Tag: middle-east
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Fake Recruiter Emails Target CFOs Using Legit NetBird Tool Across 6 Global Regions
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new spear-phishing campaign that uses a legitimate remote access tool called Netbird to target Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and financial executives at banks, energy companies, insurers, and investment firms across Europe, Africa, Canada, the Middle East, and South Asia. “In what appears to be a multi-stage phishing operation, the…
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INE Security And RedTeam Hacker Academy Announce Partnership To Advance Cybersecurity Skills In The Middle East
INE Security, a global cybersecurity training and certification provider, today announced a strategic partnership with RedTeam Hacker Academy through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This agreement significantly accelerates INE Security’s expansion strategy in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region while enhancing cybersecurity training capabilities across the market. The agreement was formalized…
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INE Security and RedTeam Hacker Academy Announce Partnership to Advance Cybersecurity Skills in the Middle East
Cary, North Carolina, 28th May 2025, CyberNewsWire First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/ine-security-and-redteam-hacker-academy-announce-partnership-to-advance-cybersecurity-skills-in-the-middle-east/
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Operation Endgame 2.0: DanaBusted
Tags: access, attack, backup, banking, breach, business, cloud, communications, control, crypto, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, email, espionage, firewall, fraud, government, group, Hardware, infection, intelligence, international, law, malicious, malware, middle-east, network, programming, ransomware, russia, service, supply-chain, switch, threat, tool, ukraine, update, windowsIntroductionOn May 22, 2025, international law enforcement agencies released information about additional actions that were taken in conjunction with Operation Endgame, an ongoing, coordinated effort to dismantle and prosecute cybercriminal organizations, including those behind DanaBot. This action mirrors the original Operation Endgame, launched in May 2024, which disrupted SmokeLoader, IcedID, SystemBC, Pikabot, and Bumblebee. Zscaler…
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Qatar National Bank Breach Explained: How the Attack Happened and What’s Next
Tags: attack, breach, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, finance, group, hacker, middle-eastIn a significant cybersecurity incident, Qatar National Bank (QNB), Trend Micro reports that one of the Middle East’s largest financial institutions, suffered a data breach attributed to the Turkish hacker group Bozkurt Hackers. The attackers leaked a 1.5-gigabyte file containing sensitive customer information, including bank credentials, payment card details, and personal data. The Breach Details…
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APT Group 123 Targets Windows Systems in Ongoing Malicious Payload Campaign
Group123, a North Korean state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group also known by aliases such as APT37, Reaper, and ScarCruft, continues to target Windows-based systems across multiple regions. Active since at least 2012, the group has historically focused on South Korea but has broadened its operations since 2017 to include Japan, Vietnam, the Middle East,…
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‘Lemon Sandstorm’ Underscores Risks to Middle East Infrastructure
The Iranian state-backed group targeted the operational technology of a critical national infrastructure (CNI) network and persisted in its network for years, but ultimately failed. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/lemon-sandstorm-risks-middle-east-infrastructure
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Iranian Hackers Breach Middle East Infrastructure
Tags: breach, credentials, cyberespionage, fortinet, group, hacker, infrastructure, iran, middle-east, network, technology, theft, threatFortinet Uncovers Long-Term Cyberespionage in Region. An Iranian state-sponsored threat group conducted a years-long cyberespionage campaign targeting a Middle East critical infrastructure provider, with its operational technology network a key target. The attackers focused reconnaissance activity and credential theft on the OT network. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/iranian-hackers-breach-middle-east-infrastructure-a-28284
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Threat Actors Target Critical National Infrastructure with New Malware and Tools
A recent investigation by the FortiGuard Incident Response (FGIR) team has uncovered a sophisticated, long-term cyber intrusion targeting critical national infrastructure (CNI) in the Middle East, attributed to an Iranian state-sponsored threat group. Spanning from at least May 2023 to February 2025, with evidence of compromise dating back to May 2021, this espionage-driven campaign employed…
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Iranian Hackers Maintain 2-Year Access to Middle East CNI via VPN Flaws and Malware
An Iranian state-sponsored threat group has been attributed to a long-term cyber intrusion aimed at a critical national infrastructure (CNI) in the Middle East that lasted nearly two years.The activity, which lasted from at least May 2023 to February 2025, entailed “extensive espionage operations and suspected network prepositioning a tactic often used to maintain persistent…
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RiskProfiler Set to Dominate Asia-Pacific, Middle-East, and Europe with Strategic Investment and Appointment of Mr. Sunil Sapra as Board Member
Tags: middle-eastFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/riskprofiler-set-to-dominate-asia-pacific-middle-east-and-europe-with-strategic-investment-and-appointment-of-mr-sunil-sapra-as-board-member
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Middle East, North Africa Security Spending to Top $3B
Gartner projects IT security spending in the MENA region will continue to increase in 2025, with security services accounting for the most growth. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-analytics/middle-east-north-africa-security-spending
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GPS Spoofing Attacks Spike in Middle East, Southeast Asia
An Indian disaster-relief flight delivering aid is the latest air-traffic incident, as attacks increase in the Middle East and Myanmar and along the India-Pakistan border. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/gps-spoofing-attacks-spike-middle-east-southeast-asia
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Is the Middle East’s Race to Digitize a Threat to Infrastructure?
