Cyber Secure Pakistan 2014: Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations

Today’s cyber threats are becoming increasingly more targeted and sophisticated with criminal networks operating across the world, coordinating complex attacks against targets in a matter of minutes.

Due to the complexity of the cyber-threat landscape, cybercrime investigations are profoundly different in nature than the traditional crimes, requiring high-level technical expertise and large-scale cross-jurisdictional investigations.

Recent surveillance controversy, invasion of privacy, rise in cybercrimes, espionage on corporate sector and shady censorship policies in Pakistan are eye openers for many of us. A few questions pop up in every thinking mind. What is happening on our cyber fronts? How are we reverting to cyber threats? How are we protecting our Critical Network Infrastructure? How are we collaborating with other CERTs and countries? Along with so many other relevant questions that needs attention by authorities and relevant stake-holders alike.

It is essential that law enforcement prioritize resources, build cross-jurisdictional and cross sectorial collaboration in addition to developing the technical expertise, tools and infrastructure required to effectively combat threats and eventually enhance digital security.

In response, Pakistan Information Security Association(PISA) has been working for the last many years to highlight this much needed topic of Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration for Combating Cyber Crimes. PISA will seek to implement an alliance with multi-stakeholders, including government organizations, academia, law enforcement agencies and Internet security specialists from the private and public sector, to leverage their respective expertise and resources for fighting cybercrimes.

CSP Conference Platform is an effort to put our best step forward for the mentioned cause.

Last year, CSP’13 is named as mega success. The Conference was attended by more than 200 delegates from across the country. This year, CSP’14 is themed as “Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration” for Combating Cyber Crimes is planned from 9th to 12th January  at Marriott Hotel, Islamabad.

CSP’14 is likely to see the dignitaries, such as Ms. Anusha Rehman (Minister of IT), Mr. Zahid Hamid (Minister of Science and Technology), Mr. Mushahid Hussain Sayed (Chairman Senate Committee for Defence and Defence Production), Mr. Ammar Jaffri (President PISA), Mr. Saud Ahmed Mirza (DG FIA), Dr. Ismail Shah (Chairman PTA) and many more.

This year at the event, there are more than 10 featured workshops listed i.e.

• Security Management using Open Source Software by Pakistan Open Source Foundation
• Workshop on Cyber Security for Journalists [For Journalists Only]
• ISACA Islamabad Chapter Meet-up
• Bloggers Discussion Session on Blog Security Issues
• Workshop by ‘Bolo Bhi’
• Cyber Child Protection by Internet Society Pakistan Islamabad Chapter
• Security for Women in the Digital Age [For Women Only] by Digital Rights Foundation
• Workshop on Reverse Engineering Malware
• Workshop by (ISC)2 Pakistan Islamabad Chapter
• Hands-on Trainings on Advanced Web-Application Security and Digital Mobile Forensics are also the part of this event

Furthermore, A Competition for Hackers ‘Capture the Flag’ and Screening of a Documentary is also the part of the event.

In order to become a part of this Premium conference, kindly visit the following link. After registering you will be able to attend the event. For more information you can visit its official Page here:www.fb.com/CyberSecurePakistan

Just to mention, ProPakistani is official Blog Partner for the Conference.

How to remove Extra SIMs registered against your CNIC

1.    Click the link online Sim Verification System and obtain count of SIMs against your CNIC.

2.    If count of SIMs of any mobile company is found in excess of the actual SIMs in your use, visit link of that particular company listed below

Company	Link	Email Address
Mobilink	For Mobilink Click Here	osis668cf@mobilinkworld.com
Ufone	For Ufone Click Here	ufoneoverseas668@ufonegsm.net
Telenor	For Telenor Click Here	telenoroverseas668@telenor.com.pk
Warid	For Warid Click Here	overseas668@waridtel.com
Zong	For Zong Click Here	customerservices@zong.com.pk

3. Download relevant form from company’s website. Fill the form and email scanned filled form along with scanned copy of NICOP (both sides)/CNIC and passport at email address given at company’s website

4. Company will give a reference number to the complaint and your NICOP/CNIC will be used for the purpose.

5. Extra SIMs registered against your CNIC shall be removed within 24 hours of the receipt of your complaint.

6. Database at PTA’s website will be updated after 45 days. You can confirm removal of extra SIMs by revisiting after 45 days.

