Cybersecurity

Hackers Hijack GitHub Accounts in Supply Chain Attack Affecting Top-gg and Others

Unidentified adversaries orchestrated a sophisticated attack campaign that has impacted several individual developers as well as the GitHub organization account associated with Top.gg, a Discord bot discovery site. “The threat actors used multiple TTPs in this attack, including account takeover via stolen browser cookies, contributing malicious code with verified commits, setting up a custom Python […]

Cybersecurity

Anonymous Collective Launches Cyberattack on Bahrain Over Yemen Airstrikes

The Anonymous Collective has orchestrated an alleged cyberattack on Bahrain, pointing to the country’s support for the US and UK strikes on Yemen. According to the hacker collective, the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack has affected several websites, including prominent media outlets like Akhbar al-Khaleej, Al-Ayam, Gulf Daily News, and Al-Bilad. As of now, some news […]

Cybersecurity

Smishing Triad Targets UAE Residents in Identity Theft Campaign

Security researchers have observed a new fraudulent campaign orchestrated by the Smishing Triad gang and impersonating the United Arab Emirates Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship.  Operating through malicious SMS messages that claim to be from the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, the campaign specifically targets UAE residents and foreigners in the country. […]