Official Website of NADRA E-Sahulat Gets Hacked, User Data Compromised

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Official website of E-Sahulat – financial services platform offering online payment solution for individuals and business – from NADRA was hacked and defaced by Xploiter today.<br /> Instead of defacing the main page, hacker injected a page on server at following locations:<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.esahulat.org/x.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.esahulat.org/x.html</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.esahulat.com.pk/x.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.esahulat.com.pk/x.html</a></li> </ul> Mirrors:<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.zone-h.com/mirror/id/20786269" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.zone-h.com/mirror/id/20786269</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.zone-h.com/mirror/id/20786270" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.zone-h.com/mirror/id/20786270</a></li> </ul> A screenshot uploaded by Hacker on his Facebook page hints that he had access to critical financial database on the server.<br /> Here is the screenshot that has critical financial information of E-Sahulat users:<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Dlzt7xmcjprvcNzY5Oc8M8giAwBgoZougUtBwtKtcC-iHykzUnOPn6lpx8SSr8K8C17jROdoVvcRv88_9RYwrW-pxl4TIzuHqr-4TlMAgaYCjo23oasoKI0doGMULqpVpOY2_gZkxH0/s1600/NADRA-E-Sahulat-Hacked1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Dlzt7xmcjprvcNzY5Oc8M8giAwBgoZougUtBwtKtcC-iHykzUnOPn6lpx8SSr8K8C17jROdoVvcRv88_9RYwrW-pxl4TIzuHqr-4TlMAgaYCjo23oasoKI0doGMULqpVpOY2_gZkxH0/s1600/NADRA-E-Sahulat-Hacked1.jpg" /></a></div> We are still unclear about the intents behind the defacement as there was no clear message left by hackers on the defaced page, however, it is likely that hackers are hacking and defacing websites to gain attention.<br /> Trend has only worsen with recent hackings of Banks and Financial Institutions. Previously, Soneri Bank, Habib Bank Limited, Allied Bank Limited, Muslim Commercial Bank, Burj Bank and Tameer Bank had been hacked by local hackers.<br /> Here is the screenshot of defaced page of E-Sahulat website:<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mUTj2H0_2CoWyYaj_6k7cKJZv8WpZFM0K3jBQ-apTPNte9MnNqH776lwD2YoFbFWUhpuzXSHflm0E2-kiHmRw6SZv7Vnf_8b4rjwdOWeTRv0z-Q-M0RcKbqkjqNKV5pxfbDX6fVF3w0/s1600/Nadra-E-Sahulat-hacked2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mUTj2H0_2CoWyYaj_6k7cKJZv8WpZFM0K3jBQ-apTPNte9MnNqH776lwD2YoFbFWUhpuzXSHflm0E2-kiHmRw6SZv7Vnf_8b4rjwdOWeTRv0z-Q-M0RcKbqkjqNKV5pxfbDX6fVF3w0/s640/Nadra-E-Sahulat-hacked2.png" width="622" /></a></div> </div>

Official Website of NADRA E-Sahulat Gets Hacked, User Data Compromised

Official website of E-Sahulat – financial services platform offering online payment solution for individuals and business – from NADRA was hacked and defaced by Xploiter today. Instead of defacing the main page, hacker injected a page on server at following locations: http://www.esahulat.org/x.ht…

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Nokia Lumia Running on Android Used to be Under Development: Report

