Dissecting Pakistani Documents on Wikileaks
From the Blog Teeth Maestro: Dissecting Pakistani Documents on Wikileaks - Over the past few days Wikileaks has been regularly releasing an interesting set of secure cables on Pakistan. it is my belief that these documents will without doubt go down into history books to have been a world changing event, We here in Pakistan till now dont see anything that may suprirse us, we knew that these bafoons running our country are enslaven to the American interestes, literally calling them up practically at every juncture to appraise them of the issue quite often seeking advise and suggestions, even internal issues. To me these cables are seemingly like an immensely long chain of love letters written by US embassies around the world, their disclosure embarrasses the participating countries, its without doubt, practically all nations, including Pakistan will be very careful on sharing their ballads in the future, hurting years of American diplomacy. What one does have to wonder, who may actually stand to benefit from supporting Julian Assange and his team helping them to spill the beans, many conspiracy theorists have their own theories, but time will only tell who suffers the least. Fingers have gone pointing to Israel, could it possibly be China or would you speculate someone else? Care to venture a thought I fully support Julian Assange and his team in this whistle-blowing effort, we here in Pakistan can, after this, claim to be a better informed electorate but no longer are we shooting theories into the wind, as to the extent of American involvement in our day-to-day affairs of Pakistan, but now they are documented that all our bafoons running our country blatantly report to their masters quite frequently. I share with you a TEDGlobal2010 interview of Julian Assange with Chris Andersen on Why the world needs WikiLeaks I personally have been reading these cables regularly and highlighting some interesting sections, commenting on the particular cable where necessary and simultaneously tagging them for ease of reference, its a work in progress all available on my account at Diigo, if you dont have the stamina to read each of the cables just read the relevant highligted portions or select the releavant tags to narrow down your interest. Dissecting and Highlighting the Pakistani Wikileaks: A Work in Progress . Read Full Post
Pakistan Cyber Army Vs ICA War Heats Up, What Next?
From the Blog ProPakistani: Pakistan Cyber Army Vs ICA War Heats Up, What Next? - Pakistan Cyber Army Vs ICA War Heats Up, What Next? is a post from: ProPakistani The cyber war between the traditional rivals is intensifying. This has happened before, is currently happening and may happen again. How it Starts? If we look at past events, cyber war between both the courtiers starts on an event of national importance (of either country). On such important day ( in recent most case it was November 26) junior hackers of either side get active and deface some websites of opposite country (let's suppose country A). In response to which, hackers from the attacked country hack-back some websites of the country A. In all previous examples the Cyber War is started by junior hackers, who do such kind of activities to gain the fame. When the news reaches the media, (press, electronic and online) the issued gets hyped-up and this is where senior hackers come into play. This is how it starts, hundreds of websites get defaced – it keeps growing until some hackers with connections to both sides of the border step-in and ask the activist hackers to stop the non-sense. History of Cyber Wars: The term "Cyber War" was first used in 1997, when both the countries remained in state of cyber war for five years or so. Then, from Pakistan's side the war was fought by PHC "Pakistan Hackers Club" and Gforce. These two groups were responsible for defacing hundreds of Indian websites, and broke all global records of cyber war history. Both of the Pakistani Groups then settled issues with NEO, an Indian hacker to conclude that 5 years running Cyber war. Later in 2008 , a group of script kiddies (junior hackers) called HMG defaced OGRA's website , in response to which PCA (or Pakistan Cyber Army) hacked at least 5 Indian websites including their Oil and Natural Gas website. This didn't stop here and hackers from both the countries got active and defaced hundreds of websites of both the sides. As before, after well fought battle, hackers from both the sides settled the dispute with the issuance of a joint statement . (Given on right side here). In fact, there were reports that both the parties signed a pact and decided not to get involved in Cyber War again. Role of Media There is this important thing to note: These hackers do such kind of activates to get noticed and for the fame. Obviously they are not get paid to hack websites, neither they bear personal grudges. However, when hacking news become the leading story, hackers are further propelled to carry on the activity. It actually incentivizes them to not to stop here. If we peek at Indian media these days, they are non-stop beating the issue of CBI hack. Which is doing no good but fanning the fire in Indian Hackers. It is anticipated that Indian hackers will back-fire on massive scale, for which Pakistan Cyber Army is already prepared (we are told). Here is a glimpse of how Indian Media is buzzing the issue: What both the Government Should Do? First thing: Secure your servers, they are real weak at security. This is why even the junior hackers get into your systems so easily. By this I don't mean that hackers are just the kiddies and can't deface big websites, in fact a hacker's group from Pakistan has defaced Google's website in the past. But still our Government websites are real HALWA . And by the way, its not only Pakistani Government – Indian Government websites are piece of cake as well. This is evident from a statement from Sunil Abraham, executive director of the Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society, given to Al Jazeera . He said: The Indian government has a very low level of cyber awareness and cyber security. We don't take cyber security as seriously as the rest of the world," he said. "Make at least 10 times the current level of investment to get their standards to match the rest of the world". Same is the message for Pakistani authorities. It must push NTC to escalate the level of web. Better try some enhanced protocols and firewalls. Cisco may help them in this. Next thing up: Get these hackers into some productive work. Help them build their careers and making then develop some anti-hack products. This is how they gonna get the reward and won't run useless fame. What Next? We can anticipate that this isn't going to end here. We may see more hacking news this week too. But eventually, they will have to stop (if they are sensible). So it's better to stop at earliest. Related posts: Vijay Mallya Becomes Latest Victim of Indo-Pak Cyber War Pakistani Hackers Retaliate – Hacks 270 Websites, Including CBI Cyber War Between India Pakistan Ends! Caution: Your Cell Phone Can be used by Terrorists Message from Pakistan Cyber Army on Arrest of Pakbugs and Recent Defacements Copyright © 2010 ProPakistani.PK . Read Full Post
Evening Anxiety
From the Blog Tanzeelism: Evening Anxiety - At times I feel myself a victim of evening depression, I come across a mood disorder in which I experience depressive symptoms in the winter especially on silent nights. Though throughout the year I find evenings more depressing especially when Mullahs simultaneously give Azaan from mosques around and whenever the sun sets down, it's like . Read Full Post
Daily News Bulletin 5 December 2010
From the Blog pkpolitics - > Daily News Bulletin 5 December 2010 pkpolitics.com — Watch today's detailed News Bulletin from Dunya News aired at 9:00PM. . Read Full Post
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