By John Lee. Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point has said it has discovered a new set of malware that was used in attacks against different Iraqi entities, including government networks. It says the campaign features uses a combination of techniques commonly associated with Iranian threat actors operating in the region. More here. (Source: Check Point)
By John Lee. Checkmarx, a US-based enterprise application security company, has said that a "well-established criminal ecosystem based in Iraq" is responsible for a series of cyber attacks. Malicious Python script was found to be exfiltrating sensitive user data without consent. More here. (Source: Checkmarx)
By Omar Sattar for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi government says it thwarted cyber plot to rig elections Iraqi authorities succeeded in uncovering plans by cyber hackers to rig the elections, which may end up persuading Iraqi […]
By Adnan Abu Zeed for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Hackers zap official Iraqi websites with cyberattacks Hack attacks are growing at the speed of 5G across the globe, and Iraq has been hard-hit lately. The official website of […]
Iraqi experts were trained on cyber defence at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey to improve their expertise and technical knowledge and to contribute to the strengthening of Iraqi national cyber defence capabilities. This course was supported by the Science for Peace and security (SPS) Programme. Addressing Iraq’s needs This training course […]
By Omar al-Jaffal, for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.v Are Iraq's Politicians to Blame for Baghdad Terror Attacks? On May 11, the Iraqi capital was the scene of three terror attacks, each bomb targeting different areas on both sides of the Tigris River […]
Nina-iraq has been hacked. This is not a simple sabotage. In a hacking attempt similar to the one that saw data being stripped from the US government a few days ago the entire server of this leading, bilingual Iraqi magazine has been corrupted, bringing down many other sites also. Nina has been fending off constant […]
