IT Ministry gets approval for project to avoid cyber attacks
- 08-Feb-2024
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet approved the technical supplementary grant of Rs10 billion for the Ministry of Information Technology (IT) for Digital Information Infrastructure Initiative. The funds would be utilized to provide requisite technical capabilities to proactively identify potential cyber threats on the national critical information infrastructure beside preventing cyber security […]
Pakistani power installations may be in crosshairs of cyber attacks, says NEPRA head
- 19-Feb-2021
With repeated cyber-attacks and virtual incursions, our power generation and power distribution can be dented, said NEPRA chairman
5G presents security challenge
- 28-Feb-2019
5G's much faster speeds, vast data capacity and lower latency -- or response time -- are expected to underpin entirely new technologies such as self-driving cars and telemedicine
Tech firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, vow not to aid government cyber attacks
- 17-Apr-2018
SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft, Facebook and more than 30 other global technology companies on Tuesday announced a joint pledge not to assist any government in offensive cyber attacks. The Cybersecurity Tech Accord, which vows to protect all customers from attacks regardless of geopolitical or criminal motive, follows a year that witnessed an unprecedented level of destructive […]
In a first, U.S. blames Russia for cyber attacks on energy grid
- 16-Mar-2018
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Thursday blamed the Russian government for a campaign of cyber attacks stretching back at least two years that targeted the U.S. power grid, marking the first time the United States has publicly accused Moscow of hacking into American energy infrastructure. Beginning in March 2016, or possibly earlier, Russian government hackers […]
US warns public about attacks on energy, industrial firms
- 21-Oct-2017
WASHINGTON: The US government issued a rare public warning about hacking campaigns targeting energy and industrial firms, the latest evidence that cyber attacks present an increasing threat to the power industry and other public infrastructure. The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation warned in a report distributed via email late on Friday […]
China, Canada vow not to conduct cyber attacks on private sector
- 26-Jun-2017
CANADA: China and Canada have signed an agreement vowing not to conduct state-sponsored cyber attacks against each other aimed at stealing trade secrets or other confidential business information. The agreement was reached during talks between Canada’s national security and intelligence adviser, Daniel Jean, and senior communist party official Wang Yongqing, a statement dated June 22 […]
North Korea’s special cell ‘Unit 180’ possibly behind global cyber attacks
- 21-May-2017
PYONGYANG: North Korea’s main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyber attacks, according to defectors, officials and internet security experts. North Korea has been blamed in recent years for a series of online attacks, mostly on financial networks, in […]
Symantec attributes 40 cyber attacks to CIA-linked hacking tools
- 10-Apr-2017
SAN FRANCISCO: Past cyber attacks on scores of organizations around the world were conducted with top-secret hacking tools that were exposed recently by the Web publisher Wikileaks, the security researcher Symantec Corp said on Monday. That means the attacks were likely conducted by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The files posted by WikiLeaks appear to show […]
Angela Merkel warns against cyber attacks on infrastructure
- 14-Mar-2017
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday protecting infrastructure from potential cyber attacks was a top priority and the federal government had to work together with localities on that. “Today we have a huge amount of possibilities to paralyze infrastructure from cyber attacks and it is… very very difficult. There are examples from Ukraine […]