A recent incident in West Africa has once again brought attention to the persistent threat posed by the LockBit ransomware. Cybercriminals, armed with stolen administrator credentials, have deployed a customized variant of the encryption malware equipped with self-propagation capabilities. Exploiting privileged access, they breached corporate infrastructure, demonstrating the ongoing risk posed by the leaked LockBit […]
Dec 02, 2023Newsroom Organizations in the Middle East, Africa, and the U.S. have been targeted by an unknown threat actor to distribute a new backdoor called Agent Racoon. “This malware family is written using the .NET framework and leverages the domain name service (DNS) protocol to create a covert channel and provide different backdoor functionalities,” […]
In yet another sign that international cybersecurity cooperation is on the rise in the Middle East and Africa region, the countries of Rwanda and Qatar have partnered to collaborate on a number of cybersecurity strategies, including improving public key infrastructure and support for AI research and development. The deal is part of a Qatari effort […]
As the threat landscape develops, region-specific trends are revealed. Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the North American market (NAM) see a large range of targeted threats including key employee and role targeting, malicious code commits and third-party data breaches. An estimated 53.35 million US citizens were affected by cyber crime in the […]