Cyber crime

SECURITY
Researchers uncover app that can steal your money

May 08, 2012 AUB research team reveals a smartphone app that can transfer phone credit without users’ knowledge
SECURITY
Three UAE banks affected by Q1 DDoS attacks

Apr 30, 2012 Fortinet reveals that three UAE banks were taken offline earlier in 2012
SECURITY
Iran oil plants hit by malware

Apr 23, 2012 Iran disconnects key oil facilities from internet after malware attack
SECURITY
Lebanese government websites hacked

Apr 17, 2012 Protest group hacked sites of Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Energy
SECURITY
DDoS attacks on financial sector booming

Apr 12, 2012 Prolexic report shows threefold growth in attacks on financial sector in Q1
SECURITY
Kaspersky solves Duqu puzzle

Apr 01, 2012 With help of programmers across the globe, company has identified an unknown block of Duqu code
WEB
UAE TRA organises homeland cybersecurity event

Mar 11, 2012 UAE TRA to run cybersecurity track of International Security and National Resilience (ISNR) Exhib
SECURITY
Nasdaq, BATS hit by cyber-attack

Feb 15, 2012 Company websites are facing a denial of service attack
SECURITY
Syrian president’s email ‘hacked’

Feb 01, 2012 Saudi hacker threatens to disclose details of Syrian-Iran relationship
WEB
Tech companies collaborate to fight phishing

Jan 31, 2012 Email, technology and financial service providers join together to create tools to cut fraudulent mails

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