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If you thought only the United State government loves censorship, you are wrong — Here are some shocking revelations about Pakistani Sopa & PIPA. Cyber terrorism is the main area of concern to every government and head of state nowadays but some governments adopt a completely disoriented approach to counter the threat of cybercrime by introducing laws that […]
Yesterday we reported how WordPress (WP) was banned in Pakistan due to internet security issues. We also revealed that the banned will be a temporary one. Now according to sources Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), WordPress has unblocked in Pakistan and bloggers can access the platform without using any proxy or VPN. Those who can’t access the site […]
According to various sources and local media houses, WordPress.com has been banned in Pakistan. This shocking decision was today taken by the Pakistani government. They have ordered the Internet Service Providers to temporarily block the content management website. The world famous blogging platform WordPress.com and the websites hosted on it can not be accessed in […]
Officials from Cybercrime Circle of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have revealed that two of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s ten most-wanted cyber criminals have been arrested by their department on FBI’s request. The suspects Noor Azizuddin and Farhanul Arshad were arrested from their house in Federal B Area in a pre-dawn raid by FIA. […]
Customers of Standard Chartered Bank, Pakistan were recently left stunned after they received transaction alerts via email and SMS. They were informed about withdrawals of Rs.50, 000 ($500) cash from their bank accounts. What was shocking was the fact that no such action had been taken from their side. Some of the customers didn’t even […]
A Pakistani hacker going with the handle of Kai-H4xOrR hacked and defaced the official website of SAMAA TV network which is Pakistan‘s privately owned news and entertainment network. In an exclusive conversation with the hacker, we were told that SAMAA TV’s website was targeted yesterday against promoting of Indiancontent on their TV channel and as well on […]
As a result of Bilawal Bhutto’s tweet regarding Kashmir and growing tension between India and Pakistan on LoC and International Border, hackers of both the nations are showing off their armaments on internet. The Hindu reported that over the past two days, many Indian websites were hacked by Pakistani Hackers. The hacked websites include Chennai […]
Hactivists have decided to play their role in on going political crisis, as a result the official portal of government of Pakistan (Pakistan.gov.pk) has been hacked and defaced by unknown hackers supporting protesters demanding resignation of prime minister Nawaz Shareef. Hackers �left a deface page along with a message against the government and cracking jokes […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous has conducted as massive cyber attack on Pakistanigovernment, as a result Pakistani Army and government websites have been taken down against police brutality on protesters in Islamabad, Pakistan. @AnonymousGlobo announced the news on their official Twitter account with the list of sites taken down as a result of DDoS attack. The […]
A human right organization has challenged the setting up of the FinFisher surveillance technology in Pakistan, according to media reports. Bytes For All (B4A), a human rights organization with a focus on Information and Communication technologies, has alleged that FinFisher software endangers privacy rights of Pakistanis. FinFisher, produced by the UK-based Gamma International, is a […]
A Pakistani hacker going with the handle Hasnain Haxor from Pakistan Haxor Crew has hacked and defaced the official website of Pakistani consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia against corrupt government in the country. Deface page left by the hackers Hacker left a deface page along with a message on the homepage of the website, protesting against the […]
A hacker going with the handle of Dr41DeY from Nigerian Cyber Army has hacked and defaced the official website of ex-president Zardari’s political Party known as Pakistan Peoples Party. Hacker left a deface page along with a message on the hacked website without explaining the reason for targeting the website. The deface message was expressed in following […]
Telecom authorities in Pakistan have received deadline of three days by Peshawar High Court to block objectionable and blasphemous content from social media sites, focusing mainly on the Facebook. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) was ordered to take strict action against social media sites if found responsible for spreading objectionable and blasphemous content and submit a report within 20 days. Arif Khan […]
In an uncertain development by the ministry of information technology Pakistan, the social networking website twitter has been banned in the country for rebellious and blasphemous content . According to the Ministry, ” there is no other reason for banning the website other then its explicit and insulting content against the religion, the kind of content that was […]