MENA
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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.
