OpenAI has announced a new $1 million Cybersecurity Grant Program to boost and quantify AI-powered cybersecurity capabilities and to foster high-level AI and cybersecurity discourse. The program aims to collaborate with security professionals worldwide to shift the balance of power in cybersecurity. OpenAI plans to do this by leveraging AI …

The BBC and British Airways were both impacted by the data breach suffered by the payroll provider Zellis. As a result of the cyber attack on the payroll provider Zellis, the personal data of employees at the BBC and British Airways has been compromised and exposed. “Zellis, a payroll company …

Just a few days after the MOVEit Transfer flaw was disclosed, threat actors started abusing it. One of them being the Cl0p ransomware group that attacked Zellis, which, in turn, impacted multiple major organizations. Moving on from ransomware attacks, we come to unsecured databases and the resulting data exposure. This …

Google on Monday released security updates to patch a high-severity vulnerability in its Chrome web browser. The vulnerability, known as CVE-2023-3079, is a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript engine. It has been reported that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild. The update is available for …

Dive into the thrilling world of cyber security with this competition, inspired by the first-ever cyber action-thriller movie in Bangladesh, ‘Antarjal’ CTFBD brings you an opportunity to not just watch, but immerse yourself by participating in this CTF competition.  Event Details: Date: 16th June 2023 Time: 4:30 PM – 12:30 …

Crypto heists keep getting worse with every subsequent incident. In one such hack, Atomic Wallet users reportedly lost a collective amount of $35 million in assets. Investigators expect the number to grow. On the ransomware front, the Play ransomware group has been relentless in its pursuit of victims; the latest …

Staff reporter: International media reported that the information of a Bangladeshi health care institution has been leaked. Where it is said, a hacker group named “Siegeed Sec” has gained access to the network of the organization called Telerad Bangladesh. As a result, the company’s important information, databases are under threat. …

A recent Twitter user shared an AI-generated image portraying Tesla CEO Elon Musk as an infant. The post titled “BREAKING: Elon Musk’s anti-aging experiment spiraled out of control” has gained significant traction, accumulating over 2 million views and 35.4k likes to date. While the internet community is buzzing with excitement …

Researchers at firmware and hardware security company Eclypsium discovered that hundreds of motherboard models made by Taiwanese computer components giant Gigabyte include backdoor functionality that could pose a significant risk to organizations. The backdoor was discovered by Eclypsium based on behavior associated with the functionality, which triggered an alert in …

Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record of over 7.4 million accounts in India in April 2023. This is the highest number of accounts banned by WhatsApp in a single month. The accounts were banned for violating WhatsApp’s terms of service, which include rules against spam, abuse, and hate speech. In addition …