Computers in the industrial control systems (ICS) environment were attacked in the Middle East in the first half of 2022 using a variety of techniques. According to the ICS threat landscape study by Kaspersky ICS CERT, malicious objects were prevented on every third (36%) ICS machine in the area that was shielded by Kaspersky solutions. 15% of the ICS PCs in the area banned phishing pages, and 11% blocked spyware.

Sophos, a global provider of next-generation cybersecurity, reported in the Sophos X-Ops report “Cookie stealing: the new perimeter bypass” that active adversaries are increasingly using stolen session cookies to circumvent Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and gain access to corporate resources

With the popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) skyrocketing in 2021, Chainalysis tracked at least USD 44.2 billion in cryptocurrency sent to NFT-related smart contracts last year, up from USD 106 million in 2020.

CPR released data on rise in cyberattacks on businesses in 2021. Last year, CPR noticed a 71% spike in cyberattacks per-week on corporate networks in the UAE compared to 2020, and a 50% increase globally.

Oxygen’s territories under the agreement will be the GCC, North Africa, Levant, and Turkey, targeting all scales of business, including telecoms providers and managed security service providers (MSSPs).