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March 19, 2025 - Comments Off on Progress, New Deadline Set for Personal Data Protection Bill

Progress, New Deadline Set for Personal Data Protection Bill

A new 14-day deadline, from the time of publication, for the completion of the drafting of the Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPB) has been set by the Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication (MoITT), and forwarded to the Senate Standing Committee on IT. According to Ary News, “the revised draft of the bill has already been shared with relevant stakeholders, and their feedback is currently under review.”

January 27, 2025 - Comments Off on NTISB warns users to avoid 16 malicious VPN and AI browser extensions

NTISB warns users to avoid 16 malicious VPN and AI browser extensions

The National Telecom and Information Technology Security Board (NITSB) highlighted 16 potentially malicious browser extensions for users to avoid.

According to the NITSB, the extensions identified, which include VPN and AI extensions, contain potential threats of hacking and data breaches. The list of extensions identified includes AI Assistant — ChatGPT and Gemini for Chrome, Bard AI Chat Extension, GPT 4 Sum­mary with OpenAI, Search CoPilot AI Assistant for Chrome, Wayin AI, VPNCity, Internxt VPN, Vidniz Flex Video Rec­order, VidHelper Video Downloader, Bookmark Favicon Changer, UVoice, Reader Mode, Parrot Talks, Primus, Trackker — Online Keylogger Tool, AI Shop Buddy, and Rewards Search Automation.

These extensions were among the targets of a large-scale data and credential theft attack by hackers last month. The advisory by NITSB urged users to avoid these extensions, only use trusted and extensively-reviewed extensions, and to read permissions carefully before granting them.

The use of VPNs has skyrocketed in Pakistan since the X ban last February, which is a reason for the surge in demand for VPN browser extensions as well.