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Half of Middle East Employees Lack Cybersecurity Training as Human Error Fuels Breaches
New survey data from Black Hat MEA 2025 shows critical training gaps across the Middle East region, with human error fueling breaches.
Kaspersky Introduces Cyber Pathways to Support Career Development in Cybersecurity
14 November, 2025 Kaspersky’s new platform, ‘Cyber Pathways’, offers a comprehensive look into the essential cybersecurity roles, skills, and tools, to empower professionals to chart their career paths with confidence. Featuring an interactive guidance test and personalized learning recommendations, the resource helps users to discover their ideal cybersecurity role. This platform is equally useful for […]
Kaspersky: Beware of Singles Day 11.11 sale fraud in 2025
11 November, 2025 In view of the ongoing Singles Day 11.11 sale campaigns worldwide, Kaspersky warns about scam and phishing targeting online shoppers in 2025. Fake websites mimicking large e-commerce platforms are stealing payment data, confirming orders that will never arrive, and draining victims’ accounts. Users typically get links to fraudulent websites via email or […]
Kaspersky warns of blackmail from alleged “hackers”, “law enforcement” and “hitmen”
Personal data breaches have made email blackmail scams increasingly targeted, warns Kaspersky. 10 November 2025 Attackers are incorporating personal details like full names and phone numbers in scam emails to appear credible and induce panic among victims. Scammers may pose as hackers with compromising data, law enforcement agencies issuing fake summons, or even hired assassins […]
Kaspersky: DLL hijacking attacks have doubled since 2023
November 5, 2025 Dynamic link library (DLL) hijacking is a common technique in which attackers replace a library loaded by a legitimate process with a malicious one. It is used by creators of mass-impact malware, like stealers and banking Trojans, as well as by APT (advanced persistent threat) and cybercrime groups behind targeted attacks. Kaspersky […]
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Kaspersky: BlueNoroff targets executives on Windows and macOS using AI-driven tools
October 29, 2025 At the Security Analyst Summit in Thailand, Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) unveiled the latest BlueNoroff APT activity through two highly targeted malicious campaigns ‘GhostCall’ and ‘GhostHire’. The ongoing operations have been targeting Web3 and cryptocurrency organizations across India, Turkiye, Australia and other countries in Europe and Asia since at […]
Kaspersky spot new HackingTeam spyware in the wild after years of silence
October 28, 2025 Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has uncovered evidence linking the HackingTeam successor, Memento Labs, to a new wave of cyberespionage attacks. The discovery stems from an investigation into Operation ForumTroll, an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) campaign that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome. The research was presented at the […]
Hacktivists Use Hashtags as Coordination Tools, DDoS Dominates Attacks in 2025
October 14, 2025 At GITEX Global 2025, Kaspersky researchers published a new report, Signal in the Noise, analyzing more than 120 hacktivist groups and over 11,000 hacktivist posts shared across surface and dark web channels in 2025. The study reveals that hashtags have become the connective tissue of hacktivist campaigns, serving as identifiers, coordination markers, […]
Kaspersky at GITEX 2025: Surge in Password Stealers and Ransomware
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 13, 2025 – At GITEX 2025, Kaspersky highlights that understanding the growing and sophisticated cyberthreat landscape is now a prerequisite for effective day-to-day cyber defense. According to Kaspersky’s telemetry, the overall number of web and local threats detected and blocked by Kaspersky solutions exceeded 50 million in the first eight […]
Kaspersky: Attackers impersonate major airline brands in new business email scam
9 October 2025 Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a surge in scam emails where attackers impersonate major airlines and airports, including Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways Amsterdam Schiphol, Lufthansa, and others, to trick businesses into engaging in fraudulent supplier and partnership communication. The goal of this scheme is to steal funds from the targeted organizations. […]
Kaspersky shares details about the npm Shai-Hulud worm supply chain attack
29 September, 2025 Kaspersky Threat Research has conducted an analysis of the Shai-Hulud worm’s patient zero package, providing insights into how the self-replicating malware launched its widespread supply chain attack on the npm ecosystem. According to the latest Kaspersky research, the Shai-Hulud worm infected 190 unique packages across 530 total package versions, indicating that many […]
