The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024, produced in collaboration with Accenture, examines the cybersecurity trends that will affect economies and societies in the year to come. The report illuminates major findings and puts a spotlight on the widening cyber inequity and the profound impact of emerging technologies. The …
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300+ team registered for “Knight CTF” 2024, registration open
Knight CTF official said, Till now more than 300+ teams from home and abroad registered for the “KnightCFT-2024”. Official expectation is more high to reach the registration up-to 500 + teams. 📅 Event Start: January 20, 2024, at 09:00 PM (Bangladesh Standard Time) ⏳ Event End: January 21, 2024, at …
Read More »Vast Voter Data Leaks Cast Shadow Over Indonesia’s 2024 Presidential Election
Investigators from Resecurity’s HUNTER (HUMINT) have found that Indonesia is increasingly being targeted by cyber-threat actors who have staged attacks that pose significant long-term risks to the integrity of the country’s elections. These findings coincide with the critical and fast-approaching Indonesian presidential election set to take place in February this …
Read More »Juniper warns of critical RCE bug in firewalls and switches
Juniper Networks released security updates to fix a critical vulnerability in its SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches. The vulnerability allows remote code execution (RCE) without authentication. A critical security flaw named CVE-2024-21591 was found in devices’ J-Web configuration interfaces. It can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to gain …
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Google blog post
Google Cloud eliminates data transfer fees
Google Cloud will no longer charge users when they seek to transfer their data to a competitor, the firm has announced. This will apply to all customers globally from today. A blog post announcing the decision also took aim at hyperscaler rivals that have continued to charge such fees, arguing …
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CISA alert
CISA Releases Nine Industrial Control Systems Advisories
CISA issued nine advisories about Industrial Control Systems (ICS) on January 11, 2024, to give timely information about security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits related to ICS. ICSA-24-011-03 Rapid Software LLC Rapid SCADA ICSA-24-011-04 Horner Automation Cscape ICSA-24-011-05 Schneider Electric Easergy Studio ICSA-24-011-06 Siemens Teamcenter Visualization and JT2Go ICSA-24-011-07 Siemens Spectrum …
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Boost Bank and AEON Bank
Two new digital banks start operations in Malaysia
The central bank of Malaysia, Bank Negara, has approved two more digital banks to begin operations. The two banks are Boost Bank, a collaboration between fintech company Boost and RHB Banking Group, and AEON Bank, a subsidiary of AEON Financial Service. In 2022, Bank Negara granted digital banking licenses to …
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CVE-2024-20272
CISCO FIXED CRITICAL UNITY CONNECTION VULNERABILITY
Cisco released updates to fix a security flaw in Unity Connection that could allow an attacker to run commands on the system. The vulnerability CVE-2024-20272 (CVSS score: 7.3) is an arbitrary file upload bug in the web-based management interface. It happens due to a lack of authentication in a specific …
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Talk time decreased 841 crore minutes, SMS by 708 crore
Telecom sector operators in business challenges
The technology change has brought challenges to all sectors. Many sectors are struggling to adapt and some are facing a crisis. Telecom operators are also affected as people are using talktime and SMS less. The usage has decreased significantly in the past year. People nowadays prefer using data-based communication applications …
Read More »CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2023-29357 Microsoft SharePoint Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. CVE-2023-29357 Detail: Description: Microsoft SharePoint …
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