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO_L7QDzcOmOuO0ifVYC7Px9IFbkllezEn4dzAtgcyUxRIRfbRg37-3Hegx50JPOH3hyvTwOGxwU4fbti_qjRzkbkMGAjakgt_qfTnnc5RWUG5l8M-gh2RpNhk4YiiLR5fOxKJaDoh84/s1600/Nokia-Lumia-720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO_L7QDzcOmOuO0ifVYC7Px9IFbkllezEn4dzAtgcyUxRIRfbRg37-3Hegx50JPOH3hyvTwOGxwU4fbti_qjRzkbkMGAjakgt_qfTnnc5RWUG5l8M-gh2RpNhk4YiiLR5fOxKJaDoh84/s1600/Nokia-Lumia-720.jpg" /></a></div> Since Nokia’s alliance with Microsoft in 2011, a lot of rumours have surfaced time after time claiming that the cell phone manufacturer was reportedly working on Google’s Android.<br /> While these rumours delighted a lot of smartphone fans, they undoubtedly would’ve brought some cold shivers down Microsoft’s spine too and might’ve caused it to buy its largest smartphone partner for $7 billion two weeks ago.<br /> Now according to The New York Times, those rumours might not have been too fake after all. Two sources who worked for the Finnish giant and requested to be unnamed have told the news agency that a small team had been working on Google’s OS as a potential “plan B”, in case Microsoft’s Windows Phone failed.<br /> What’s more, the two people even claimed that Nokia’s engineers even managed to make Android run on the Lumia phones. Report says that Nokia could launch Android powered Lumia phones with-in next year.<br /> That, of course, is not verifiable with the Finnish company being sold and nor is there any hope that that initiative will see life now. Still, it would’ve been quite spectacular had Nokia chosen to make phones for two operating systems instead of one but then again, it was Microsoft who was paying Nokia to stay afloat after all.</div>

Nokia Lumia Running on Android Used to be Under Development: Report

Since Nokia’s alliance with Microsoft in 2011, a lot of rumours have surfaced time after time claiming that the cell phone manufacturer was reportedly working on Google’s Android. While these rumours delighted a lot of smartphone fans, they undoubtedly would’ve brought some cold shivers down Mic…

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PHC Takes Notice of the Easy Availability of Unregistered SIMs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgR02pVQtc4stG4CK5dNfTxiBMFmxd2x-a7Mfz7cm6dRuonsjGJxK5eZojy_AfOmt3ugJUdaVolipG9OeIj3Ip-6sjFq0EigMPgX2Bc0wXcAcjqWjbyzgq-DF82Uu16GQb7_fNd86JoJw/s1600/new-mobile-sim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgR02pVQtc4stG4CK5dNfTxiBMFmxd2x-a7Mfz7cm6dRuonsjGJxK5eZojy_AfOmt3ugJUdaVolipG9OeIj3Ip-6sjFq0EigMPgX2Bc0wXcAcjqWjbyzgq-DF82Uu16GQb7_fNd86JoJw/s1600/new-mobile-sim.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="contentupper"> </div> <div class="leftblogcontent"> </div> After Islamabad High Court, Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Justice Dost Muhammad Khan on Friday took notice of the easy availability of unregistered SIMs in the province.<br /> “Vegetables are difficult to purchase but SIMs can be easily purchased,” the judge said, taking notice of the abundance of illegal mobile phone SIMs.<br /> “The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and federal organizations are not ready to take action against unregistered SIMs,” he said.<br /> The PHC CJ summoned the PTA chairman, chief executive officers of telecommunication companies and chief secretaries to explain the situation.<br /> <div class="two_third"> “Corruption is rampant in Pakistan and there is no law to check the sale and purchase of SIMs,” he said, adding that extortionists used unregistered SIMs to harass people and the authorities concerned did not have any record in this regard.</div> <span style="color: #339966;"></span><br /> <div class="one_third column-last"> <b><span style="color: #339966;"><i>“Vegetables are difficult to purchase but SIMs can be easily purchased,” Chief Justice, PHC</i></span></b><br /> <span style="color: #339966;"></span></div> Law enforcers have repeatedly said that unregistered SIMs were the main tool in the hands of terrorists and criminals across the country, as after using a SIM, the criminals discarded it and bought a new one, which made the arrest of terrorists and criminals a hard task.<br /> The issue of unregistered SIMs has escalated lately after the Interior Minister and then Prime Minister took notice of the situation.<br /> Biometric verification of entire cellular base is considered as an option to eliminate the all unregistered SIMs from the country. However the modalities and procedures to carryout the verification are still being workedout.</div>

