UAE, Saudi Arabia Face Onslaught of Increasingly Complex Cyberattacks

Positive Technologies and allied telemetry report a surge in cyberattacks across the Middle East—primarily targeting the UAE, Iran, and Saudi Arabia—with exploitation of information-disclosure vulnerabilities the most common initial access vector. The region sees higher-than-global-average rates of ransomware, botnets, and information-stealing malware; attackers are shifting from noisy DDoS/defacements to stealthy, persistent intrusions, and AI-assisted tooling is accelerating vulnerability discovery and exploit creation, increasing risk to critical infrastructure and business continuity.