Kuwait Deporting Immigrants If they use Viber, Skype etc

Kuwait authorities are deporting immigrants if they are caught using voip services such as Viber, Skype, Tango and other similar services.

My friend was removing/reinstalling Viber again and again i asked the reason. She told that Viber is not allowed in Kuwait.

Kuwait says using voip services is illegal. They are trying to catch people who are still using them.

via Aaqil

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This Time Telenor's Tameer Bank Gets Hacked

Below is the screenshot of defaced home page of Tameer Bank:

Tameer Bank, which is majorly owned and operated by Telenor Pakistan, was tonight hacked by Xploiter, the same hacker who has hacked and defaced over 4 banks in just past one week.

This hacking spree over the last few days has hit almost all major banks of Pakistan. And the message has been quite clear: Secure the websites and infrastructure.

It merits mentioning here that EasyPaisa, one of the largest branch-less banking solution in the world, is jointly operated by Telenor Pakistan and Tameer Bank.

Exploiter once again emphasized the lack of security that resulted into all these hacks. While defacing the homepage of Tameer bank, hacker left following message:

You Didn’t Got Lesson after PKNIC , Soneri Bank and Habib Bank , Allied bank , MCB ‘s infrastructure was Hacked ?

Yesterday i got a News Cyber Act gonna be pass in National Assembly But There Must be a Law for Website developement Cyber Act Going to be Passed Next Month! But There Must be a Law for websites Construction Same Like Building’s Construction.

Poorly Coded Pakistani Websites should not be passed to Be Published, Same Like poorly constructed houses are not passed You Know what I mean, If you add it to your Cyber Act 90% of your Cyber Space will be Secured ! Think

Secured Pakistani Cyber Space Zindabad ! !
Senior Pakistani Hackers Were Here :.

Here is the Zone-H mirror: http://zone-h.com/mirror/id/20333805

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Samsung is Now the World's 14th Largest Company by Revenue

According to a new report by Forbes, Samsung is now the world’s 14th largest company in terms of revenue. It beats Apple by 5 spots, which is at 19th position with a revenue of $178.6 billion to Apple’s $156.5 billion.

Samsung climbed 6 ranks from 20 while Apple took a quantum leap to jump from 55th to 19th position. It also made double the profit than Samsung, 41.7 billion dollars to 20.6 billion profits made by Samsung.

The list also includes several other tech companies, headed by Toyota at 8th, Phillips at 16th, AT&T at 34th, HP at 43rd, Honda at 45th, IBM at 62nd, China Mobile Communications at 71st and Microsoft at 110th. Amazon is way down at 149th and Nokia, further still at 274th. Here’s the entire list.

Still, comparison between Samsung and Apple will be invalid as Samsung makes a variety of products including home appliances while Apple is almost exclusively a computer and software company.

The list is still topped by Shell, the Petroleum company at $481.7 billion and Wal-Mart at $469.2 billion.

Also one thing to note will be that the profits are only for these companies’ fiscal years which ended on 31st of March 2013 so anything which has happened sooner than that hasn’t made it’s way into that report.

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Meezan Bank Joins Hands with Warid and Monet for Branchless Banking

Meezan Bank, Pakistan’s leading Islamic Bank, has announced plans to launch Branchless Banking services in Pakistan very soon. In this regard Meezan Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Monet and Warid Telecom as partners for the rollout of this exciting and important new initiative that will allow people who do not have access to financial services (85 per cent of Pakistan’s population) to avail Islamic banking services.

Through this memorandum, Meezan Bank has joined Bank Alflah and Warid Telecom as founding member to create Mobile Money Network which would be subject to SBP approvals under the branchless banking regulations. The arrangement will give Meezan Bank access to the extensive agent network provided by Monet. Account holders of both Meezan and Monet will be able to send or receive money from each other. This interconnection between two independent branchless banking platforms would be the first of its kind in Pakistan.

The MoU was jointly signed by Meezan Bank’s Chief Operating Officer, Ariful Islam, Warid Telecom’s Chief Commercial Officer, Younus Iqbal Sheikh and Monet’s Chief Executive Officer, Ali Abbas Sikander. Meezan’s Branchless banking platform will enable customers to make domestic remittances, utility bill payments, mobile top-ups etc. “Meezan Bank, as Pakistan’s leading Islamic Bank, endeavours to bring innovative new products and services to its customers and endorses the power of innovation to drive the long term growth” said Ariful Islam. He further added “This will drive collaboration between banks, mobile operators, merchants and distribution networks to bridge the financial services divide between the banked and un-banked customers.”

Arshad Majeed, Group Head Operations of Meezan Bank said “At Meezan Bank we understand that branchless banking will be a critical platform in providing access to financial services in Pakistan. This arrangement will extend benefits of Shariah-compliant branchless banking to millions of Pakistanis.” Muneer Farooqui, CEO of Warid Telecom said “Warid is excited to play its role in the development of a first-of-its-kind financial eco-system with partner banks for our customers and distribution networks. The Warid Payment Gateway is the first step to create a bridge between distribution networks and banks with an independent PSP like Monet”.

Younus Iqbal Sheikh of Warid Telecom said “cellular technology holds the key to development and growth of the economy in developing nations, since their reach is un-matched in terms of connectivity. The Warid Payment Gateway has the potential to revolutionise the way small & large businesses transact on a daily basis in Pakistan with the ultimate beneficiaries being Pakistani citizens, whether it is a cattle farmer selling his products to a multinational dairy on a daily basis, a small business owner making routine payments to suppliers, or a large financial institution making large B2B payments.” Ali Abbas Sikander, CEO of Monet said “We are building an interoperable and collaborative eco-system which benefits all the stakeholders of the financial services in Pakistan to extend outreach to large financially excluded segments.

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