Cybercrime

A breach affecting 180 million Pakistanis highlights the urgent need for cybersecurity reform

Spike is mirrored by 70% rise in number of victims targeted globally from 2022-2023

Despite CJ's promise to allow criticism of judges, JIT will have chilling effect on media freedom

Lawyers term govt move illegal and violation of PECA

Official vows stringent measures to curb illegal money transfers

Mobile wallets, regulatory advances, innovation propel fintech sector into digital future

Judge Humayun Dilawar appointed as Special Court judge in Islamabad for three years on deputation basis

Banking experts urge awareness, technological solutions at Karachi conference

FIA encourages citizens to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activities

The notorious Scattered Spiders hackers, ranging from 17-22 year olds, were able to target large corperations

Bitkom survey says damage will exceed €200b mark for third consecutive year

Concerns rose about Pakistan's digital airspace, as the geotag location on Twitter in Gilgit Baltistan showed India

Commission tells its employees not to open anonymous emails they receive

Cyber insurance rates drop by 10% as claims proved to be meagre and smaller than expectations, report says

PTA aims to secure telecom data, infrastructure against cyber-attacks

Skills shortage is making it harder for Australia's cybersecurity specialists to stop breaches

The committee emphasised on the capacity-building of the staff working in the FIA cybercrime win

Collects registration fee for fraudulent competitions; FIA to take action

The Internet crime report 2021 reveals the alarming rate at which cybercrime seems to be sweeping the world

A report has revealed that most phishing scams are sent via email, which has increased drastically in the past year

Dawood Shah accused of uploading objectionable photos of a 23-year-old girl on Facebook, WhatsApp

Here are five ways you can ensure you don't fall victim to phishing

A troll threatened to gather users who'd be willing to throw acid on the starlet underneath a photo of hers.

FIA cybercrime wing receives hundreds of complaints every day, criminal elements harassing citizens, says official

Complainant alleges suspect hid his first marriage, plotted her murder

Suspects transferred money by hacking into bank account

Victim claims she was distressed after suspects threatened her with ‘fake chat’

US agencies and thousands of companies are fighting off major hacking campaigns originating in Russia and China

Counsel alleged the suspect had been framed in the case over a family dispute

Microsoft had said before that the hackers had accessed some source code, but had not said which parts

Hackers gained access to a software program, named TeamViewer, on the computer of an employee at the facility

Donor agencies help will be elicited to develop contents about awareness drives

Faisalabad tops the list of cybercrime related arrests in Punjab

Remote workers will be the focus of cybercriminals through 2021

In 2017, Russian operatives deployed a destructive virus known as NotPetya to knock out government computer systems

Hackers inserted malicious code into Orion software updates pushed out to nearly 18,000 customers

Report says cost of online criminal activity more than 1% of global economic output

Hackers ask victims to forward OTP to them so they can complete an urgent money transaction

Law criticised for violating 'fundamental right of freedom of speech'

Says youth who threatened girl on social media held within hours on PM’s directives

The investigation body had subsequently filed a case against the suspects

Suspects found guilty of propagating objectionable photos of victims

Official says no complaint received over Ehsan’s threat to Bilawal

A total of 1,325 cases were registered until Jan 31, 2020, after enactment of PECA, 2016

Procedure on social media offences under FIA domain delays legal action

FBI had offered reward of $15,000 each on accused

Case registered after raid

Premier says major cyber attack carried out by ‘sophisticated state-based cyber actor’

Trend observed despite increase in internet use as a result of shutdown

Despite laws, victims refrain from reporting offences because of societal pressures and intimidation from harassers