PHC Takes Notice of the Easy Availability of Unregistered SIMs

After Islamabad High Court, Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Justice Dost Muhammad Khan on Friday took notice of the easy availability of unregistered SIMs in the province. “Vegetables are difficult to purchase but SIMs can be easily purchased,” the judge said, taking notice of the …

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FIRs Against WorldCall Officials Cancelled

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzb0tzCH0aWFdW-sZ01pu5ZyAG33q6xhuU_yHam5c0oBAMBF8JppEz72gTSwoPvfNptGjEACDfhooygAupsdMq319hilv8BggOVcpe3wtoxU2ZlWdi9j9vbe4kGFqRsMQf_ULZIPlD5T0/s1600/Wrold-Call-Telecom_thumb1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzb0tzCH0aWFdW-sZ01pu5ZyAG33q6xhuU_yHam5c0oBAMBF8JppEz72gTSwoPvfNptGjEACDfhooygAupsdMq319hilv8BggOVcpe3wtoxU2ZlWdi9j9vbe4kGFqRsMQf_ULZIPlD5T0/s1600/Wrold-Call-Telecom_thumb1.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="contentupper"> </div> <div class="leftblogcontent"> </div> With-in one week of Police raiding the WorldCall’s Lahore office to arrest Mr. Babar Ali Syed, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Chief Officer (CO) Anwar and two other persons, the law-enforcement agencies have now cancelled the cases against the company officials.<br /> A company statement said that incident of police highhandedness in WorldCall office was followed by Oman Telecom’s condemnation and letter to Chief Minister of the Punjab to intervene. After which police high ups and administration were ordered immediate inquiry into the matter.<br /> Police high-ups, after investigation, established that cases implicating WorldCall officials are in fact malicious and unfounded, hence directed immediate cancellation of FIRs, said the official statement issued by WorldCall.<br /> The Lahore High was also moved and was informed of cancelation of FIRs, said the statement.<br /> Despite the fact that everything has settled down, the incident has set a horrible precedent for telecom businesses in the country.<br /> If cases registered against WorldCall were fake then responsible police officials should be punished instead of just withdrawing the case. If not the case, then why the FIRs were cancelled after Chief Minister’s intervention. The settlement has only worsen the situation with more confusion for everyone.</div>

FIRs Against WorldCall Officials Cancelled

With-in one week of Police raiding the WorldCall’s Lahore office to arrest Mr. Babar Ali Syed, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Chief Officer (CO) Anwar and two other persons, the law-enforcement agencies have now cancelled the cases against the company officials. A company stateme…

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Dell Officially Waves Goodbye to the Smartphone Market

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOk5OCqzoilNdtBhz4Vz9GLfPVbz2HIRT0_092qSVvyRrzKzhPL1yYDff35aaijNjb6FekBMhKR4wP939YM_f9j_WyTKiXCzgMpI1tx47OFWf3mUhdsghAmEdG189Bkz5rN0O7Oj_E0qI/s1600/Dell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOk5OCqzoilNdtBhz4Vz9GLfPVbz2HIRT0_092qSVvyRrzKzhPL1yYDff35aaijNjb6FekBMhKR4wP939YM_f9j_WyTKiXCzgMpI1tx47OFWf3mUhdsghAmEdG189Bkz5rN0O7Oj_E0qI/s1600/Dell.jpg" /></a></div> Dell is seeing a major transformation in its history right now and has just gone private. Now, as a much different company than it used to be, it has laid out its goals for the future.<br /> The goal, as described by founder and CEO Michael Dell was to improve fields of enterprise, expanding sales capacity, emerging markets, PC and tablets and “investments to enhance the customer experience”.<br /> Smartphones aren’t among them.<br /> “We’re not getting in the mobile phone business,” Michael Dell said. “It’s really about changing our focus from a quarterly focus to a longer term.” Still, tablets, a vast market not much different from smartphones is not going anywhere out of the scenario.<br /> “Dell will participate in tablets and all sorts of client devices. Our main business is helping our customers secure, protect their data and access it from any device they want to.”<br /> And while Dell’s experience in the computer market is unsurpassed by most, it has fared at modestly at best in other consumer markets, including tablets.<br /> The Streak tablets, Venue phones and other Windows Mobile devices are already long forgotten and they did play a role in the departure of Dell as a public company.<br /> This must change if the company has to emerge as a global leader again, in the same way as it was in the early 2000s.</div>

