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Pakistan covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to Pakistan, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
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FishMonger, a China-nexus threat group, has deployed an undocumented version of the Linux backdoor against government targets in Honduras, Taiwan, Thailand, and Pakistan.
Despite broadly connected digital infrastructure, standard fare TTPs are enough to cause trouble for Afghanistan's porous cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a spear-phishing campaign likely undertaken by the Pakistan-aligned SideCopy group targeting Afghanistan's Ministry of Finance with an open-source remote access trojan called Xeno RAT
Police found cameras pointing at infrastructure Indian authorities have reportedly ordered an audit of the nation’s CCTV cameras, after police uncovered what they claim was a Pakistan-backed surveillance operation.…
The Pakistan-aligned threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has become the latest hacking group to embrace artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding tools to strike targets with various implants
Pakistan's APT36 threat group has begun using vibe-coding to churn out mediocre malware, but at a scale that could overwhelm defenses.
The threat activity cluster known as SloppyLemming has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government entities and critical infrastructure operators in Pakistan and Bangladesh
Indian government entities have been targeted in two campaigns undertaken by a threat actor that operates in Pakistan using previously undocumented tradecraft
A human rights lawyer from Pakistan's Balochistan province received a suspicious link on WhatsApp from an unknown number, marking the first time a civil society member in the country was targeted by Intellexa's Predator spyware, Amnesty International said in a report
Also: F5 Revenue Dips, Swedish Utility Operator BreachedThis week, critical infrastructure breaches in Canada, a Swedish grid operator breached, an Australian guilty of selling cyber exploits, Gmail wasn't breached, F5 projected a revenue dip, PhantomRaven targeted developers, a Pakistan-linked actor targeted India and Dentsu confirmed a data breach.
A European embassy located in the Indian capital of New Delhi, as well as multiple organizations in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, have emerged as the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as SideWinder in September 2025
A Pakistan-nexus threat actor has been observed targeting Indian government entities as part of spear-phishing attacks designed to deliver a Golang-based malware known as DeskRAT
A cyber-espionage campaign by Pakistan’s TransparentTribe has been identified, targeting Indian government systems using DeskRAT
The threat actor known as Confucius has been attributed to a new phishing campaign that has targeted Pakistan with malware families like WooperStealer and Anondoor
The long-running South Asian advanced persistent threat (APT) group is advancing its objectives against Pakistani targets, with a shift to deploying Python-based surveillance malware.
Pakistan-Linked Threat Actor Targets Indian Linux Operation SystemPakistan-linked hackers are targeting an Indian Linux-based operating system by tricking government employees into clicking malicious files that look like PDFs. When opened, the files install spyware, giving attackers long-term access to sensitive government systems.
Ransomware Attacks Pummel Critical National Infrastructure Sectors, Experts WarnThe oil and gas sector in Pakistan is on high alert following a ransomware attack against the state-owned oil and gas company Pakistan Petroleum, an instance of ransomware impacting critical infrastructure in a year that has already tallied hundreds of incidents.
Multiple sectors in China, Hong Kong, and Pakistan have become the target of a threat activity cluster tracked as UNG0002 (aka Unknown Group 0002) as part of a broader cyber espionage campaign
A hacking group with ties other than Pakistan has been found targeting Indian government organizations with a modified variant of a remote access trojan (RAT) called DRAT
Authorities in Pakistan have arrested 21 individuals accused of operating "Heartsender," a once popular spam and malware dissemination service that operated for more than a decade. The main clientele for HeartSender were organized crime groups that tried to trick victim companies into making payments to a third party, and its alleged proprietors were publicly identified by KrebsOnSecurity in 2021 after they inadvertently infected their computers with malware.