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 …
Read More »Daily Cybersecurity Update, August 03, 2023
CareSource falls victim to Cl0p cyber attack, resulting in alleged leakage of patient data. CareSource, the health insurance company, recently fell victim to a malicious ransomware attack orchestrated by the notorious Cl0p group. As a result, there is a possibility that certain confidential patient data has been compromised and leaked. …
Read More »OT/IoT Malware Surges Tenfold in First Half of 2023
According to Nozomi Networks, cyber threats related to malware in operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) environments have increased tenfold in the first six months of 2023 compared to the previous six months. The latest Nozomi Networks Labs OT & IoT Security Report was compiled by the security …
Read More »“Mysterious team Bangladesh”, Group IB-report-hacktivists
A hacker group named ‘Mysterious Team Bangladesh’ has been accused of defacing 78 websites with 750 DDoS attacks worldwide since June last year. A Singapore-based cyber security firm called ‘Group-IB’ has termed the hacker group as ‘hacktivists’. Hacktivists are those who attack computer systems mainly for political reasons without any …
Read More »Bank Asia Managing Director resigned
Managing Director (MD) of Bank Asia Arif Billah Adil Chowdhury has resigned due to personal reasons not debt irregularities. He submitted his resignation late last week. The company accepted his resignation and granted him leave till October 21. At the same time, additional MD Shafiuzzaman has been given the current …
Read More »Ransomware delivery Via URLs: Reports Unit 42
Threat actors are resorting to employing URLs to send ransomware, as they constantly search for innovative methods to deceive victims and bypass their defenses. They are employing more and more sophisticated tactics to distribute their ransomware is making their actions more dynamic. Threat actors often use different versions of ransomware …
Read More »Bangladesh Bank server outage, RTGS transaction disrupted
Transactions in Bangladesh Bank’s Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system have been disrupted due to a server error. It caused problems in the settlement of inter-bank transactions after 4 pm on Monday (July 31). A senior official of a private bank said that there is a problem with RTGS. As …
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