INTERPOL Operation Ramz Disrupts MENA Cybercrime Networks with 201 Arrests

INTERPOL has coordinated a first-of-its-kind cybercrime crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa MENA that led to 201 arrests and the identification of an additional 382 suspects. The initiative involved the efforts of 13 countries from the region, aiming to investigate and neutralize...

EUVD-2020-27349

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New Wave of JSOutProx Malware Targeting Financial Firms in APAC and MENA

Financial organizations in the Asia-Pacific APAC and Middle East and North Africa MENA are being targeted by a new version of an "evolving threat" called JSOutProx. "JSOutProx is a sophisticated attack framework utilizing both JavaScript and .NET," Resecurity said in a technical report published...

CVE-2020-6199

The view FIMENAVCOMPCERT in SAP ERP MENA Certificate Management, EAPPGLO version 607, SAPFIN versions- 618, 730 and SAP S/4HANA MENA Certificate Management, S4CORE versions- 100, 101, 102, 103, 104; does not have any authorization check to it due to which an attacker without an authorization grou...

CVE-2020-6199

The view FIMENAVCOMPCERT in SAP ERP MENA Certificate Management, EAPPGLO version 607, SAPFIN versions- 618, 730 and SAP S/4HANA MENA Certificate Management, S4CORE versions- 100, 101, 102, 103, 104; does not have any authorization check to it due to which an attacker without an authorization grou...

State-Sponsored DNS Hijacking Infiltrates 40 Firms Globally

A newly-discovered state-sponsored campaign is targeting national security organizations across the Middle East and North Africa MENA – and elsewhere – with domain name system DNS hijacking attacks, used to scoop up credentials. The campaign, dubbed “Sea Turtle” by the Cisco Talos researchers who...

Gaza Cybergang Group1, operation SneakyPastes

Gaza Cybergangs is a politically motivated Arabic-language cyberthreat actor, actively targeting the MENA Middle East North Africa region, especially the Palestinian Territories. The confusion surrounding Gaza Cybergang's activities, separation of roles and campaigns has been prevalent in the cyb...

IT threat evolution Q2 2018

Targeted attacks and malware campaigns Operation Parliament In April, we reported the workings of Operation Parliament, a cyber-espionage campaign aimed at high-profile legislative, executive and judicial organizations around the world – with its main focus in the MENA Middle East and North Afric...

Gaza Cybergang – updated activity in 2017:

1. Summary information The Gaza cybergang is an Arabic-language, politically-motivated cybercriminal group, operating since 2012 and actively targeting the MENA Middle East North Africa region. The Gaza cybergang's attacks have never slowed down and its typical targets include government...

Interpol Conference Highlights Cyber-Crime Challenges and Solutions

The emergence of cyber-crime, which transcends man-made boundaries, has underscored the urgent need for global cooperation among law enforcement agencies to prevent and solve these crimes, according to a senior Dubai Police official. At the Third International Conference on Interpol for the Middl...