Hacktivist activity tied to the Israel-Hamas conflict is raising concern among defenders as threat groups target organizations in the region.
Infosecurity Magazine reports growing concern over hacktivism linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict. The headline suggests ongoing geopolitically motivated attacks against organizations connected to the conflict. Full article text was unavailable, so specific groups, targets, and techniques are unconfirmed.
Cyble's Qatar Threat Landscape Report 2025-26 finds Qilin dominated local ransomware while access brokers concentrated on Qatari BFSI and retail access sales.
Cyble's Qatar Threat Landscape Report 2025-26 describes a concentrated threat environment where Qilin accounted for essentially all observed ransomware activity in the country in 2025, including an October campaign, with The Gentleman, Everest, Crypto24, and Payload sharing the space in 2026. Access brokers are selling compromised access, with BFSI and retail accounting for more than half of underground listings, while the education sector sees the most breach and leak incidents. Exploitation activity surged for enterprise remote-access products from Microsoft, Fortinet, Ivanti, and Citrix. The report was published ahead of the CYSEC Qatar summit and cites Qatar's data privacy law and National Cyber Security Agency initiatives.