In recent news, a major cyber-attack was reported on the government of Pakistan websites, as confirmed by the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication on Tuesday. However, no data breach has been reported. The IT ministry spokesperson while citing the Federal Minister for IT and Telecom Amin Ul Haque, commented that the cyber-attack attempt targeted […]
In the recent news, the National Telecom and Information Technology Security Board (NTISB) of Pakistan has warned the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) that government job advertisement-related emails are being sent to the unrestricted public by hackers with the purpose to acquire confidential information and a potential cyber attack on government institutions. The Malicious […]
Tech giant, Microsoft states that its Azure DDoS protection platform mitigated a massive 3.47 terabits per second (Tbps) distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack targeting an Azure customer from Asia in November. Two more massive DDoS attacks followed this in December, also targeting Asian Azure customers, a 3.25 Tbps UDP attack on ports 80 and […]
On Friday, Japanese multinational conglomerate, Panasonic disclosed a data breach after unknown threat actors gained access to its internal network this month. “Panasonic Corporation has confirmed that its network was illegally accessed by a third party on November 11, 2021,” the company said in a press release. “As the result of an internal investigation, it was determined that […]
The president of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi has launched the nation’s first National Cyber Security Academy at Air University in Islamabad. The center was inaugurated on the sidelines of the two-day International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security 2021 at PAF Complex, Islamabad. The center has been built with the collective efforts from Pakistan Air […]
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)’s official website is completely back online after it temporarily stopped working in the early hours of the day. According to reports, the suspension in the services of the FBR website was due to a small technical error that has been rectified. There Was No Cyber-Attack on the FBR Website […]
Tech giant, Microsoft has successfully avoided the biggest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in history. The company announced that its Azure cloud service mitigated a sum of 2.4 terabytes per second (Tbps) DDoS attack, which is the highest recorded attack to date. The DDoS Attack Was Carried Out Using 70,000 Bots Furthermore, Microsoft’s Senior […]
Taiwanese electronic gadgets and computer manufacturer, Acer has been hit by a ransomware attack where the cybercriminals are charging $50 million, the highest observed ransom to date. The hacker group has given Acer time until 28th March to pay the ransom else it will distribute the data it claims to have accessed. The statement further […]