A dispute in the royal family of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) became a cybersecurity and privacy issue after a member of Citizen Lab accused Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum of infecting the smartphones of his wife and her lawyers with the controversial Pegasus spyware, developed by NSO Group. The sheikh and Princess Haya bint […]
Dubai-Based Islamic scholars issue fatwa against WiFi theft after warning that falsely stealing it from your neighbor would not be proper Islamic conduct Fatwa issued in Dubai, against WiFi theft with a warning that stealing your neighbors WiFi will be contradictory to Islamic principles. This Fatwa was issued this week by Dubai’s Islamic Affairs and Charitable […]
A senior official in the Dubai Police force has stated that the use of Virtual Private Networks is illegal across the United Arab Emirates.
Using VPN is a crime under UAE’s cyber laws – Anyone found using VPN can be charged for going against the country’s rules and regulations. A high-level Dubai Police official has made it clear that use of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is strictly prohibited under country’s cyber laws. It was UAE’s Telecommunications […]
This week in security, we covered a full range of privacy and malware, with controversial plans to equip police officers with facial recognition packed Google Glass in Dubai, and the BadUSB malware finding its way on to GitHub.
The police force of Dubai will soon be equipped with crime-fighting face recognition technology via Google Glass, according to Reuters. The software, “developed by Dubai police would enable a connection between the wearer and a database of wanted people,” Reuters reports.
An Anonymous hacker going with the handle of @TheHorsemenLulz has hacked 4 official Social Media accounts of UAE‘s Dubai Police. The hacked accounts include LinkedIn, Pinterest and verified Twitter handle with 258k followers. After hacking Dubai Police Twitter account, hacker started sending tweets; blaming the police for spying on people. One of the tweet said: Dubai Police is spying […]
A hacker going with the handle of OxAlien has hacked the official website of Virgin Radio Dubai (virginradiodubai.com) yesterday, as a result the database has been compromised and apparently left for sale. The hack was announced by hacker on his official Twitter account, where OxAlien posted up a picture of the site’s database along with a message of defacement coming […]
UAE, which has been one of major regions of cyber crimes, got a really good new last Friday, when police arrested a gang that was involved in a fraudulent activity of Dh6 billion. The gang was involved in breaching many of the leading company’s accounts. After several days of investigation the Dubai smartly tracked the gang and […]
The ongoing conference of U.N. on telecommunication of disrupted when on late Wednesday the U.N website was hacked blocked by the unknown source. The U.N.’s International Telecommunications Union said: The website was hit late Wednesday, blocking access to its main page and interfering with a closed-door working group” The investigators are although still investigating the culprit behind […]