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Middle East ransomware activity surges over 20X as hacktivism, state-linked espionage and AI-assisted threats converge

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Ransomware activity targeting the Middle East surged to its highest level during the 17-month period assessed by CloudSEK, jumping from 17 threat intelligence feeds in April 2025 to 357 in June 2026 — more than a 20-fold increase.  The sharp ransomware escalation is part of a wider shift in the region’s cyber threat landscape, where financially motivated cybercrime is increasingly operating alongside politically driven hacktivism, state-linked espionage, destructive attacks and rapid exploitation of critical vulnerabilities.  CloudSEK’s new Middle East Cyber Threat Landscape 2025–2026 analyses threat activity across ransomware, hacktivism, dark web sources, adversary intelligence, malware and vulnerability intelligence between April…

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Civil Defense: One killed, two injured as Houthi drone intercepted in Taif

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RIYADH — One person was killed and two others injured after falling debris from a drone that was intercepted and destroyed in Taif on Thursday, spokesperson of the Civil Defense said. The Civil Defense in Taif governorate responded to debris resulting from a drone that had been launched by the Houthi terrorist militia. The incident resulted in the death of a Yemeni resident and injuries to a Saudi woman and a Pakistani resident, whose condition is critical. The attack caused material damage to several buildings and vehicles, the spokesperson said, adding that the standard emergency procedures were carried out following…

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KFSH Treats Two Children Using One Donor Heart in First-of-Its-Kind Procedure in the Middle East and Europe

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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH) has successfully treated two children using a single donor heart in the first paediatric domino heart transplant of its kind in the Middle East and Europe. The donor heart was transplanted into a child with end-stage heart failure, while the healthy pulmonary valve and root from his explanted heart were used to treat a second child, extending the benefit of a single donated heart to two patients. Known as domino heart transplantation, the procedure uses healthy tissue from the explanted heart of a transplant recipient to treat another patient, maximising the therapeutic…

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Huawei brings embedded intelligence and built-in resilience to GISEC GLOBAL 2026

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Corey Deng, Chief Cybersecurity and Privacy Officer, Huawei Middle East & Central Asia. With GISEC GLOBAL 2026 held under the theme “Cyber First: The New Digital Order,” Huawei is presenting its vision for the next phase of cybersecurity as the event’s Lead Strategic Partner. The Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC) GLOBAL 2026 is underway from 16–18 September at the Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), Expo City. Huawei executives and experts are contributing to keynote and panel discussions on sovereign AI, cybersecurity talent and security operations, cyber resilience, and proactive defence as the region accelerates AI adoption and digital transformation…

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HRH the Crown Prince Receives Written Message From Jordanian King on Bilateral Relations

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His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received a written message from King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan concerning bilateral relations between the two countries. The message was received by Deputy Minister of the Foreign Affairs Ministry for International Multilateral Affairs and General Supervisor of the Economic and Development Affairs Deputyship Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Rassi during his reception of Jordanian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Haitham Abu Al-Foul at the ministry’s headquarters in Riyadh on Wednesday. During the meeting, they reviewed relations between the two countries and discussed issues…

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