Cyber Security Pakistan

Over 900,000 hacking incidents take place in Pakistan daily. Pakistan faces cyber security challenges in critical infrastructure, governance and institutional framework

June 16, 2017

FIA directed to probe Scam online shopping sites in Pakistan

The district consumer protection court has asked the Federal Investigation Agency Karachi director (cyber crime) to launch an investigation into those fraudulent companies that have been fleecing the people in the name of online shopping.The […]

June 9, 2017

Wikileaks Claim US had access to NADRA during PPP Tenure

The cable, dated from 2009, claimed that Mr Rehman Malik, along with then-interior secretary Kamal Shah and then Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) director Tariq Khosa, had told Ms Napolitano that they were reviewing the […]

June 9, 2017

Bilawal House media cell website hacked by Indian hackers

The official website of media cell of Bilawal House, the PPP headquarters in Karachi, was defaced on Wednesday, allegedly by Indian hackers.The site www.mcbh.org.pk was hacked by a group calling itself ‘Arrow Oral’ (written as […]

May 13, 2017

12 hours, 81,000 infections Globally – WannaCryptor/ WannaCry Ransomware outbreak.

If your PC has been infected by WannaCry – the ransomware that wreaked havoc across the world last Friday – you might be lucky to get your locked files back without paying the ransom to the cyber criminals.

April 12, 2017

na.gov.pk – XSS Vulnerability [Cyber Alert]

Website : na.gov.pk Description : National Assembly of Pakistan. Notification & Disclosure Timeline 10 April, 2017 at 12:05 GMT Vulnerability reported via Open Bug 11 April, 2017 at 05:51 GMT Notification sent to emails provided by […]

April 5, 2017

Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) – A Cyber Security Analysis

Introduction of EVMs (electronic voting machine) in Pakistan - soon to be happening elections is indeed something to laud . While this will open new possibilities in public voting and digitizes the whole electoral domain it also presents new dangers and threats to the integrity and security of electoral exercise.

March 30, 2017

India Blames Pakistani Hackers For Latest IRS Website Hack

The official website of the Indian IRS officers – irsofficersonline. gov. in belonging to the Income Tax department got hacked again last week. The same portal was hacked in February last year and messages such […]

March 26, 2017

Surfsafe® Pakistan – Officials Launch A Portal For Reporting Online Extremist Content

Launch of Surfsafe® Pakistan March 24, 2017: CODE PAKISTAN launched Surfsafe Pakistan https://surfsafe.pk today. Surfsafe Pakistan is a portal for reporting online extremist content. The launch ceremony of Surfsafe® Pakistan was presided over by […]