United Arab Emirates is a country tracked across 50 threat clusters and 335 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed October 29, 2025; most recent activity July 16, 2026.
The FBI and partners disrupted a covert network of compromised TP-Link and MikroTik routers exploited by the Russian GRU (APT28) to steal Outlook credentials. This operation, known as Operation Masquerade, revealed that…
In a recent speech, Anne Keast-Butler, head of GCHQ, warned that Russia is engaging in daily hybrid warfare against the UK, targeting critical infrastructure, democratic processes, supply chains, and public trust. She…
Iranian state-aligned hackers, known as Nimbus Manticore (UNC1549), have intensified cyberattacks against the US aviation sector amid the ongoing US-Iran military conflict. Utilizing career-themed phishing and a novel…
The FBI has seized two websites linked to the Iranian hacktivist group Handala following their cyberattack on Stryker Corporation, a U.S. medical technology firm. The attack, which occurred on March 11, 2026, involved…
On July 14, 2026, the US Justice Department unsealed an indictment against three Russian nationals—Alexander Volosovik, Kirill Zatolokin, and Yulia Pankova—accused of operating bulletproof hosting services that…
In 2024, Iranian APT group BladedFeline launched a cyber campaign against Kurdish and Iraqi government officials, utilizing advanced malware tools including the Shahmaran backdoor and the Whisper backdoor. The attacks…
ESET's latest APT Activity Report reveals that from October 2025 to March 2026, China-aligned threat actors engaged in extensive espionage campaigns, particularly in Venezuela and the Gulf region. Following U.S.…
In March 2026, a suspected Iranian APT group, identified as Gray Sandstorm, initiated a password spraying campaign targeting Microsoft 365 accounts of over 300 organizations in Israel and more than 25 in the UAE. The…
In 2026, Iranian APT groups, notably Cavern Manticore and OilRig, have intensified cyber operations against Israeli organizations, primarily in the IT and government sectors. Cavern Manticore employs a modular…
A hack-for-hire operation has been uncovered targeting journalists and activists across the Middle East and North Africa, particularly focusing on Egyptian and Lebanese individuals. The campaign, attributed to a group…