The Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence team examined cyber threats originating from dark web cybercriminals targeting businesses and governments in the Middle East in the first half of 2024. The report identifies five major threats ideological pirates, initial access brokers, ransomware gangs, information stealers, and cave raiders. These threats impact countries like Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates
Stolen credentials on the dark web pose a significant risk, with 4.4 million lines of access information from key government agencies exposed. The report aims to help C-level managers, security professionals, CTI and SOC analysts, incident response teams, and researchers stay ahead of cybercriminals and prevent network compromises. ```https://securelist.com/meta-threat-landscape-h1-2024/114164/