A state-sponsored threat actor allegedly affiliated with Iran has been linked to a series of targeted attacks aimed at internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunication operators in Israel, Morocco, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia, as well as a ministry of foreign affairs (MFA) in Africa, new findings reveal. The intrusions, staged by a group tracked as […]
The iPhone of New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard was repeatedly hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware tool over a three-year period stretching between June 2018 to June 2021, resulting in infections twice in July 2020 and June 2021. The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, which publicized the findings on Sunday, said the “targeting took […]
A researcher claims that Saudi Arabia hacked the smartphone of Amazon founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, report experts International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS), the best ethical hacking institute. The researcher, Gavin de Becker, was hired by Bezos to determine how the tabloid National Enquirer had gained access to the CEO’s private messages. According to […]
A few weeks ago, the existence of an app called ‘Absher,’ used by Saudi Arab men to control and track the movements of women in the country, came into light. Following which, Apple and Google were criticized and accused of helping gender apartheid by hosting such an app on App Store and Play Store respectively. Finally, Google […]
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered a new wave of attack leveraging the Mamba ransomware that hit organizations in Brazil and Saudi Arabia. Mamba ransomware is one of the first malware that encrypted hard drives rather than files that was detected in public attacks. Mamba leverages a disk-level encryption strategy instead of the conventional file-based one. A […]
Security researchers at MalwareBytes have uncovered a spearphishing campaign that targeted Saudi Arabia Government organizations. Security experts at MalwareBytes have spotted a new spear phishing campaign that is targeting Saudi Arabia governmental organizations. According to the experts, the campaign already targeted about a dozen Saudi agencies. Attackers used weaponized Word document and tricked victims into opening them […]
The dreaded Shamoon malware is back to haunt Saudi Arabia; therefore, the government has wasted no time in issuing a warning alert to a number of organizations. This time Shamoon’s new variant Shamoon 2 has been identified to be circulating and affecting Saudi organizations, according to CrowdStrike, an American cybersecurity technology company. Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike VP, […]
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture and Information has issued tough warnings to media organizations that relish spreading rumors to get heavy traffic on their websites that follows suite. In fact, the ministry has warned the organizations of tough legal action against those that spread fake news. Also Read: 7 Online Activities That Can Get You Arrested […]
Saudi officials are blaming Iranian government for conducting a sophisticated malware attack on computer networks across Saudi Arabia over the past two weeks causing damages to Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, the country’s central bank. Also Read: Iran’s Key Petrochemical Complexes Attacked by Malicious Malware The investigations are currently underway to discover further details about the intensity […]
Anonymous launched a series of cyber attacks against government websites of Saudi Arabia to protest the execution of 47 people, including Mr. Sheikh Nimr Al Nimr. The Anonymous collective is conducting a hacking campaign against the Saudi Arabian Government to protest executions of 47 people. On January 2nd, the Government announced the executions on terrorism charges, among the […]
The Online Hacktivist Anonymous Demands Exclusion of Saudi Arabia from Olympics for Battering Human Rights Saudi Arabia has always been criticized by the West for its strict civil laws and so-called Shari’ah abiding regulations. Lately, the Saudi government has been on a head-chopping spree. In fact, The Guardian noted that beheadings in Saudi Arabia have […]
Anonymous took things in its hands and conducted cyber attacks on Saudi government websites against the execution of Nimr Al Nimr. The online hacktivist Anonymous is not happy with the recent execution of 47 people in the Kingdom and to register their protest the hacktivists conducted a series of cyber attacks on high-profile Saudi Arabian […]
An Algerian hacker going with the handle of DZ27 has hacked and defaced two sub-domains of Saudi Arabian Ministry of Higher Education (mohe.gov.sa) four days ago. Targeted domains belongs to the site’s login management system were left defaced with Algerian flag along with a short note and contact email, yet the main reason for targeting the ministry sites […]
Hackers from Syrian Electronic Army known for their hardcore support for Syrian President Bashar Ul Assad have claimed to have breached the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense Email system and as a result number of secret emails correspondence have been leaked online. For now the hackers have released an image taken from the email correspondence between a Saudi and British […]
The world renowned Saudi Aramco which is a national oil company of Saudi Arabia had its Twitter @Saudi_Aramco account hacked by a hacker going with the handle of Mister Rero. The hacker did not only hacked the account but also changed the account’s official logo into a picture of the Heath Ledger’s portrayal of “The Joker” from the […]