cyber attacks
Pakistan-Linked Cyber Operations Under Scrutiny as Indian Sectors Accuse Pakistani Hackers
Indian cybersecurity circles are now voicing strong accusations against Pakistani-linked cyber operatives after a series of high-profile attacks allegedly targeted key governmental sectors. In December…
Pakistanis To Get Cheap Mobile Phones? Here’s What We Know!
ISLAMABAD: The federal government, under the leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has announced a significant initiative to make mobile phones more affordable for…
CERT Releases WhatsApp Advisory to Address Increase in Cyber Attacks
ISLAMABAD: According to recent reports, there is a significant increase in cyberattacks in Pakistan, particularly targeting the social media app WhatsApp. In response, the National…
Govt sets aside Rs2 billion to protect institutions from cyber attacks
In a concerted effort to stave off cyber attacks on public sector institutions, the government has sanctioned a sum of Rs2 billion for the purpose of forming…
Pakistani Hackers Attack Critical Indian Government Installations
In recent news, a US-based threat intelligence firm, called Black Lotus Labs, stated that a group of Pakistani hackers had targeted different government installations which…
Cyber threats rise amid the COVID-19 pandemic, losses exceed $4.2 billion
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center logged 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crimes last year — an increase of more than 300,000…
Ransomware attackers are winning and growing even more confident with time, think tank warns
A report by the defense think tank, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and cybersecurity company BAE Systems warn that the ‘perfect storm of conditions…
Facebook caught a Chinese hacker group targeting Uyghur communities
In recent news, Facebook disclosed that a group of Chinese hackers used their social media platform in order to target the Uyghur community. The company…
Hackers are targeting telecom companies to steal 5G secrets
In recent news, a few cybersecurity researchers at McAfee discovered that a cyber-espionage campaign is targeting telecommunication companies around the world with cyberattacks in order…
Ministry of IT and Telecom advises to move websites to NTC to prevent cyber attacks
The Ministry of IT and Telecom, in a recent letter to all federal secretaries, advised shifting the websites of all respective ministries and departments to…
Cybercrime costs the world $1 trillion annually
The latest research done by McAfee in collaboration with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) shows that Cybercrime is estimated to cost the…
Cyberattacks against machine learning systems are very common
Machine Learning (ML) has changed the whole outlook of the IT industry since its inception. With more and more tools being developed to utilize the…
Millions of WordPress sites all over the world subjected to major cyber attack
Millions of WordPress accounts all over the world got a raw deal a couple of days ago, as they were subjected to a significant cyber…
