Tag: middle-east
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Protests Don’t Impede Iranian Spying on Expats, Syrians, Israelis
Iranian threat actors have been stealing credentials from people of interest across the Middle East, using spear-phishing and social engineering. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/iran-spies-expats-syrians-israelis
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North Korean PurpleBravo Campaign Targeted 3,136 IP Addresses via Fake Job Interviews
Tags: ai, crypto, finance, intelligence, jobs, middle-east, north-korea, programming, service, softwareAs many as 3,136 individual IP addresses linked to likely targets of the Contagious Interview activity have been identified, with the campaign claiming 20 potential victim organizations spanning artificial intelligence (AI), cryptocurrency, financial services, IT services, marketing, and software development sectors in Europe, South Asia, the Middle East, and Central America.The new findings First seen…
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North Korean PurpleBravo Campaign Targeted 3,136 IP Addresses via Fake Job Interviews
Tags: ai, crypto, finance, intelligence, jobs, middle-east, north-korea, programming, service, softwareAs many as 3,136 individual IP addresses linked to likely targets of the Contagious Interview activity have been identified, with the campaign claiming 20 potential victim organizations spanning artificial intelligence (AI), cryptocurrency, financial services, IT services, marketing, and software development sectors in Europe, South Asia, the Middle East, and Central America.The new findings First seen…
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North Korean PurpleBravo Campaign Targeted 3,136 IP Addresses via Fake Job Interviews
Tags: ai, crypto, finance, intelligence, jobs, middle-east, north-korea, programming, service, softwareAs many as 3,136 individual IP addresses linked to likely targets of the Contagious Interview activity have been identified, with the campaign claiming 20 potential victim organizations spanning artificial intelligence (AI), cryptocurrency, financial services, IT services, marketing, and software development sectors in Europe, South Asia, the Middle East, and Central America.The new findings First seen…
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Cybersecurity risk will accelerate this year, fueled in part by AI, says World Economic Forum
Tags: ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, control, country, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, exploit, finance, framework, fraud, governance, healthcare, incident, infrastructure, international, middle-east, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, skills, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAI is anticipated to be the most significant driver of change in cybersecurity in 2026, according to 94% of survey respondents;87% of respondents said AI-related vulnerabilities had increased in the past year. Other cyber risks that had increased were (in order) cyber-enabled fraud and phishing, supply chain disruption, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities;confidence in national cyber…
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MuddyWater Launches RustyWater RAT via Spear-Phishing Across Middle East Sectors
The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom entities in the Middle East with a Rust-based implant codenamed RustyWater.”The campaign uses icon spoofing and malicious Word documents to deliver Rust based implants capable of asynchronous C2, anti-analysis, registry persistence, and modular First seen…
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Middle East tech trends 2026: AI, cyber security and sovereign infrastructure take centre stage
As artificial intelligence moves from experimentation to production and cyber threats escalate, the Middle East is entering a decisive phase of digital transformation, says Omdia chief analyst Trevor Clarke First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366636636/Middle-East-tech-trends-2026-AI-cyber-security-and-sovereign-infrastructure-take-centre-stage
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Coordinated Scams Target MENA Region With Fake Online Job Ads
A coordinated wave of fake online job ads targeting the Middle East and North Africa has been uncovered, exploiting remote work trends First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/scams-mena-fake-online-job/
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INE Security Expands Across Middle East and Asia to Accelerate Cybersecurity Upskilling
Cary, North Carolina, USA, 18th December 2025, CyberNewsWire First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/ine-security-expands-across-middle-east-and-asia-to-accelerate-cybersecurity-upskilling/
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INE Security Expands Across Middle East and Asia to Accelerate Cybersecurity Upskilling
Cary, North Carolina, USA, 18th December 2025, CyberNewsWire First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/ine-security-expands-across-middle-east-and-asia-to-accelerate-cybersecurity-upskilling/
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INE Security Expands Across Middle East and Asia to Accelerate Cybersecurity Upskilling
Cary, North Carolina, USA, 18th December 2025, CyberNewsWire First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/ine-security-expands-across-middle-east-and-asia-to-accelerate-cybersecurity-upskilling/
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WIRTE Leverages AshenLoader Sideloading to Install the AshTag Espionage Backdoor
An advanced persistent threat (APT) known as WIRTE has been attributed to attacks targeting government and diplomatic entities across the Middle East with a previously undocumented malware suite dubbed AshTag since 2020.Palo Alto Networks is tracking the activity cluster under the name Ashen Lepus. Artifacts uploaded to the VirusTotal platform show that the threat actor…
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WIRTE Leverages AshenLoader Sideloading to Install the AshTag Espionage Backdoor
An advanced persistent threat (APT) known as WIRTE has been attributed to attacks targeting government and diplomatic entities across the Middle East with a previously undocumented malware suite dubbed AshTag since 2020.Palo Alto Networks is tracking the activity cluster under the name Ashen Lepus. Artifacts uploaded to the VirusTotal platform show that the threat actor…
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How Agentic AI Can Boost Cyber Defense
Transurban head of cyber defense Muhammad Ali Paracha shares how his team is automating the triaging and scoring of security threats as part of the Black Hat Middle East conference. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-analytics/how-agentic-ai-can-boost-cyber-defense
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Google Finds New Malware Backdoors Linked to Iran
Hacking Group Deploys Raft of Custom Malware Variants. An Iranian state hacking group with a history of targeting aerospace, aviation and defense industries across the Middle East has improved its tooling with multiple custom malware variants, warned Google. The group, tracked as UNC1549, is suspected of ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. First seen…
