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Pakistan has quietly removed around 1,800 terrorists from its watch list since March. (FILE) New York: Pakistan has quietly removed around 1,800 terrorists from its watch list, including that of the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT operations commander …
Even when the world is fighting the COVID-19 outbreak, Pakistan is busy clearing its ‘strategic assets’. Ahead of a new round of assessments by the global anti-money-laundering watchdog FATF, Islamabad had reportedly removed around 1,800 terrorists from its w…
On April 15, 2020, the U.S. Departments of State, the Treasury, Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued the DPRK Cyber Threat Advisory relating to North Korea (DPRK). The DPRK relies on cybercrime and other illicit activities t…
The advisory highlights the powers US agencies have to subpoena foreign FIs that maintains a correspondent bank account in the US to gain access to customer records stored overseas. The US Departments of State, the Treasury, and Homeland Security, and the F…
Cybercriminals are taking full advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced life into a digital realm, by leveraging increased fear and uncertainty to steal money and launder it through the complex cryptocurrency ecosystem. Accordingly, the Joint Chie…
The Facebook-founded Libra Association has revised its planned digital currency after regulatory concerns and public backlash made the project’s initial vision untenable. Libra was introduced last June as a global digital currency, that would be linked to th…
Four U.S. federal agencies on Wednesday jointly issued an advisory that warns of ongoing North Korea-sponsored cyberthreat operations, and offers a reward of up to $5 million for information on such operations. The communication, issued by the State Departme…
The U.S. Departments of State, the Treasury, and Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are issuing this advisory as a comprehensive resource on the North Korean cyber threat for the international community, network defenders, and the publ…
It will be prudent to note that while spoilers will keep casting shadows on the earnest efforts of Pakistan, the synergy within the government seen so far to get out of the FATF Grey List should continue. PHOTO COURTESY: FATF The lockdown in Pakistan to con…
The U.S. Departments of State, the Treasury, and Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are issuing this advisory as a comprehensive resource on the North Korean cyber threat for the international community, network defenders, and the publ…