Kaspersky survey: 68% have cybersecurity solutions installed in KSA
September 15, 2025 A recent Kaspersky survey entitled “Cybersecurity in the workplace: Employee knowledge and behavior”, showed that professionals surveyed in KSA, use multiple devices for work: along with a computer, 59% of respondents also use a mobile phone, and 43% use a tablet as well. At the same time 68% of respondents acknowledged having […]
Kaspersky: More than half of PCs are still operating Windows 10 OS
September 11, 2025 According to the Kaspersky’s statistics over half of general users and nearly 60% of corporate users currently use Windows 10 OS. Only 33% of the audience have already upgraded their devices to the latest OS version—Windows 11. In the Middle East 30.8% of users have upgraded to Windows 11, while 54% have […]
Kaspersky warns of a new credential-stealing campaign via Facebook
September 7, 2025 Since late August 2025, the Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has been observing a new malicious campaign leveraging a stealer — a type of malware designed to steal passwords and other account information. The StealC v2 infostealer is likely being spread through Facebook messages. More than 400 incidents have been […]
Bridging gaps for better cybersecurity: timely and effective Threat Intelligence is a priority for IT professionals in KSA
August 24, 2025 Cybersecurity teams today face increasingly sophisticated attacks powered by artificial intelligence, automation, and advanced persistent threats (APTs), making traditional reactive security measures insufficient. To effectively counter these evolving dangers, organizations must adopt a proactive approach that leverages threat intelligence (TI). By anticipating potential threats, detecting malicious activities early, and mitigating risks before […]
AI-Powered Phishing Surge: Saudi Arabia’s 22.5% Increase in Targeted Attacks
Kaspersky reveals a 22.5% phishing spike in Saudi Arabia (Q2 2025). AI-driven deepfakes, voice cloning, and CAPTCHA-masked scams now target irreversible data like biometrics and signatures. Learn how to protect yourself.
Kaspersky uncovers Efimer trojan targeting organizations through phishing emails
August 11, 2025 According to Kaspersky Security Network, between October 2024 and July 2025, over 5,000 users — both individuals and organizations — fell victim to the Efimer trojan. The malware was particularly impactful in Brazil, affecting around 1,500 victims. These attacks also targeted users in India, Spain, Russia, Italy, and Germany. Kaspersky has discovered […]
Kaspersky discovered cyberattacks that sourced information from GitHub, Quora, and social networks to target organizations
August 1, 2025 Kaspersky detected a complex attack sequence that involved retrieving information from legitimate services such as GitHub, Microsoft Learn Challenge, Quora, and social networks. The attackers did this to avoid detection and run an execution chain to launch Cobalt Strike Beacon, a tool to remotely control computers, execute commands, steal data, and maintain […]
Polyworking generation: How Gen Z’s multi-job hustle brings more cybersecurity risks
July 31, 2025 The new Gen Z trend of ‘polyworking’ — juggling multiple jobs at once — is creating new cybersecurity challenges, as each additional role increases the risk of attacks on both individuals and corporate networks. From H2 2024 to H1 2025, Kaspersky detected over 6 million attacks disguised as work tools, along with […]
Form-idable foe: Crypto scammers target users through Google Forms
July 29, 2025 Kaspersky researchers have discovered a new wave of scam attacks that use Google Forms to target crypto users. Knowing the email address of the potential victim, the attackers send a scam email through Google Forms, which is designed to appear as a notification from a crypto exchange service. Users are invited to […]
Kaspersky reveals SharePoint ToolShell vulnerabilities stem from incomplete 2020 fix
July 28, 2025 Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) discovered that the recently exploited ToolShell vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint originate from an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-1147, first reported in 2020. The SharePoint vulnerabilities have emerged as a major cybersecurity threat this year amid active exploitation. Kaspersky Security Network showed exploitation attempts worldwide, including in […]
Kaspersky: cybersecurity experts seek improvements to maximize protection
23 July 2025 The latest Kaspersky’s global survey revealed that the majority of professionals believe there are “a few” or “some” areas that could be enhanced, while one in four advocates for significant upgrades. A study titled “Improving resilience: cybersecurity through system immunity,” conducted by Kaspersky, explored how organizations currently manage cybersecurity and how they […]