Tag: cyber security
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Over 300 million children a year face sexual abuse online: study
More than 300 million children a year are victims of online sexual exploitation and abuse, according to the first global estimate of the scale of the problem published on Monday. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh found that one in eight of the world’s children have been victims of non-consensual taking, sharing and exposure to sexual…
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New initiatives to protect sensitive information, prevent cyber attacks
The federal government has formed the National Computer Emergency Response Team to protect sensitive information and prevent cyber attacks. NCERT will protect digital assets, sensitive information and critical infrastructure. According to a notification of the Ministry of IT, NCERT has been formed as per PECA and CERT rules. The Cyber Security for Digital Pakistan project…
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Global operation smashes ‘most harmful cyber crime group’
LONDON: An international operation led by UK and US law enforcement has severely disrupted “the world’s most harmful cyber crime group”, the Russian-linked ransomware specialist LockBit, officials announced Tuesday. LockBit and its affiliates have targeted governments, major companies, schools and hospitals, causing billions of dollars of damage and extracting tens of millions in ransoms from…
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Google accidentally transfers $249,000 to self-proclaimed hacker’s bank account
A blogger and security engineer who received a quarter-million dollars by mistake from Google claims he waited nearly a month for a response. On Wednesday, Sam Curry, who also describes himself as a hacker shared a screenshot along with the statement that the tech giant had “randomly” transferred him $249,999. Curry added in the tweet,…
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Google to ban call recording apps in the next update
From May 11, a new policy of the Google Play Store will prohibit third-party call recording applications from being downloaded. Modifications to the Google Play Policy mean that developers’ access to the Accessibility API will be restricted even more. This has been used as a workaround for remote call audio recording, however starting May 11,…
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FIA arrests suspects from Faisalabad for blackmailing US girl who committed suicide
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested two people in Faisalabad after a girl in the United States (US) committed suicide because of the ‘obscene content’ shared by them, ARY has reported. However, as per Dunya, three suspects have been arrested in this case. According to the FIA, the suspects blackmailed the girl by sharing…
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Fake fingerprints being used to activate SIMs, warns Interior Ministry
The Ministry of Interior has disclosed that criminals are using fraudulent techniques like silicon thumbs impressions to activate SIM cards. The Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has received more than 4,547 complaints of unsolicited/fraudulent calls. These cybercrime activities are financially deceiving common people. “It’s a fact that Cybercrime FIA assists the…
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FIA to probe hacking of SC Justice Faez Isa’s cell phone
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) will trace the suspects responsible for hacking the phone of senior Supreme Court judge Qazi Faez Isa. The News reported that the FIA team would comprise forensic and cyber exports who would identify the hackers and their motives for targetting the judge. It will also probe the potential theft of…
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IBM to launch Open P-TECH in Pakistan for Youth’s capacity building
IBM is launching Open P-TECH in Pakistan to help develop talent and equip them with technical and professional proficiency in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, Cybersecurity, Cloud, etc to enabling our workforce, Tania Aidrus has tweeted. Open P-TECH was launched by the American tech giant, IBM and it aims to equip people of different countries…
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Former eBay director arrested for shipping live cockroaches, fly larvae, spiders to a journalist
Six former eBay employees have been charged for an “aggressive cyber-stalking campaign” targeting a couple that published the newsletter for their negative eBay coverage — sending the couple online threats, abuses, mailing live insects and bloody pig face masks, and driving to their Massachusetts home to surveil them. The Department of Justice alleges that James…