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TDL 009 – Inside DNS Threat Intelligence: Privacy, Security Innovation
Tags: access, apple, attack, automation, backup, best-practice, business, ceo, cisco, ciso, cloud, computer, control, corporate, country, crime, cybersecurity, data, dns, encryption, finance, firewall, government, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, linkedin, malicious, marketplace, middle-east, monitoring, msp, network, office, privacy, regulation, risk, service, software, strategy, threat, tool, windows, zero-trustSummary Inside DNS Threat Intelligence: Privacy, Security & Innovation In this episode of the Defenders Log, host David Redekop speaks with Tim Adams, the founder of the protective DNS resolver Scout DNS. Tim shares his origin story, explaining how he transitioned from a wireless network integrator to building his own DNS solution. He saw a…
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LANDFALL spyware exploited Samsung zero-day CVE-2025-21042 in Middle East attacks
A now-patched Samsung Galaxy flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-21042, was exploited as a zero-day to deploy LANDFALL spyware in targeted attacks in Middle East. Samsung patched a flaw exploited as a zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-21042 (CVSS score of 8.8), to deploy LANDFALL spyware on Galaxy devices in Middle East attacks. >>Unit 42 researchers have uncovered a…
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Samsung Zero-Day Flaw Exploited by ‘Landfall’ Spyware
Spyware Targets Samsung Galaxy Devices, Says Unit 42. Hackers used previously unknown commercial spyware dubbed Landfall to surveil the activities of Samsung Galaxy device owners in the Middle East, say security researchers who posit the threat actor has connections to the United Arab Emirates. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/samsung-zero-day-flaw-exploited-by-landfall-spyware-a-29963
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New Landfall spyware apparently targeting Samsung phones in Middle East
Palo Alto Networks researchers haven’t been able to identify who’s behind the commercial-grade tech yet. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/landfall-spyware-samsung-phones-palo-alto-networks-unit-42/
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New Landfall spyware apparently targeting Samsung phones in Middle East
Palo Alto Networks researchers haven’t been able to identify who’s behind the commercial-grade tech yet. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/landfall-spyware-samsung-phones-palo-alto-networks-unit-42/
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‘Landfall’ spyware abused zero-day to hack Samsung Galaxy phones
A newly identified Android spyware targeted Galaxy devices for close to a year, including users in the Middle East, researchers exclusively tell TechCrunch. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/07/landfall-spyware-abused-zero-day-to-hack-samsung-galaxy-phones/
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KnowBe4 Honours 2025 EMEA Partner Programme Award Winners
Tags: middle-eastKnowBe4, the HRM+ provider, has announced the winners of its 2025 Partner Programme Awards from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) during their KB4-CON EMEA event. The annual awards programme recognises KnowBe4 partners demonstrating sales excellence, marketing innovation, thought leadership and top performance in key growth areas. The awards ceremony closed the first day…
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MuddyWater’s Phoenix Backdoor Infects More Than 100 Government Organizations
Tags: attack, backdoor, cyber, espionage, government, group, intelligence, international, iran, middle-east, phishing, threatAdvanced Persistent Threat (APT) MuddyWater has orchestrated a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting over 100 government entities across the Middle East, North Africa, and international organizations worldwide. Group-IB Threat Intelligence has attributed the campaign to the Iran-linked threat actor with high confidence, revealing an alarming escalation in the group’s espionage capabilities and operational sophistication. The attack…
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MuddyWater’s Phoenix Backdoor Infects More Than 100 Government Organizations
Tags: attack, backdoor, cyber, espionage, government, group, intelligence, international, iran, middle-east, phishing, threatAdvanced Persistent Threat (APT) MuddyWater has orchestrated a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting over 100 government entities across the Middle East, North Africa, and international organizations worldwide. Group-IB Threat Intelligence has attributed the campaign to the Iran-linked threat actor with high confidence, revealing an alarming escalation in the group’s espionage capabilities and operational sophistication. The attack…
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Middle East Cyber Resilience 2030: Unified Defense in a $26B Market
The Middle East is undergoing one of the fastest digital transformations in the world. National initiatives such as Saudi Vision 2030, Kuwait Vision 2035, and the UAE Digital Government Strategy are fueling large-scale modernization across every sector. However, as this progress accelerates, the region faces a parallel rise in cyber threats, pushing cybersecurity to the…
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China-linked hackers exploit patched ToolShell flaw to breach Middle East telecom
China-based threat actors exploited ToolShell SharePoint flaw CVE-2025-53770 soon after its July patch. China-linked threat actors exploited the ToolShell SharePoint flaw vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-53770, to breach a telecommunications company in the Middle East after it was addressed by Microsoft in July 2025. >>China-based attackers used the ToolShell vulnerability (CVE-2025-53770) to compromise a telecoms company in…
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Iran’s MuddyWater wades into 100+ government networks in latest spying spree
Group-IB says Tehran-linked crew used hijacked mailbox and VPN to sling phishing emails across Middle East First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/24/iran_muddywater_campaign/
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Iran’s MuddyWater wades into 100+ government networks in latest spying spree
Group-IB says Tehran-linked crew used hijacked mailbox and VPN to sling phishing emails across Middle East First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/24/iran_muddywater_campaign/
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Mideast, African Hackers Target Gov’ts, Banks, Small Retailers
In the hotly political Middle East, you’d expect hacktivism and disruption of services. But retail attacks? First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-analytics/mea-hackers-govts-finance-smb-retailers
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Iran-Linked MuddyWater Targets 100+ Organisations in Global Espionage Campaign
The Iranian nation-state group known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new campaign that has leveraged a compromised email account to distribute a backdoor called Phoenix to various organizations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including over 100 government entities.The end goal of the campaign is to infiltrate high-value targets and…