The name of Janata Bank has changed. The new name is ‘Janata Bank PLC’. The Banking Regulations and Policy Department of Bangladesh Bank has informed this information in a circular on Tuesday (August 8). It is said that, as per the provisions of Section 11A(a) of the Companies Act, 1994, …
Read More »UK electoral Commission hack exposed data of 40 million voters
The UK’s Electoral Commission was targeted by a “sophisticated cyber-attack”, which led to the personal information of many British voters being exposed. In October 2022, the Commission made a shocking discovery – an attack had been detected on its systems after detecting suspicious activity. Attackers accessed the servers of the …
Read More »Two-Thirds of UK Sites Vulnerable to Bad Bots: DataDome
DataDome reveals that a staggering 66% of UK websites are unable to block simple bot attacks. As a result, these businesses are left vulnerable to fraud, account breaches, and countless other risks. The security vendor used its BotTester tool to test more than 2400 of the biggest sites in the …
Read More »Google asks employees to sleep at office campus for $99/night
As the Covid-19 pandemic subsides, offices are finding new ways to motivate employees to return to work. Google is also making efforts to ensure a smooth transition when returning to the campus. The tech giant is offering a discounted hotel stay for $99 per night at a new campus in …
Read More »Coming “Cyber security act-2023” by September in Bangladesh
Finally, the government has decided to repeal the Digital Security Act-2018. Instead it will now be renamed as the ‘Cyber Security Act-2023’. This decision was taken in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (August 7) morning. Law Minister Anisul Haque told the media this information. …
Read More »Bangladesh bank alert on cyber attack to bank and financial sectors
Bangladesh Bank alert on a cyber attack on 15 August to the bank and financial institutions. Sunday (6 July) Bangladesh Bank issued the alert. Taken the cyber threat by the threat actor as serious the alert read the following: ALSO READ: 15 August target possible big cyber attack in BD; …
Read More »Dinajpur police website hacked: BBC report
Hackers have taken control of a website of Dinajpur police, BBC reported. BBC says that Dinajpur police site has been taken over by hackers since August 4. BBC has shared a post about this. However (August 5) when going to the Dinajpur.police.gov.bd site it is seen “The account has been …
Read More »Hacker’s new target the mass media of Bangladesh
Hackers have now posted the country’s mass media as the target of hacking. This has been confirmed by the intelligence source of BGD e-Gov CIRT, the government’s cyber issue watchdog. The hacker group wrote in the post, “We will not only attack on websites, increase your tv channel (Broadcast) security …
Read More »15 August target possible big cyber attack in BD; CIRT Alert
Coming 15 August, there is a possibility to happen a big cyber attack in Bangladeshi infrastructure. This information comes from a situational alert on cyber threats of BD CIRT published on 4 August-2023 Friday. CIRT says, In a response to a declaration made by some religious and ideologically motivated underground …
Read More »Bangladesh Bank initiatives “Taka Pay” card in December
Bangladesh Bank plans to introduce a national card named “Taka Pay” to decrease reliance on international cards and save foreign currency. Eight local banks will issue the card, which will be under the control of the central bank. All card transactions will be processed by the National Payment Switch in …
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