Saudi Twitter Spy Given Over 3 Years in Prison
Bader Al-Asaker, confidante of the ruler of Saudi Arabia, recruited US-Lebanese Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo to feed information about Saudi dissidents.
Saudi Arabia Set to End Billion-Dollar Piracy of Qatar’s beIN Sports TV
Lawyers for beIN described Saudi TV piracy as ‘the most widespread and damaging piracy operations that the world has ever seen’.
Saudi Telecom and Nokia Publish 5G Security Risk Assessment
Yasser Alswailem, VP of Cybersecurity at STC, used LinkedIn to openly share a risk assessment that many telcos will find useful.
Etisalat Buys Cybersecurity Business
The Arab telco group has bought Help AG, a security consultancy founded in Germany but which established offices in the Middle East during 2004.
STC Joins i3forum to Fight Wholesale Fraud
The first Middle Eastern member of the wholesaler’s club was clearly drawn to the forum’s increased emphasis of fraud management.
Did Saudi Arabia Hack the Amazon CEO’s Phone?
The Saudis have undoubtedly invested in spytech, but not everyone agrees they were involved in a conspiracy to blackmail Jeff Bezos.
Israeli Spyware Implicated in Khashoggi Murder
A confidant of the murdered Saudi is suing an Israeli business whose spyware was found on his phone.
Qatar Escalates WTO Dispute Over Saudi TV Piracy
The continued use of the internet and satellites to distribute a pirate re-stream of beIN Sports has prompted Qatar’s government to step up its fight with Saudi Arabia.
FIFA Threatens to Sue over Saudi Pirate TV Showing World Cup
Pirate TV provider beoutQ blatantly copies the feed of beIN Sports, but FIFA must be pragmatic about Saudi copyright abuse.
beIN or Out? Why Saudi Sports Fans Pirate Qatari TV
Football followers in Saudi Arabia have turned to piracy after all beIN Sports channels were blocked.