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Tier3 Cyber Threat Intelligence Feeds and Cyber Security Alerts in Pakistan. This service provides subscription to cyber alert mail and CTF (Cyber Threat Feed) service which deliver regular cyber alerts generated by Tier3 Systems.These alerts include vulnerabilities and other cyber security issues being faced or reported in Cyber space of Pakistan.

June 7, 2023

Pakistan on List of States Attacked by GoldenJackal APT

A previously undocumented APT group tracked as GoldenJackal has been targeting government and diplomatic entities in the Middle East and South Asia since 2019. Kaspersky researchers have shared details about this activity, which has been […]

May 19, 2023

Malverposting – Use of Social media to propagate malicious software and security threats

Malverposting is the practice of distributing malware to a large number of people through promoted social media posts on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. During one such campaign, the threat actor distributed information stealer […]

March 20, 2023

Ransomware Attacks in Pakistan – LockBit 3.0

Ransomware attacks have been a growing threat to the Pakistani business and industry for a number of years — and recent research has shown they are increasing in prevalence during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to […]

January 16, 2023

Prompt Engineering – GPT-3 Enhancing phishing and BEC scams

Cyber Security experts have utilized the GPT-3 natural language generation model and its ChatGPT chatbot to showcase how deep learning models can be used to make social engineering attacks, such as phishing or business email […]

January 1, 2023

The Wiper Malware

A wiper is a type of malware with a single purpose: to erase user data beyond recovery. Wipers are used to destroy computer networks in public or private companies ranging from industrial to government sectors. […]

December 13, 2022

Fortinet Warns of Active Exploitation of New SSL-VPN Pre-auth RCE Vulnerability

Fortinet on Monday issued emergency patches for a severe security flaw affecting its FortiOS SSL-VPN product that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2022-42475 (CVSS score: 9.3), the critical bug […]

October 3, 2021

Rise of Cybercrime during COVID-19 Pandemic

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, cybersecurity strategy was primarily focused on securing the network perimeter. But COVID-19 blurred the borders around businesses’ critical applications and data. The network perimeter has been extended to employees' homes, and accessibility needs from anywhere have accelerated the migration to cloud and adoption of other digital technologies.

August 20, 2021

IoT (Internet of Things) CyberSecurity Checklist

Pakistani businesses can reap impressive benefits from the Internet of Things (IoT). But more IoT devices and a more complex IoT ecosystem also mean increased security vulnerabilities from edge to cloud.Sadly, many companies still put off adopting […]