A group of hackers targeted a television service in the United Arab Emirates over the weekend, replacing the original broadcast with graphic footage from the war between Israel and Hamas. Several UAE citizens affected by the hack told the Dubai-based newspaper Khaleej Times that television programs aired on European live channels, including BBC News, were […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The websites of two government ministries in Bahrain briefly became inaccessible Tuesday night after a cyberattack took them down, purportedly over the island kingdom’s stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. A statement posted online by a self-described group calling itself Al-Toufan, or “The Flood” in Arabic, claimed hacking the […]
Smishing Triad Stretches Its Tentacles into the United Arab Emirates Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2023 Resecurity research found that the ‘Smishing Triad’ cybercrime group has expanded its phishing campaign into the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Resecurity research recently found that ‘Smishing Triad,’ a group specializing in phishing scams conducted via SMS (smishing attacks), has expanded […]