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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…

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • cyberwar
  • Gaza
Zeinab Ismail • 30 Nov 2023

COP28 in Dubai: Participants’ Safety in Jeopardy Given Country’s Record

Last June, it was reported that the UAE’s national oil company read emails to and from the COP28 climate summit…

  • Freedom Of Expression
  • Human rights
  • Pegasus
SMEX • 09 Sep 2022

Amazon Launches Data Region in the UAE

  • Amazon
  • Digital Authoritarianism
  • Digital Rights
Yasser Fawzy • 14 Apr 2022

When Data Collection Becomes a Threat

  • Data Collection
  • Data Protection
  • Gulf
SMEX • 19 Jul 2021

How to Protect Your Data from Israeli NSO’s Surveillance Attacks?

A recent security leak revealed that Israeli NSO Group’s malware has targeted around 50,000 devices worldwide, including those of journalists…

  • Bahrain
  • Emirates
  • Leaks
Abdellatif el-Hamamouchi • 25 Nov 2020

How Israeli Company NSO Hacked My Phone

Almost a year ago, on October 29, I received a WhatsApp notification informing me that Israeli spyware Pegasus had hacked…

  • Ditial Security
  • Fraud
  • Hack