Middle East

Middle East Government organizations hit with RanRan RansomwareMiddle East Government organizations hit with RanRan Ransomware

Middle East Government organizations hit with RanRan Ransomware

Palo Alto Networks discovered a new strain of ransomware, dubbed RanRan ransomware, that has been used in targeted attacks in…

8 years ago
Operation Ghoul targeted more than 130 organizations in 30 countriesOperation Ghoul targeted more than 130 organizations in 30 countries

Operation Ghoul targeted more than 130 organizations in 30 countries

Kaspersky Lab discovered the Operation Ghoul, a campaign targeting industrial, manufacturing and engineering organizations in more than 30 countries. Security…

9 years ago
Iranian Hackers focus their efforts in Android RATsIranian Hackers focus their efforts in Android RATs

Iranian Hackers focus their efforts in Android RATs

A research published by RecordedFuture demonstrates that the interest in Android RATs of Iranian Hackers is rising, DroidJack and AndroRAT…

10 years ago
Thamar Reservoir – Iranian hackers target entities in Middle EastThamar Reservoir – Iranian hackers target entities in Middle East

Thamar Reservoir – Iranian hackers target entities in Middle East

Security experts at ClearSky have published a report on the a cyber espionage campaign dubbed Thamar Reservoir that is targeting…

10 years ago
Ali Baba, the APT group from the Middle EastAli Baba, the APT group from the Middle East

Ali Baba, the APT group from the Middle East

Adrian Nish of BAE System presented the results of its investigation on the Ali Baba APT group operating from the…

10 years ago
Citadel Trojan targets energy industry in Middle EastCitadel Trojan targets energy industry in Middle East

Citadel Trojan targets energy industry in Middle East

Experts at IBM Trusteer security firms have discovered a massively distributed Citadel trojan targets Middle Eastern Petrochemical companies. Researchers at…

11 years ago
OpNO2ISIS Anonymous will attack states supporting ISIS groupOpNO2ISIS Anonymous will attack states supporting ISIS group

OpNO2ISIS Anonymous will attack states supporting ISIS group

Anonymous has announced the campaign dubbed Operation NO2ISIS against some states it accuses of supporting the Islamic terror group ISIS.…

11 years ago
Unrecom phishing campaign hit high-profile entities globallyUnrecom phishing campaign hit high-profile entities globally

Unrecom phishing campaign hit high-profile entities globally

Security Experts at Fidelis Cyber Security firm have recently discovered a new phishing campaign using the Unrecom RAT (remote access…

11 years ago
Security threat landscape in the Middle East … the mined cyber areaSecurity threat landscape in the Middle East … the mined cyber area

Security threat landscape in the Middle East … the mined cyber area

Analysis of the cyber threat landscape in the Middle East region provided by Tim Rains, director of Trustworthy Computing at…

11 years ago
Israeli Defense computer hacked via spear phishing attackIsraeli Defense computer hacked via spear phishing attack

Israeli Defense computer hacked via spear phishing attack

Aviv Raff, CTO at Seculert, confirmed that the attackers have penetrated into the network of Israeli Defense accessing to 15…

11 years ago