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Researchers Spot Surge in Brute-Force Attacks from Middle East

2026-04-15 · Read original ↗

ATT&CK techniques detected

3 predictions
T1204.004Malicious Copy and Paste
88%
"prompts and running a fix, ” she added. “ because clickfix attacks rely on duping users into adding malicious commands themselves, such attacks are harder for automated security systems to spot. ” organizations should improve end - user education, restrict who can run powershell,…"
T1110Brute Force
80%
"researchers spot surge in brute - force attacks from middle east security researchers have detected a “ sharp rise ” in brute - force attempts to hijack sonicwall and fortinet devices, with the vast majority ( 88 % ) appearing to come from the middle east. barracuda said most of …"
T1584.008Network Devices
56%
"researchers spot surge in brute - force attacks from middle east security researchers have detected a “ sharp rise ” in brute - force attempts to hijack sonicwall and fortinet devices, with the vast majority ( 88 % ) appearing to come from the middle east. barracuda said most of …"

Summary

Barracuda says 88% of brute-force attempts in Q1 were from the region