{
  "id": 16585724,
  "title": "Pakistan issues high-alert advisory over phishing and malware attacks via WhatsApp",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/pakistan-issues-high-alert-advisory-over-phishing-and-malware-attacks",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-26T10:01:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1572482/pakistan-issues-high-alert-advisory-over-phishing-and-malware-attacks-via-whatsapp/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pakistan’s National Cyber Emergency Response Team (NCERT) issued a high-alert cyber security advisory regarding targeted phishing and malware attacks. Cybersecurity officials warned that malicious actors are exploiting WhatsApp Web, WhatsApp Desktop, and compromised email channels to infect Windows systems. According to the advisory, cybercriminals impersonate government officials and state…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}