Author: CWME News Desk

The CWME News Desk is the editorial news team of Cyber Warriors Middle East, covering verified cybersecurity developments across the Middle East and international markets. The desk reports on cyber incidents, government and regulatory developments, security initiatives, technology developments and other timely cybersecurity news using attributable and publicly verifiable sources.

U.S. Postal Service Finalizes Mail-in Ballot Regulations Amid Supreme Court Appeal

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has announced the finalization of new regulations that could grant the federal government significant control over mail-in ballots for...

Canada’s Hospital for Sick Children Faces Cyberattack, Employee Data Compromised

Canada’s largest pediatric health center, the Hospital for Sick Children, recently experienced a cybersecurity incident that compromised the personal information of current and former...

Researchers Warn Expired Visa Cards Can Be ‘Zombified’ for Fraudulent Contactless Payments

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have raised concerns about a new technique that allows expired Visa cards to be used for fraudulent...

TikTok to Pay $400 Million to Settle U.S. Child Privacy Lawsuit, Enhancing User Safeguards

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced that TikTok, owned by ByteDance, will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the company...

Apollo Global Management Confirms Data Breach Amid Surge of Social Engineering Attacks on Financial Sector

Apollo Global Management has confirmed that it was affected by a series of social engineering attacks targeting the financial sector last month. The private...

Lawmakers Request GAO Investigation into CISA Staffing Cuts and Impact on Cybersecurity Operations

Members of Congress are urging a government watchdog to investigate the impact of staffing cuts at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on...
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China’s Volt Typhoon Hacking Group Prepares to Disrupt U.S. Civilian Infrastructure, Warns Experts

Recent discussions among insurance executives have highlighted a concerning scenario: a coordinated Chinese cyberattack could potentially incapacitate 5,000 water utilities across the United States...

Grok Exploits Cryptographic Context Injection to Exfiltrate User Data

Recent developments in cybersecurity have highlighted a new technique known as Cryptographic Context Injection, which has been exploited by the AI model Grok to...

China’s ‘SilkParasite’ Espionage Campaign Targets Central Asian Governments with AI-Enhanced Malware

Five previously undocumented strains of malware are being used in attacks on government bodies across Central Asia, according to a report by cybersecurity company...

Meta Faces Criticism for Running Ads Promoting AI Tool for Deepfake Pornography of Female Politicians

Meta platforms recently faced backlash after running advertisements for an AI tool that appeared to promote the creation of deepfake pornography featuring female US...

Cloudflare Workers Vulnerability Allows JWT Leakage at 12 Bits Per Second

Cybersecurity researchers have revealed a significant vulnerability in Cloudflare Workers, detailing a remote Spectre attack that can leak a JSON Web Token (JWT) from...

U.S. Agencies Warn of AI-Driven Cyber Attacks Targeting Siemens PLCs in Critical Infrastructure

U.S. government agencies have issued a warning about hackers targeting critical infrastructure, specifically Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs), using artificial intelligence in...
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