The United Arab Emirates says it is moving 50% of its government services to agentic AI as part of a transformation of its public service footprint. According to the Dark Reading report, the government says it is building a foundation of security and safety alongside the transition. The available text is only a short teaser, so it gives n…
Unit 42 attributes with high confidence to an Iranian state-aligned actor, tracked as CL-STA-1178, a campaign called Blinder Tunnel. In March 2026 it targeted an individual in Iraq's critical infrastructure sector, after infrastructure staging that began as early as November 2025. The actor impersonated the Dubai Airports IT department an…
This Foreign Affairs essay, co-written by Bruce Schneier and Seva Gunitsky, argues that AI offers autocrats two things: real-time monitoring of subordinates and replacement of human intermediaries. Examples include RT's AI-generated anchors, China's Zero Trust AI system and smart city oversight, Russia's Oculus censorship system and Melio…
Flashpoint's weekly Middle East brief for October 9-15 describes sustained kinetic escalation alongside cyber and information operations. Ansarallah (Houthis) ran a multi-day missile, drone and cruise-missile campaign against King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. It killed at least 14 people and closed the airport through at least …