IT Used on 70% of Crimes in Abu Dhabi
Crimes committed with the use of IT account for about 70 percent of all illegal activity in Abu Dhabi, according to a new report cited by GulfNews. Addressing interrogators, judges and law students, Maj. Saeed Mohammad Al Hajeri, lead of the Information Technology Crime Department of Dubai Police, said recent studies show that cyber criminals [...]
Computer systems in the United Arab Emirates are weak and vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to two students who are poised to become the country’s future cyber warriors. Hanadi al Zaabi and Asma Aidrous, information security students from Zayed University, are the first Emirati women to be receive the certificate in ethical hacking from the [...]
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There has been a dramatic increase in the number of infected computers in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East because users are not fully aware of the measures needed to prevent them, Trend Micro said. “It’s an illegal trillion-dollar industry,” Trend Micro Security Adviser Rik Ferguson told Khaleej Times. “It is even more [...]
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Saudi Arabia’s telecommunications watchdog, the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), has asked telecom firms to block to messenger function on Blackberry devices by Friday. The ban would remain until all three mobile phone operators in Saudi Arabia complied with “the regulatory requirements it has requested.” CITC did not specify what the regulatory requirements are, [...]
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Despite the highest number of female Internet users of the Arab states in the Gulf, young women in the United Arab Emirates are especially susceptible to becoming victims of cyber crime, something the Dubai government and U.S. IT companies hope to change by launching the inaugural TechnoGirls event. While many teenage Arab girls know the [...]
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Within the past year, the United States has witnessed an explosion of advanced degree offerings for cybersecurity. Instead of working towards a degree in information assurance, students may now choose to major in cybersecurity or attain a graduate degree in the area. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is also moving towards building a competent and [...]
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