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Internal security policies and protocols must be enforceable

At the end of last month it was reported that names and telephone numbers of suspects in terrorism probes carried out by the EU police agency, Europol, had been posted online by accident. The Hague-based agency, which...

FireEye discovers recent wave of attacks targeting the GCC

FireEye, the intelligence-led security company, recently discovered a wave of attacks targeting the GCC states. In 2012, a suspected Iranian hacker group called the “Cutting Sword of Justice” used malware...

Blurred lines between state sponsored & ‘commercial’ cybercrime

Following a hack of its Central Bank, Russia is believed to have lost $31 million, which is an amount less than the hackers initially targeted, according to media reports on December 2, 2016. Harshul Joshi,...

Saudi hacks and the case for endpoint detection & response

As reported by Bloomberg and others on Thursday, hackers successfully launched an attack against Saudi Arabian government agencies, including the General Authority of Civil Aviation, the government agency that manages...

DarkMatter analysis: UK telecom provider ‘3’ hacked

On November 18, 2016, UK mobile operator Three admitted millions of its customers’ private information was at risk after hackers broke into its security system. The company said hackers used an employee login to...

New national privacy law in Qatar

The State of Qatar has announced that it has issued Law No. 13 of 2016 Concerning Privacy and Protection of Personal Data (the “Law”). Once gazetted, the Law will officially be the first national level...

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