Technology & IT | Thursday 16 April, 2020 5:05 pm

30% of Banking Malware Targets Corporate Users in KSA

In 2019, 773,943 users of Kaspersky solutions were attacked by banking Trojans. Of those users, a third (35.1%) were in the corporate sector. Middle Eastern corporate sector was affected too, with Egypt being the most targeted country and the highest in terms of the share of affected corporate...

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Business & Money | Thursday 16 April, 2020 12:07 pm

MENA Mergers and Acquisition transactions totalled US$14.8 billion in Q1 2020

Refinitiv today released the 2020 first quarter investment banking analysis for the Middle East. According to the report, investment banking fees in the Middle East and North Africa reached an estimated US$188.8 million during the first quarter of 2020, up 11% from last year’s slow start, with...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 15 April, 2020 2:14 pm

Television – At the Core of Entertaining Arabs in Saudi Arabia & UAE

 In this fifth installment of our series on the unprecedented Covid-19 situation and its impact on TV Advertising, we examine data findings from Saudi Arabia & UAE complied over the last 2 weeks of March compared to the same period in February 2020. These depict how TV viewership, as well...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 15 April, 2020 1:52 pm

Cisco Recognized as one of the Kingdom’s Best Workplaces

Cisco has been identified as one of the ‘Best Workplaces in Saudi Arabia’, by Great Place to Work (GPTW) Middle East, achieving second position in this year’s list. Great Place to Work recognized 25 private and 9 public and non-profit entities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, evaluating...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 15 April, 2020 10:59 am

Truebell reveals top tips for responsible shopping

Truebell, a leading GCC importer of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) has outlined the importance of responsible shopping across the country - reducing the need for panic buying, stockpiling and in some cases hoarding.  Following images from around the world including the US and the UK,...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 15 April, 2020 10:36 am

35 Industrial Cities, More than 3,500 Factories Are Leading Saudi Arabia’s Transformation into a Leading Industrial Power

The Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) has achieved qualitative accomplishments in a short period of time, represented in MODON's making the most of the cooperation and complementarity relations with both public and private sectors to strengthen its strategy that...

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Culture & Education | Monday 13 April, 2020 5:02 pm

Television – At the Core of Entertaining Arabs in Saudi Arabia & UAE

In this fifth installment of our series on the unprecedented Covid-19 situation and its impact on TV Advertising, we examine data findings from Saudi Arabia & UAE complied over the last 2 weeks of March compared to the same period in February 2020. These depict how TV viewership, as well as the ...

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Technology & IT | Monday 13 April, 2020 4:52 pm

As quarantine continues, online shopping and streaming phishing multiplies

Kaspersky experts have reported on the rapid growth of phishing attacks with websites that imitate online shopping and streaming platforms. Comparing the numbers for Q1 2019 and the same period this year, the share of users attacked by fake e-shops doubled, growing from 9 to 18%, of users, while...

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Business & Money | Sunday 12 April, 2020 12:00 pm

69% of KSA consumers to maintain current shopping habits post COVID-19

A survey commissioned by Kearney Middle East reveals that 95% of KSA respondents have admittedly changed their shopping habits amid COVID-19 developments  Consumers in KSA estimate that they are now spending more online on essential (68%) and non-essential (54%) items since the introduction ...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 9 April, 2020 1:46 pm

Zoom it in: criminals use names of popular social meeting applications to distribute cyber threats

With the rise of social distancing, Kaspersky experts investigated the threat landscape for social meeting applications to make sure users are safe and their communication experience is enjoyable. Subsequent analysis detected around 1300 files that have names similar to prominent applications like...

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