Pakistan — Cyber Threat Profile
Pakistan's cybersecurity posture reflects significant geopolitical exposure and expanding digital infrastructure. National cyber governance is coordinated through the National Cyber Security Policy and associated federal agencies. Strategic priorities include defense network protection, telecommunications security, and critical infrastructure resilience. The country faces sustained espionage, surveillance, and disruptive cyber activity linked to regional rivalries. Institutional capacity is developing but remains fragmented across civilian and military domains. Workforce, regulatory enforcement, and public-private coordination gaps continue to affect national cyber readiness.- National CERT/CSIRT: PKCERT
- World Cybercrime Index 2024 (origin significance): 0.51 / 100, #44 worldwide
- Secure Internet servers per 1M people (2024): 109.7 (source: World Bank)
- Internet users (2024): 57.3% of population (source: World Bank)
Latest Pakistan coverage
- SideWinder spoofs Pakistan's port and arms agencies 2026-09-07 · Nation-State
Threat actors targeting Pakistan
- BITTER APT
- Confucius APT
- Donot Team APT
- Sidewinder APT
- Qilin Ransomware · 5 incident(s)
- Cl0p Ransomware · 3 incident(s)
- FunkSec Ransomware · 3 incident(s)
- RansomHouse Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Sarcoma Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- The Gentlemen Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- CMD Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- DragonForce Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Fog Ransomware Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Hunters International Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Kazu Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Medusa Ransomware Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- NightSpire Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- RansomHub Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- World Leaks Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Patchwork APT
Most targeted sectors
- Manufacturing 7 incident(s)
- Financial Services 4 incident(s)
- Healthcare 4 incident(s)
- Government & Public Sector 3 incident(s)
- Business & Professional Services 2 incident(s)
- Agriculture & Food 1 incident(s)
- Education & Research 1 incident(s)
- Real Estate 1 incident(s)
- Technology 1 incident(s)
- Telecommunications 1 incident(s)
- Transportation & Logistics 1 incident(s)
Recent claimed incidents
- Dr Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital 2026-08-23 · Healthcare
- Crown Group 2026-08-11 · Other
- EFU Life Assurance 2026-07-22 · Financial Services
- Treet Group of Companies 2026-07-02 · Business Services
- medipakpharma.com 2026-06-29 · Healthcare
- Kohinoor Mills 2026-06-26 · Manufacturing
- Shajarpak Securities 2026-05-12 · Financial Services
- Beaconhouse School System 2026-05-06 · Education
- Ghazi Brothers 2026-04-01
- EIGHTEENPK.COM 2025-11-21
- Treet Group 2025-11-21
- PAFL.COM.PK 2025-11-13 · Agriculture and Food Production
- Habib Bank 2025-11-05 · Financial Services
- Greenstar Social Marketing 2025-10-14 · Business Services
- Kasb Bank - K-Trade 2025-04-25 · Financial Services