How to get Credit card or VISA debit card in Pakistan

Today in the fast growing age of business it is very difficult to carry hard cash with you, for this reason almost all the banks in Pakistan are offering their services for the provision of credit as well as VISA debit cards and ATM (Automatic teller Machine) cards, which will give you cash on the go. All you need to go to the nearest ATM outlet and use it there by entering your Personal Identification Number (PIN) and get the cash in no time. It saves a lot of time and it is safe and secure also it provides you a mini statement to find out the remaining account balance and for your record also.

There is a little difference between a credit card and a VISA debit card. As the name suggest credit card is the one in which if you do not have cash in your account you can shop anywhere by the use of this card and pay later on up till the due date. Whereas VISA debit card is the one in which you have pre balance in your account and on the use of this card, the amount gets deducted from your bank balance and you shop. You can also use these cards for shopping online.

Where to go for Credit Or Visa Debit Card?

Different banks give different packages for the use of credit card and facilitate their customers, for example, you can do shopping at a mega store, purchase something online on the internet. It has some disadvantages too as if you get late to pay your credit card bill on time, you will be charged per day surcharge.

Now the question arise that how to get these cards? For this sake you have to visit the branch of the bank in which you have your account running and ask for the credit card or debit card form. The process is nearly similar. You can also request the customer service agent to come to you for this sake. Fill the form in which they will ask for your personal details, like your name, father’s name, your mailing and email address, your account number associated with the specific card you are going to apply, your signatures and some initial deposit (where necessary).

After the form is filled the agent will ask that you want to get the card either on the address which you had mentioned on the form or you have to manually collect from the respective branch of bank. After some days; the working period; as described by the officials of bank for the verification and inquiry of the details provided, you will be delivered with a letter and card with a PIN code secured. If this letter is not properly secured the first thing you need to do is to inform the bank and get that PIN code blocked or changed. After getting your card you need to activate it by calling the respective online customer service center and afterwards start using your card.

Which cards are best to use in Pakistan?

I’ve used Credit Card in Pakistan provided by Standard Chartered Bank as well as the Wiz Card Provided by United Bank Limited (UBL), also I’ve been using my ATM Card of UBL as a Wallet Visa Card for Online Shopping and for many other things. So I’ll suggest you that the ATM card works same as the Visa Card, you can withdraw your money from any ATM in Pakistan as well as in many other countries. While you can also buy domain, web hosting, themes and whatever you want to buy online, the UBL or SCB’s ATM is enough to do so. If you are using UBL for banking then after receiving your ATM Card just call on 111-825-888 and first of all activate your card, also tell the operator to activate your ATM card for Online usage. So they will update its activation and you’ll then be able to use your Card to withdraw your money from ATMs  and also to shop online. But For UBL ATMs (As I’m using it myself) you’ll need to activate a session for online purchasing and they will charge you Rs.100 for each session you activate. The session’s maximum time is 10 hours and you can purchase whatever you want online. For that session they will deduct Rs.100 from your UBL bank account. You can also select a fixed amount to be spend online on purchasing, for example if you need a web hosting and it costs you $40, so you can tell them to activate a session for 5000PKR , just purchase your thing and the amount will be deducted from your Bank Account. Don’t worry if you registered a session of 5000PKR and you purchased things of 4000PKR then the 1000PKR is always yours and goes back in your account.

• Go for Standard Chartered Visa Card
• Go for UBL Wiz Card

Moreover, You can use your Visa Debit Card to Withdraw Paypal Money in Pakistan. And Payza Money may also be received in your Visa Debit Card or Credit Card. That’s everything is possible with your Card.

What do you think now?

This is very easy process especially the last paragraph of this article is something interesting, you can just use your UBL ATM card to do shopping online or whatsoever you want to buy online. Must give it a try. Also if you have further questions then use the comment form below to ask me your questions. I’ll be happy to answer every questions posted here.

How to withdraw money from Paypal in Pakistan

There are many foreign corporations who are paying you money for different online works such as freelancing, reviewing sites, click to earn and many more. Such renowned corporations include eBay, BuySellAds, Amazon etc. The problem is these sites mostly pay through PayPal which is not available in some regions including Pakistan. However, it is very necessary to Use Paypal within Pakistan, because without it, you can lose a lot of money. Therefore, we’ve created a simple guide which can show you the real method of using Paypal in Pakistan and also how to get your Paypal money in Pakistan. Let’s get started.

