Beware of these sites .. Google warns its surfers from the sites of the UAE intelligence

Google's parent company, Alphabit, has listed the Web sites approved by a UAE-based security firm after Reuters reported that the company was a state hacker.

Google warns
Google said last week that Chrome and Android surfers would classify all Web sites adopted by Dubai security firm Dark Mater as unsafe.

It did not provide a reason for the move and did not respond to requests for comment. But it cited Mozilla's decision to Firefox last month.

Mozilla said earlier it would block DarkMater's sites, which are supported by "credible evidence" provided by Reuters and other media reports, that the Abu Dhabi-based company has been involved in piracy.

She also said she was concerned that Dark Mater would use her as an Internet security guard to launch secret hacking efforts.

The suspicions of the corrupt police officer
Companies need certification from an outside organization, which will ensure their identity and ensure their security for them to be viewed as web browsers (Chrome and Firefox) safe.

However, if a control group gains that authority, it can certify fraudulent websites that impersonate banks or e-mail services, allowing intruders to intercept user data, security experts say.

Most of the accredited organizations are independent private companies. Browsers such as Firefox and Chrome allow Web sites to be certified by any authority anywhere in the world.

Institutions that wish to obtain an authentication license must obtain approval from global browsers such as Google, Mozilla and Microsoft.

Major browsers have given Dark Mater a temporary status to validate sites in 2017. The company sought to recognize them as one of about sixty companies with a fully recognized status.

Under this interim situation, Dark Mater has approved about 275 sites, most of which appear to belong to local companies or to the Abu Dhabi-based security company.

The browser now warns users of Chrome or Android who visit those sites with a sentence that appears on the browser when opening these sites "hackers may try to steal your information."

Dark Matter and her Digital Trust echoed Mozilla's decision, which they said was based on "discriminatory practices and undisclosed conflicts of interest."

However, no response or comment has been made by Dark Mater.

Appointed UAE intelligence
Reuters reported in January that Dark Mater had provided the staff with a secret robbery called "The Crow Project" on behalf of a UAE intelligence agency. The unit was largely composed of former US intelligence officials who carried out cyber attacks on behalf of the UAE government.

Former customers of Raven told Reuters that many of the managers of Dark Mater were not aware of the secret program, which was run from a palace in Abu Dhabi, away from the headquarters of Dark Mater.

Reuters found the program's operations included hacking Internet accounts of human rights activists, journalists and officials from rival governments.