We came across another scam hitting Pakistani shores – this time with a new way. Scammers pose as representative of MTN of South Africa (a cellular company), and calls young professionals offering them very catchy jobs with hefty salaries. They pose as if MTN is going to start telecom services in Pakistan, and company is large scale hiring the workforce. When...
People in Pakistan are getting aware of copyrights, either by softly spoken advises or otherwise through legal ways. We had reported this incident of FIA raiding mag4you.com offices and picking their admins. Here is a new case under prosecution, and people those uploaded pirated music are in tough situation. This may mark an end of copyright violation,...
A Team of Cyber Crime Circle Rawalpindi/Islamabad, FIA Islamabad Zone smashes an illegal VoIP exchange in Islamabad. Mr. Tariq Hanif Joiya, PSP, who is currently the Director FIA Islamabad Zone, on a complaint filed by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, ordered the registration of a case the perpetrators of an illegal business running for illegally...
Before saying anything lets Google the words “ University of South Asia” . The first result we got is our topic of interest. Click the first result, which is official website of University of South Asia, Lahore, here is the url: usa.edu.pk – upon opening the website, check for the source code of this page. You will be shocked to see following...
We have written in past about a website that contains mobile numbers of girls in Pakistan, which was eventually discontinued (due to ProPakistani’s report). That was almost a year ago – and blogging, forums were not that common then; also webmaster didn’t know much about Search Engine Optimization, Keyword richness and other elements that bring...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and FIA National Response Center for Cyber Crimes (NR3C), Islamabad has unearthed two illegal international VoIP gateway exchanges in F-6 and F-7 Islamabad. Three foreigners have been arrested during the seizure of these illegal exchanges. This initiative is a part of the pursuance of PTA efforts against illegal...
Geo TV yesterday reported about allegedly illegal website, that contained copyrighted content on its website, was raided by FIA officials, and webmaster plus the office equipment (including computers, laptops) were taken into custody. We are told that owner of website is put into jail as he was found responsible for copying musical content that was...
Virtual piracy isn’t just something that is popular in Pakistan; it is something that our society relies on for day to day work. From software piracy to video game piracy to movie and song piracy, it is present in Pakistan in all forms. The estimated percentage is 83%, which I fear has been highly under-estimated. For today’s article, I will solely...
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in its effort to curb the illegal termination of International Voice traffic has set up a grey traffic monitoring facility at Islamabad. Based on the information obtained through this system grey traffic activity was suspected in an area of Quetta. Acting on the information provided by PTA Headquarters further...
A student has been arrested from Okara for sending indecent SMS to Rehman Malik – he was reportedly shouting at minister against this new SMS/MMS/Email law, reported PkOnWeb Blog. This news was further confirmed by FIA officials, which are already on their toes. A senior officer at law enforcement agency said that the directive has been there, all...
We know that FIA and PTA have been busy these days raiding illegal VoIP exchanges. These exchanges illegally terminate international calls and then use cellular SIMs to deliver the call to end users. Please see following diagram to understand what actually happens through the whole process…! So idea is very simple, If you get an International...
The answer was NO – “We don’t have required mechanism in place, both hardware and software, that can monitor and then filter out SMS traffic”, told us an official from a cellular company while requesting anonymity. He said that nothing is impossible, we can track all the voice and data traffic over GSM network, but that requires extra features...
This has happened before, and now again – Government of Pakistan has launched a campaign against offensive emails and text messages, said Geo TV citing its sources. No doubt, govt of Pakistan especially the ruling party remains in SMS jokes/ Emails/ Social Networks – that circulate throughout the country – and this is naturally not...
We had this news reported by “The News”, couple of weeks ago that FIA Raided and seized 3 illegal exchanges from F 11, Islamabad. We are told by reliable sources that these exchanges were being run by a Chinese group, which had Mr. Xu Kun as a member. Xu Kun was assistant to CEO, Zong, China Mobile for last one year. When we spoke with...
Interior Minister, Rehman Malik has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to crack down on unscrupulous elements involved in cyber crime, particularly the misuse of short message service (SMS) by some banned outfits to advance their agenda. “The interior minister has directed the FIA director general to be vigilant against the elements...
