Cybersecurity

A Critical Flaw in a Compression Library Just Forced Microsoft to Patch .NET
Hackers Breach GC University Faisalabad System, Try to Alter Student Marks
Hackers breached the IT system of Government College University Faisalabad and attempted to alter the marks of dozens of students. Unauthorized individuals gained access to…
Hackers Hid Inside This VPN App and Only Attacked You if You Weren’t Playing Video Games
FortiGuard Labs uncovered a year-long supply chain attack hiding inside QuickFox, a popular VPN app used by Chinese expats and students to access Chinese services…
Ignite Launches 5th Digital Pakistan Cybersecurity Hackathon
Ignite – National Technology Fund, operating under the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT), has officially launched the 5th Digital Pakistan Cybersecurity Hackathon to identify cybersecurity…
Islamabad Traffic Police Warns Citizens Against Fake E-Challan Messages
Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has issued a warning urging citizens to remain alert to fraudulent e-challan messages circulating through SMS and WhatsApp. In a statement,…
PTA Advises Parents to Monitor Children Online, While There Is Still No Safety Law
PTA issued an advisory urging parents to enable parental controls on social media platforms. But Pakistan has no enforceable child online safety legislation while 40+…
Coca-Cola Confirms Data Breach by Anubis Cybercrime Group
Coca-Cola faced an uncomfortable reality on Monday when it officially admitted that a ransomware attack on Fairlife, its popular dairy subsidiary, had breached its systems…
Beware: Hackers Use LinkedIn Job Ads to Deliver Dangerous Malware
Job hunters on LinkedIn face a serious cyber threat nowadays. Scammers are now using paid platform features, mainly LinkedIn job ads, to target job seekers.…
A Single JSON Request Can Now Hijack Java Servers, and There Is No Fix
Attackers are actively exploiting a critical flaw in Fastjson, and Alibaba has not released a fixed 1.x version yet. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-16723, carries…
CERT Seeks Stronger Cyber Laws After Pakistan Foils 400+ Attacks
Pakistan has thwarted more than 400 cyber attacks this year through timely intervention, the Director General of the National Cyber Emergency Response Team, Dr Haider…
FIA Sets Up Special Dark Web Cell to Track Crypto-Funded Crime
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has set up a dedicated dark web investigation unit tasked with identifying, tracking and prosecuting criminals who operate through encrypted…
How to Secure Your AI Coding Agent After the Sandbox Escapes
Knowing your AI coding assistant can be hijacked is one thing, yet actually protecting yourself is another. Researchers at Pillar Security recently exposed seven sandbox…
How OpenAI’s Test Models Broke Out and Breached Hugging Face
The mysterious AI that breached Hugging Face last week now has an owner, and it is not a criminal gang. OpenAI admitted on Tuesday that…



























