Posts for category: Middle East

Pro-ISIS Site Hacked to Spread Malware

The Amaq news agency, the official news site of the Islamic State, was taken offline last Thursday after warning its readers that it had been hacked and that visitors to the site were being prompted ...

1.5 million WordPress Sites Defaced

A security flaw has led to the defacement of more than 1.5 million WordPress sites within the last ten days. WordPress update 4.7.2, released on January 26, quietly included a security fix for a ...

Shamoon 2 Resurfaces to Target Organizations in Saudi Arabia

A variant of the Shamoon virus has resurfaced to target Saudi Arabian organizations nearly five years after it was first detected in 2012. According to US-CERT, Shamoon, also known as ...

Iran-linked Threat Group Targets Government Organizations

Source: http://www.securityweek.com/iran-linked-attackers-target-government-organizations(SecurityWeek) An Iran-linked threat group who has been observed attacking organizations in Saudi Arabia ...

Israeli Startup Reveals it’s Platform That Provides Broad Support for ICS and OT environments

Source: http://www.securityweek.com/claroty-emerges-stealth-promising-extreme-visibility-industrial-networks (Security Week) An Israeli startup called ‘Claroty’ has come forth from stealth ...

Threat Group “Operation Ghoul” Targets Industrial Sectors Around the Globe

Source: http://www.securityweek.com/organizations-30-countries-targeted-operation-ghoul , ...

ProjectSauron APT Platform Used to Spy on Government Agencies and Critical Industries

Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/08/09/top-level-cyber-espionage-group/, https://threatpost.com/projectsauron-apt-on-par-with-equation-flame-duqu/119725/ Kaspersky Lab and Symantec ...

India-Linked Threat Actor Targets Military, Political Entities Worldwide

Source: http://www.securityweek.com/india-linked-threat-actor-targets-military-political-entities-worldwide There is a new threat actor known as Patchwork, that has been targeting victims ...

ISIS Hackers Pose a Growing Threat

Source: https://threatpost.com/unskilled-pro-isis-hackers-a-growing-threat/117726/ Extra ...