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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity – Week 35

⚠️ Region Alert: UAE/Middle East

Global law enforcement agencies have executed several major takedowns against cybercrime syndicates, including West African BEC networks and Chinese state-sponsored botnets like QScan. These coordinated efforts, involving INTERPOL, the FBI, and the AFP, resulted in dozens of arrests and the disruption of critical command-and-control infrastructures used for espionage and supply chain compromises.

Emerging threats include the 'NovaCookies' phishing platform, an Adversary-in-the-Middle toolkit targeting Microsoft 365 sessions across several countries, including the U.A.E. This service utilizes deceptive DocuSign lures to bypass standard email filters. Additionally, a new campaign targeting Cambodia employs Spark RAT via a multi-stage infection chain that leverages the Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) technique to disable security software.


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