Feedback can be given within 14 days through the website on the ‘Cyber Security Act-2023’, ICT State Minister Junaid Ahmed Palak gave this information at a press conference regarding the repeal of Security Act-2018 and presentation and notification of proposed Cyber Security Act-2023 at Agargaon ICT Tower on Thursday (August …
Read More »5 Institutions add to CII list: ICT State minister
BRTA, Vaccine Management System, Health Department’s MIS, Land Record System, Rural Electricity will be added to the Critical Information Infrastructure or (CII) list, said ICT State Minister Zunayed Ahmed Palak. He gave this information to the journalists after the review meeting to the progress of preparation on possible cyber attack …
Read More »Janata Bank Ltd. is now “Janata Bank PLC”
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 …
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