Dell Officially Waves Goodbye to the Smartphone Market

Dell is seeing a major transformation in its history right now and has just gone private. Now, as a much different company than it used to be, it has laid out its goals for the future. The goal, as described by founder and CEO Michael Dell was to improve fields of enterprise, expanding sales cap…

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Warid Gets Contract for Provision of USSD Channel for HBL Branchless Banking

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczU3MDMRA684ScR7au8yBaiXl6pAnhPSK543YJ0cAjrAq8Xc7DbXCyhFXM3YkDzERsxvypLla1gYp_UVl7FC6V4oAFpNjwD8KtHeapQdvD0uNJ21llVj1lyl_XpGNeQnPqVnJ8T68Nm0/s1600/Warid-HBL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczU3MDMRA684ScR7au8yBaiXl6pAnhPSK543YJ0cAjrAq8Xc7DbXCyhFXM3YkDzERsxvypLla1gYp_UVl7FC6V4oAFpNjwD8KtHeapQdvD0uNJ21llVj1lyl_XpGNeQnPqVnJ8T68Nm0/s1600/Warid-HBL.jpg" /></a></div> <div align="center"> <i>Tariq Gulzar, CFO, Warid Telecom (2R) and Faiq Sadiq, Head of Payment Services, HBL (3R) signing the agreement. Younis Iqbal Sheikh, CCO, Warid Telecom (First right in front row) and Azfar Jamal, Head of Branchless banking, HBL (First from left in front row), along with high-ups of Warid and HBL also seen in the picture.</i></div> Habib Bank Limited and Warid Telecom signed an agreement today for a strategic alliance whereby Warid Telecom will provide Habib Bank Limited with access to Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), enabling ‘HBL Express’ (Habib Bank Limited’s branchless banking project) to conduct financial transactions.<br /> Telecom companies are uniquely placed in the branchless banking eco-system since they have the required technology and resources to enhance the growth and uptake of this burgeoning industry. <br /> This partnership will allow HBL Express to expand its branchless banking footprint in Pakistan while providing peace of mind to its consumers since all financial transactions carried out will be completely safe and secure. The provision of USSD services is the first step in this alliance which will provide financial and commercial benefit to both organisations in the coming future. <br /> The agreement was signed at Warid Telecom’s Head Office in Lahore between Mr. Tariq Gulzar, Chief Financial Officer, Warid Telecom and Mr. Faiq Sadiq, Head of Payment Services, HBL. <br /> The ceremony was also attended by senior executives from both organisations, including Mr. Younas Iqbal Sheikh, Chief Commercial Officer, Mr. Suhail Jan, VP Sales & Distribution, Mr. Nauman Fakhar, VP Customer Services and Mr. Adnan Anjum, Director Marketing Strategy and Pricing from Warid Telecom. Mr. Azfar Jamal, Head of Branchless Banking and Mr. Ghanzfar Ali Khan, Head of Sales Branchless Banking from HBL. <br /> Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Gulzar said, “We are proud to be a strategic partner in HBL’s efforts to enhance financial inclusion in Pakistan and consider this a very important step in providing banking services to the unbanked.” <br /> Mr. Faiq Sadiq added, “HBL’s strategic alliance with Warid Telecom will accelerate the adoption of Branchless Banking Services in Pakistan and enable the Bank to offer mobile wallets to the unbanked.”</div>

Warid Gets Contract for Provision of USSD Channel for HBL Branchless Banking

Tariq Gulzar, CFO, Warid Telecom (2R) and Faiq Sadiq, Head of Payment Services, HBL (3R) signing the agreement. Younis Iqbal Sheikh, CCO, Warid Telecom (First right in front row) and Azfar Jamal, Head of Branchless banking, HBL (First from left in front row), along with high-ups of Warid and HB…

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