HOW TO GET A VARIFIED PAYPAL ACCOUNT

To be able to withdraw PayPal money in Pakistan, it is obviously necessary to get a verified PayPal account first. For this you need to follow simple given steps below:

Sign Up For Payoneer Account

It is a famous money transfer service which provides its services worldwide. To get your PayPal account verified you should have a Payoneer account. This US payment service is approved by First Century Bank. So in order to be able to verify your Paypal account within Pakistan, you must have a Payoneer account, which can solve the Paypal problem for you in Pakistan.

Visit Payoneer Affiliates and signup for a free account. After signing up you will have to provide any prove of your identity, be it your ID card’s or Driving license’s scan. Once your identity is verified, a Master Debit card will be issued to you, which will be shipped at your address in about 20-40 days.

• Sign up for a Payoneer Master Card Now

When your Master Card is approved, Payoneer will send you an e-mail asking you if you are interested in US payment service? You will have to sign up for this as well by answering some simple questions through mail. After you reply this e-mail your details will be reviewed and you will be accepted in US Payment Service within few days.

Once your signup is complete you will get a virtual US bank account number and a routing number via e-mail.
Generate on US Resident Details.

Now for getting a Paypal account, you’ll have sign up for it and you will need a US resident name and details. Use fakenamegenerator.com to do so. Iy won’t only provide you a fake name but will also take care of every little detail.

Sign Up For PayPal

Open paypal.com and signup for an account using United States as your country. Fill in the US based details you have already generated. Once this is done, now verify your paypal account.

First click the link ‘Get verified’. Now you will be seeing two options, click on ‘Bank’ and fill in the details which Payoneer has sent you via e-mail. Within next few days, Paypal will send a small test amount to your Payoneer account, all you need to do is transfer this amount back to your PayPal account and you are done. Now you are a proud owner of verified PayPal account in Pakistan.

HOW TO WITHDRAW PAYPAL MONEY

To withdraw PayPal money all you need to do is transfer your PayPal funds to your Payoneer account and withdraw it from any ATM at MCB, Citi Bank and Standard Chartered Bank with your Master Card. Payoneer also supports Global Bank Transfers that is money can also be transferred directly to your Pakistani bank account. For further details visit Payoneer website.

This process of withdrawing PayPal money can be used in any other region where direct PayPal facilities are not available.

The Summary: 

First go to Payoneer.com and Sign Up, they will verify your details and will send you a Master Card on your provided postal address, that card will reach you approximately in 20 to 40 days in Pakistan, after receiving your Master Card, go to Paypal.com, create an account and select your country as “USA“, and when you created your Paypal account then verify it by putting the Bank information which you’ve got in your Payoneer account after getting your master card, all is done. Now you can easily transfer your Paypal money to your Payoneer account and then can easily CASH the amount at selected ATMs in Pakistan.

The main thing is to receive your Payoneer card in Pakistan, the rest procedure is very easy, let me know if you have further questions or any other real and legal methods to receive Paypal money in Pakistan. Happy Paypal Day!

Update Facebook Status Via iPhone 5

Now  you can use the latest  iPhone 5 for your facebook status without  having  it....Enjoy  it. :)

(THIS IS OLD REVIEW)  iPhone 5 is the most  costly  product  from apple  after  iPads.Every person has a desire to us it once.The iPhone is having all  updated  apps from app store and moreover  it supports  5G  network  .The  5th  generation  phone is really the top mark for young  generations. It is  launched  in some  countries even.This phone is having  iMessage in  order to  compete with    blackberry  messenger..

Windows 8 Disk Image Backup and Restore Software

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How To Make A Private Folder In Your Computer

Many of you might have some private files/secret files which you won't want to share with others and will like to keep it safe i.e away/hidden from terrible eyes.So for this I will show you a very easy way.You can do this by creating a private folder in your windows,once made you can then store all your secret files in it.

How to make a private/secret/invisible folder:

The method is as follow:

• First make a new folder.
  
• Then right click on it and select rename option and type alt+0160 (on your numpad).After this the folder will have no name.
  
  
  
  
  
• Then right click on the folder again and select properties>>Customize>>Change icon and then scroll left a little and there will be an empty space,select that empty space.(Basically that empty space which you will see is also an icon but it's a blank icon).

• Then click on apply>>OK and you are done.Now there will be an invisible folder in front  of you.