MENA
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Sniper Dz campaign used fake Facebook offers to target MENA users
Researchers said a fraud campaign targeted users in the Middle East and North Africa with fake Facebook offers, redirecting them through layered websites and browser tricks to push phishing, premium SMS, call scams and investment fraud.
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INTERPOL says MENA cybercrime operation leads to 201 arrests
INTERPOL said a five-month crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa led to 201 arrests, 382 additional suspects and 53 server seizures in an operation targeting phishing, malware and online scams.
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Iran-linked MuddyWater used compromised email to deliver Phoenix backdoor to 100+ MENA government targets, Group-IB says
Group-IB says Iran-linked MuddyWater used a compromised mailbox accessed via NordVPN to phish MENA organisations, deploying weaponised Word documents that installed the Phoenix v4 backdoor across more than 100 government targets and hosting RMM tools and a browser credential stealer on its C2 infrastructure.
