'Dubai Police' Lures Anchor Wave of UAE Mobile Attacks

Researchers at BforeAI observed a widespread SMS phishing campaign impersonating the Dubai Police that sends malicious links to victims and redirects them to short-lived, likely DGA-driven domains (hosted via Tencent infrastructure in Singapore) designed to harvest bank and identity details; the report details attacker techniques, regional targeting of UAE citizens, and recommended mitigations including enhanced monitoring, user awareness training, incident response planning, and cross-border collaboration.