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Kaspersky’s analysis of children’s usage in Egypt during the first eight months of 2026 showed YouTube, WhatsApp and TikTok in the lead, with warnings about online grooming, phishing and deepfake-enabled bullying.
Attackers have developed a method to distribute the MacSync information-stealing malware by hiding commands inside public iCloud calendar events, while adding a backdoor that impersonates Finder and enables command execution and data theft from macOS devices.
Kaspersky detected a campaign that began in mid-August 2026 and exploits movie torrent files, including The Odyssey, to spread malware capable of stealth, persistence, and bypassing UAC, while using the Solana blockchain to discover command-and-control servers.
Rashid Al-Moumini, Kaspersky’s Regional General Manager, believes that the expansion of digital infrastructure requires interconnected protection for space systems and industrial control systems, alongside hosting security data locally. During GISEC, the company is announcing a partnership with Otech in the Sultanate of Oman to make its security solutions available through local data centers.
Kaspersky warned that the attack surface in space systems is expanding, noting that more than 3,000 GNSS receivers have been subjected to direct attacks over the internet. The risk includes ground control stations, communication channels, and user devices, with potential repercussions for navigation, energy, and logistics services.