikita Abramov for detecting a vulnerability in the firmware of Western Digital’s network attached storage devices.Read More…
In this day and age, the Middle East has witnessed a significant surge in cyberattacks, especially ones that pose a serious threat to organizations in the region. According to Fedor Chunizhekov, Information Security Analyst at Positive Technologies, “The threat to the Middle East is very much real. Rapid advancement inRead More…
Positive Technologies analyzed the 2022–2023 cybersecurity threatscape in Africa and presented the results of the research at the second Russia–Africa Summit in Saint Petersburg. According to our experts, the financial sector in Africa suffers most from cyberattacks (almost 18 % of attacks on organizations in the region),Read 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…
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…
Positive Technologies announced that the company has become the first Russian organization to be accepted into AVAR (Association of anti Virus Asia Researchers), one of the world’s most reputable associations of malware researchers.Read More…
