MENA+ Android Spyware
A newly identified Android spyware targeted Galaxy devices for close to a year, including users in the Middle East, researchers exclusively tell TechCrunch....
Pakistan Digital Surveillance
Reuters, Amnesty says Pakistan spying on millions through phone-tapping, firewall, 9 Sep 2025 “Pakistan’s spy agencies can monitor at least 4 million mobile phones at a time through its...
Malaysia Digital ID Issues
SCMP, Malaysia mulls making digital ID mandatory as security fears hinder adoption, 22 Jul 2025 “A botched roll-out and data leaks involving millions in recent years have made Malaysians...
Data Leak Afghanistan (updated)
Taliban 'on killing spree of Afghan interpreters' after Government data breach put thousands at risk of reprisals www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-… [image or embed] — Gary R. Bunt (@garyrbunt.bsky.social) 19 July 2025...
AI MENA Security
Sunil Singh, The National, How Corgea is leveraging AI to redefine cyber security in the Middle East, 25 Nov 2024 “Generation Start-up: With YouTube co-founder among its backers, the...
APIs for IDV Iran and Pakistan
Ghulam Shabir Arain, Biometric Update, APIs for IDV key to digital transformation in Pakistan and Iran22 Aug 2024. “Digital identity platforms Nishan Pakistan and Iran’s UID are both two...
Turkish VPN Bans
TechRadar, What’s the newest wave of Turkey VPN bans tell us about the country’s internet? “Around 16 Turkey VPN providers have been targeted by a new wave of censorship, Deutsche Welle’s...
Iran Firewall Issues
Iran International, In Denial, Iran Coveting ‘Great Firewall Of China’, 14 June 2023. “Earlier in the year, President Ebrahim Raisi ordered the communications ministry to increase the ratio of...
‘Rickrolling’ ‘Islamic State’
Andrew Probyn, ABC, How Australian cyber spies used ‘Rickrolling’ to disrupt Islamic State militants in Iraq, 5 June 2023 “Light Bolt was a sneaky bit of coding that was surreptitiously...