Cyberattacks and Hacks
Cyberattacks, hacking groups, vulnerabilities, and the digital threats targeting governments, companies, and individuals.
Cyberattacks and Hacks
Inside the AI-Powered Cyberattack on the UAE’s Critical Sectors
Hackers breached corporate networks across critical UAE sectors but were stopped before reaching systems controlling essential services.
Cyber Exile
"No Escape": How Iran Hunts Dissidents Across the World
Even in exile, Iranian dissidents say digital surveillance, phishing and threats continue to follow them across borders.
Cyberattacks and Hacks
How Handala Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks
Amid a paralysing breach of medical tech firm Stryker, the group has come to represent Iran’s use of “hacktivism” as cover for chaotic, retaliatory state-sponsored cyberattacks.
Visible Survival
The Press Vest Was Supposed to Protect Her. It Made Her a Target.
Plestia Alaqad on bearing witness, the fragile power of social media and why documenting lived reality matters more than ever.
Security News
The Mystery of Hezbollah’s Deadly Exploding Pagers
At least eight people have been killed and more than 2,700 people have been injured in Lebanon by exploding pagers. Experts say the blasts point toward a supply chain compromise, not a cyberattack.
Cyberattacks and Hacks
A Simple WhatsApp Security Flaw Exposed 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers
By plugging tens of billions of phone numbers into WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool, researchers found “the most extensive exposure of phone numbers” ever – along with profile photos and more.