As the region continues with its ambitious road map, cybersecurity must be woven into every step of the process. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/middle-easts-race-digitize-threat-infrastructure
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Chinese >>Salt Typhoon<< Hackers Exploit Exchange Vulnerabilities to Target Organizations
The Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group known as Salt Typhoon, also referred to as FamousSparrow, GhostEmperor, Earth Estries, and UNC2286, has been actively targeting critical sectors worldwide. This group has been particularly focused on telecommunications and government entities across the United States, the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, and South Africa since at least…
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‘Desert Dexter’ Hot Button Facebook Ads Tag Mideast Victims
A Libya-linked threat actor has resurfaced attacking the Middle East and North Africa, using the same old political phishing tricks to deliver AsyncRAT that have worked for years. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/hot-button-facebook-ads-middle-east-africa-victims
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SideWinder APT targets maritime and nuclear sectors with enhanced toolset
The APT group SideWinder targets maritime and logistics companies across South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Kaspersky researchers warn that the APT group SideWinder (also known as Razor Tiger, Rattlesnake, and T-APT-04) is targeting maritime, logistics, nuclear, telecom, and IT sectors across South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. SideWinder(also…
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SideWinder APT Targets Maritime, Nuclear, and IT Sectors Across Asia, Middle East, and Africa
Maritime and logistics companies in South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa have become the target of an advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed SideWinder.The attacks, observed by Kaspersky in 2024, spread across Bangladesh, Cambodia, Djibouti, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. Other targets of interest include nuclear power plants and nuclear…
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SIM Swapping Fraud Surges in the Middle East
SIM swapping fraud surges in the Middle East as cybercriminals exploit websites mimicking legitimate services to steal personal data First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/sim-swapping-fraud-surges-middle/
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Desert Dexter Targets 900 Victims Using Facebook Ads and Telegram Malware Links
The Middle East and North Africa have become the target of a new campaign that delivers a modified version of a known malware called AsyncRAT since September 2024.”The campaign, which leverages social media to distribute malware, is tied to the region’s current geopolitical climate,” Positive Technologies researchers Klimentiy Galkin and Stanislav Pyzhov said in an…
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Targeted by Ransomware, Middle East Banks Shore Up Security
As the UAE financial sector finished up its annual cyberattack exercise, its worries about ransomware compromises and geopolitical attacks are on the rise. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/targeted-ransomware-middle-east-banks-security
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Expanding Seceon’s Reach: A Strategic Partnership with Tech First Gulf
At Seceon’s 2025 Q1 Innovation and Certification Days, Khaled Al Najjar of Seceon engaged in an insightful discussion with Tech First Gulf (TFG) leaders Ram Reddy, Dolly Lakhani, and Pratik Patel about their partnership and the expansion of Seceon’s cybersecurity solutions across the Middle East, Africa, and India. The conversation highlighted the growing demand for…
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5 ways boards can improve their cybersecurity governance
Tags: attack, breach, business, ciso, cloud, cyber, cybersecurity, data, election, endpoint, finance, gartner, governance, government, group, identity, incident, india, infrastructure, jobs, middle-east, network, ransomware, regulation, risk, skills, technology, threat, trainingAs chairman of the board for Cinturion Group, Richard Marshall is intimately involved in ensuring the security of the fiber optic network his company is constructing from India through the Middle East and on to Europe.The monumental Trans Europe Asia System (TEAS) will be difficult enough to build given it will be buried beneath thousands…
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Cato Networks Appoints Nicolas Warnier as VP of Sales for EMEA
Cato Networks, the SASE leader, today announced the appointment of Nicolas Warnier as VP of Sales for EMEA, underscoring its commitment to meeting the growing demand for cloud-native security solutions across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In his new role, Warnier will be responsible for the company’s regional strategy, driving sales growth, strengthening customer…
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Mandatory MFA, Biometrics Make Headway in Middle East, Africa
Despite lagging in technology adoption, African and Middle Eastern organizations are catching up, driven by smartphone acceptance and national identity systems. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/mfa-biometrics-make-headway-middle-east-africa
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Real Estate Scams on the Rise in the Middle East
As the real estate market increasingly transitions to digital platforms, the Middle East has become a hotbed for First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/real-estate-scams-on-the-rise-in-the-middle-east/
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 28
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Finding Malware: Unveiling PLAYFULGHOST with Google Security Operations Scam Sniffer 2024: Web3 Phishing Attacks Wallet Drainers Drain $494 Million EAGERBEE, with updated and novel components, targets the Middle East Gayfemboy: A Botnet Deliver Through a […]…