SMEX • 01 Oct 2025

New Research: Click, Load, Kill: A Look into the Cyberweapon Industry in the WANA Region

New Research: Click, Load, Kill: A Look into the Cyberweapon Industry in the WANA Region

Metehan Durmaz • 19 May 2025

AI Investments in the Gulf: Opportunities and Surveillance Risks

Methodology All findings and analyses were developed through the review of publicly available information, including online articles, research papers, investment…

Metehan Durmaz • 28 Nov 2024

The new UN Cybercrime Convention: aims and pitfalls

In this series of articles, SMEX analyzes the objectives and limitations of the Cybercrime Convention adopted on August 8, 2024…

SMEX • 12 Aug 2024

Tech at the Service of Occupation

A recent investigation by Israeli media confirmed that the occupation has been relying on tech giants’ cloud services to store…

SMEX • 20 May 2024

Bread&Net – Online 2024: Collective Responsibility at its Finest

Last Wednesday, we concluded Bread&Net – Online: Digital Rights in Times of War, where we invited participants from West Asia…

Madleine Balesi • 07 May 2024

AI, spyware, and GPS jamming: How Israel abuses tech for genocide

Over the last two decades, there has been no shortage of predictions regarding the relevance of cyberspace in conflict. As…

SMEX • 21 Dec 2023

How the Israeli Occupation Restricts the Development of Internet Infrastructure in Palestine

In today’s world, the internet is a basic right and need, as it is a gateway through which people access…

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