Security News

NSO Group's Pegasus malware was used to spy on Dubai princess's lawyers during child custody dispute
2021-10-07 14:36

Cherie Blair tipped off a Jordanian princess that the royal's estranged husband, the Sheikh of Dubai, had deployed NSO Group's Pegasus malware against her and her lawyers, a series of explosive High Court judgments [PDFs] have revealed. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the absolute ruler of Dubai, was found to have ordered the deployment of one of the world's most potent malware strains against Princess Haya bint Hussein, his former wife and a member of the Jordanian royal family, during a bitter court battle over custody of their children.

Group-IB opens MEA Threat Intelligence & Research Center in Dubai
2021-05-31 23:00

Group-IB has officially announced the opening of its Middle East & Africa Threat Intelligence & Research Center in Dubai. Group-IB's leadership views the opening of its MEA Threat Intelligence & Research Center as a critical milestone toward achieving the strategic goal of building the first ever decentralized global cybersecurity company with fully operational R&D centers in the key financial hubs.

Week in review: Marriott data breach, GDPR’s impact, HITBSecConf2018 Dubai
2018-12-02 19:30

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: The fundamentals of network security and cybersecurity hygiene The two fundamental building blocks to ensuring that...

Photos: HITBSecConf2018 Dubai, part two
2018-11-28 07:46

After an 8-year gap, the Hack In The Box conference once again opened its doors in Dubai. The conference features a Capture the Flag competition, a technology exhibition with a focus area on IoT...

Photos: HITBSecConf2018 Dubai
2018-11-27 09:32

After an 8-year gap, the Hack In The Box conference once again opened its doors in Dubai. The conference features a Capture the Flag competition, a technology exhibition with a focus area on IoT...

HITB partners with BSides Dubai for free CommSec Track at HITB2018DXB
2018-11-07 08:03

The HITB CommSec (community + security) track is a free-to-attend session with 30 and 60 minutes talks held during the 27th and 28th alongside the HITB2018DXB’s Exhibition. This year they’ve...

Dubai Deploying Autonomous Robotic Police Cars (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-05 17:48

It's hard to tell how much of this story is real and how much is aspirational, but it really is only a matter of time: About the size of a child's electric toy car, the driverless vehicles will...