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The United Arab Emirates-based ride-hailing giant Careem has been hacked. As a result, personal and private data of 14 million drivers and customers has been stolen. Careem is Uber’s rival in the Middle East and South Asia and North Africa. The company operates in 80 cities in 13 countries and valued $1.2 billion in 2017. What […]
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 Sharjah-based Investbank has been asked for ransom by a hacker who breached into bank’s database and has threatened the bank if the ransom is not paid all the information on the database would be leaked online. The name of the hacker who breached into the bank’s database is “Huba”. After stealing the data, the […]
An email with a “terror alert” seems to be a new way of launching phishing attack and dropping malware from cyber criminals. People from several different parts of the world have reported such kind of attacks. According to the sources, people from countries like Canada, Dubai, Bahrain and Turkey have received emails notifying them of […]
Dubizzle, the popular Middle Eastern online classifieds for bargain hunters, sellers and job seekers has had its UAE servers compromised – albeit on a small scale. Dubizzle, an OLX company and one of the Middle East’s most prominent and active online classified website had its UAE-based servers breached few days ago. The company operates in 14 countries […]
Dubai: If you are living in UAE, you should know the dangers of flipping middle finger at someone as it could land you in prison. Nonetheless, legal experts have now also cautioned that sending an ‘emoji’ finger-flick gesture in a message or on social media could also land you in hot waters. In March, 2015 we reported that using VPN […]
It seems banning the usage of VPN (Virtual Private Network) wasn’t enough as the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of United Arab Emirates (UAE) has now blocked new free voice call feature from popular instant messaging app WhatsApp. According to TRA’s website, the free call service was blocked because VoIP services can only be offered in the UAE by licensed providers, […]
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 […]
An Iranian hacker going with the handle of MoHaMaD VaKeR hacked and defaced the official sub-domain ofTelecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of United Arab Emirates (UAE), two days ago on 25th Oct 2014. The targeted sub-domain reportedly belongs to IPV6 training forum. Hacker left a deface page along with a message on hacked domain, bashing the site admin […]
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 and breached into the database of Israeli based largest Apple and MAC related forum (http://forum.mac-it.co.il/). As a result the hacker has managed to leak around 13,000 login account details of forum’s users. The hacker contacted me on Twitter, explained that he is a hardcore Palestinian supporter 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 […]