Governments, Businesses Tighten Cybersecurity Around Hajj Season

The report warns of elevated opportunistic cyber threats around the Hajj pilgrimage—ranging from travel and social-media scams to an alleged 168-million-record data leak and Hajj-themed phishing campaigns by an India-linked threat group—exacerbated by reduced security staffing during the holiday; it urges organizations and governments to prepare incident-response, staff handovers, and fraud-mitigation measures.