Thirty four attempts by cyber criminals to attack UAE government and private sector entities in January were foiled, the Telecommunications Regulations Authority (TRA) has announced. This number was significantly lower than the 136 incidents reported during the same month last year, TRA added.
The attempts to break into cybersecurity platforms of the UAE government and private companies emanated from outside the country, the agency noted, almost half of which were related to fraudulent offensives, eight as data breaches, three aimed at defacing and blocking websites, while the rest was carried out for other purposes.
Cybersecurity is one of the major concerns among UAE executives and the wider region for 2018, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report, after a series of attacks experienced last year that were also growing in ferocity and frequency.
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