Updated: May 03, 2024 10:48 PM Cybersecurity: legislation is tabled to strengthen laws on cybercrime Legislation was tabled in the House of Assembly to beef up cybersecurity in the wake of a crippling cyberattack on the Government last year. Michael Weeks, the Minister of National Security, tabled the Cybersecurity Act 2024 and the Computer Misuse...Read More

ISLAMABAD   –   The federal government Friday notified the establishment of the National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency (NCCIA). Official sources said the Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) stands defunct as the federal government established a new agency for probing electronic crimes. The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication issued an official notification...Read More

Government established new agency for probing electronic crimes — effectively making the FIA’s Cyber Crime Wing defunct The representational image of a hacker using a laptop. — Unsplash KARACHI: The government’s new National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency comes as a surprise to digital rights organisations who say they have not yet been consulted...Read More

Kolkata: The CID and Bengal Police on Friday launched a programme on its new YouTube channel to spread awareness on cybercrime and how to tackle crooks stalking the internet.In the interactive session, to be held on Fridays, the CID’s OC Cyber and his colleagues will share information on cybercrimes—new as well as old—how to ward...Read More

The International Police Organisation has designated Nigerian Police Commissioner Ifeanyi Uche, as the Chairman of the African Heads of Cybercrime Units, encompassing leaders from 54 nations. Uche, serving as the Commissioner of Police overseeing the NPF National Cyber Crime Centre, assumes the role from Ratjindua Tjivikua of Namibia, who completed his tenure as head of...Read More

A Nigerian Police Commissioner, CP Ifeanyi Henry Uche, has gotten a continental appointment from the International Police Organization (INTERPOL) INTERPOL appointed Uche as the Chairman of the African Heads of Cybercrime Units after the tenure of Ratjindua Tjivikua, head of Cybercrime of Namibia expired The African Heads of Cybercrime Units comprised heads of 54 countries...Read More

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of former cybersecurity consultant Vincent Cannady, who allegedly extorted $1.5 million from a New York-based multinational IT infrastructure services provider where he was assigned by a staffing company to address possible network security issues, reports BleepingComputer. Such IT firm had its trade secrets, architectural maps, and other...Read More

Global advocacy group says over 300 journalists faced state repression in Pakistan in one year ISLAMABAD: A leading global advocacy group for journalists’ rights on Friday highlighted alarming challenges faced by the media in Pakistan on Friday, saying that more than 300 people associated with the information industry faced repressive state tactics designed to...Read More

Global advocacy group says over 300 journalists faced state repression in Pakistan in one year ISLAMABAD: A leading global advocacy group for journalists’ rights on Friday highlighted alarming challenges faced by the media in Pakistan on Friday, saying that more than 300 people associated with the information industry faced repressive state tactics designed to quell...Read More

The federal government on Friday established the National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency (NCCIA), rendering the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cybercrime Wing as “defunct”. A day ago, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar had announced that the government was forming a separate authority to “safeguard the digital rights of people” and “counter propaganda and rumours on social media”....Read More