UAE target more than 600,000 phishing attacks in Q2

Consumers and businesses in the UAE suffered more than 600,000 phishing attacks at the height of the Covid-19 stay-at-home measures, according to findings by Kaspersky. From April to the end of June, more than 2.57 million phishing attacks were detected across the Middle East, from Egypt to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, the global cyber security company said. Saudi Arabia, the biggest Arab economy, saw 973,061 phishing attacks by cyber criminals during the second quarter, the most in the region. This was followed by the UAE with 617,347 attacks, Egypt...