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Internet freedom activists are concerned a Trump appointee could threaten pro-democracy work abroad

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Internet freedom advocates are urging U.S. lawmakers to protect a small government-backed nonprofit that’s funded a generation of secure technologies meant to safeguard data in repressive countries. The organization, the Open Technology Fund, is an 8-year-old outfit that helps develop open and accessible technologies with an eye on promoting human rights abroad. It’s a subsidiary of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, overseer of the government operations designed to beam American news into foreign countries via outlets like Voice of America and Radio Free Asia. After a generation of quietly investing in technologies like encrypted messaging app Signal and anonymity tools like Tails and Tor, the future of the Open Technology Fund suddenly is in doubt. The new CEO of the Agency for Global Media, Michael Pack, a Trump administration appointee and a longtime ally of Steve Bannon, has fired the head of the OTF and the heads of four […]

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Dark web hacker leaks sensitive Indian defense contractor data

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Indian defense contactor Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) has been hacked.
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Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter hacked with photo of Pakistani PM Imran Khan

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By Uzair Amir
Turkish hackers left a message protesting against Ireland on a Twitter account owned by India actor. The official Twitter account of Bollywood’s legend Amitabh Bachchan has apparently been hacked by Turkish hacking group calling its… Continue reading Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter hacked with photo of Pakistani PM Imran Khan→

Pakistani Govt’s passport application tracking site hacked with Scanbox framework

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Hackers are after anyone seeking Pakistani passport while there is no response from the website’s administrator. Researchers at information security firm Trustwave have made a startling new discovery about data breach on a Pakistani gove… Continue reading Pakistani Govt’s passport application tracking site hacked with Scanbox framework→

Latest Pakistan bank-card fraud looks like an actual breach, researchers say

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A spike in payment-card fraud in Pakistan over the past six months now appears to involve a possible breach of at least one bank’s internal systems, according to researchers with New York-based threat intelligence company Gemini Advisory. Previous reports — including research by Moscow-based cybersecurity company Group-IB — had noted two major dumps of Pakistani payment-card data on the dark web market Joker’s Stash in October and November, as well as further sales in January of this year. Gemini Advisory says it now appears that the card-information dumps point to a more aggressive level of hacking beyond point-of-sale attacks. “While fraudsters generally acquire card and PIN data with card skimmers and cameras or overlays, the January 24 and January 30, 2019 breach included such data in large quantities pertaining to a single bank – Meezan Bank Ltd.,” Gemini Advisory says. “Gemini analysts therefore assess with moderate confidence that the compromised records posted […]

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Hacked Pakistani bank cards for sale on the dark web again

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Information about thousands of hacked Pakistani bank card accounts appeared on the dark web this week, researchers said, following similar incidents in late October that roiled the country’s financial system and government. Hackers put the purloined details from 177,878 cards for sale on the dark web market Joker’s Stash around Nov. 13, according to Moscow-based cybersecurity company Group-IB, with 150,632 of those records appearing to come from Pakistani banks. An Oct. 27 breach led at least one bank, Karachi-based BankIslami, to shut down certain operations. Soon afterward, the cybersecurity organization PakCERT found thousands of Pakistani bank card records on the dark web. The latest dump does not include cards from BankIslami, Group-IB notes in its blog post about the breach. “The banks affected by this breach included major Pakistani financial organizations such as, Habib Bank, MCB Bank Limited, Allied Bank Limited and many others,” the post said. “Habib Bank was affected most by […]

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Pakistan’s banks and law enforcement clash over severity of hack

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Pakistan’s top criminal investigation agency and the country’s central bank are at odds Wednesday over the breadth of a reported cyberattack that affected customers of at least one commercial bank. An official from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said Tuesday that most of the country’s major banks had been affected by breaches that began in October, but the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) responded with a statement that it “categorically rejects such reports.” “There is no evidence to this effect nor has this information been provided to SBP by any bank or law enforcement agency,” SBP said about comments from FIA Cybercrimes Director Mohammad Shoaib that were reported by the news site Geo.tv. Most of the public information about the cyberattack stems from a Nov. 4 advisory by PakCERT, one of Pakistan’s top cybersecurity organizations, which pointed to activity by Karachi-based BankIslami. The bank “noticed abnormal transactions” on Oct. 27 and “shutdown its international payment scheme.” Other banks followed with […]

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Data from “almost every Pakistani Bank” stolen & sold on the dark web

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Pakistani banks have debuted on the Dark Web with almost all of the country’s banks becoming victims of a devastating data hack. It is undoubtedly the biggest ever hacking campaign launched against banks in Pakistan. It is estimated that hacke… Continue reading Data from “almost every Pakistani Bank” stolen & sold on the dark web→