MIDDLEEAST

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Sep
Dark Caracal Puts a Smart Contract to Work: Blockchain as a Fallback Channel for an Old Lebanese Espionage Toolkit- 336

Dark Caracal Puts a Smart Contract to Work: Blockchain as a Fallback Channel for an Old Lebanese Espionage Toolkit- 336

September 1, 2026 Dark Caracal has been running intelligence-gathering operations out of Lebanon's General Directorate of General
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07
Sep
Angola's Biggest Carrier Picked the Worst Possible Day to Get Hacked- 322

Angola's Biggest Carrier Picked the Worst Possible Day to Get Hacked- 322

August 7, 2026 At 2:20 in the morning on July 28, hackers hit Unitel, Angola's dominant mobile
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07
Sep
Borrowed Trust: How Moscow Turns Everyday Software Into an Access Network- 316

Borrowed Trust: How Moscow Turns Everyday Software Into an Access Network- 316

August 6, 2026 A fake job offer, a hijacked hotel Wi-Fi login, a criminal marketplace listing, and an advertising
7 min read
07
Sep
Fear or False Comfort: Ransomware Gangs Are Now Managing the Whole Story- 310

Fear or False Comfort: Ransomware Gangs Are Now Managing the Whole Story- 310

August 5, 2026 Encryption used to be the entire product. A ransomware group broke in, locked the files, left a
5 min read
27
Aug
The Long Wire: How Beijing Builds Access That Outlasts Its Cover Stories- 297

The Long Wire: How Beijing Builds Access That Outlasts Its Cover Stories- 297

August 12, 2026 Four episodes surfaced within days of each other in August 2026, and none of them, on its
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03
Aug
Iran's quiet war inside Israel's networks- 281

Iran's quiet war inside Israel's networks- 281

July 10, 2026 While Israeli and American forces struck Iranian targets from the air, a quieter campaign was already running
3 min read
21
Jul
Old Protocol, New War: How Iran Tracked US Military Phones Through a 1970s Telecom Flaw- 267

Old Protocol, New War: How Iran Tracked US Military Phones Through a 1970s Telecom Flaw- 267

July 19, 2026 In the days surrounding the February air campaign against Iran, a wave of signals swept across Middle
3 min read
19
Jul
Operation Ramz shows where Southeast Asia's scam compounds go when they get shut down- 241

Operation Ramz shows where Southeast Asia's scam compounds go when they get shut down- 241

June 28, 2026 INTERPOL's Operation Ramz, the largest coordinated cybercrime operation the organization has ever run in the
3 min read
19
Jul
Three times through the same door: FamousSparrow's patient campaign against Azerbaijan's energy sector- 239

Three times through the same door: FamousSparrow's patient campaign against Azerbaijan's energy sector- 239

December 25, 2025 A China-linked espionage group returned to the exact same compromised Microsoft Exchange server three separate times
3 min read
19
Jul
Europe wrote the rules for surveillance exports, then left its own member states to enforce them-236

Europe wrote the rules for surveillance exports, then left its own member states to enforce them-236

May 12, 2026 A new Human Rights Watch report has identified a specific and uncomfortable failure point in how the
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