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Bangladesh faced a 105% rise in cyber incidents from the second to the third quarter of 2024, making it one of the countries with the fastest increase in cyberattacks. It ranks second after Japan (108%) and is closely followed by France (130%), underscoring significant cybersecurity challenges. The “Quarterly Threat Intelligence …

CISA has added a patched critical security flaw in Palo Alto Networks Expedition to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog due to signs of active exploitation. The vulnerability CVE-2024-5910 (CVSS score: 9.3) involves missing authentication in the Expedition migration tool, potentially allowing an admin account takeover. “Palo Alto Expedition contains a …

A new sophisticated scam is targeting Gmail users, using artificial intelligence to manipulate them into giving away account access. This “super realistic AI scam call” includes fake recovery notifications, spoofed phone numbers, and convincing AI voices to trick users. The scam usually starts with an unexpected Gmail account recovery notification …

CISA has issued a warning about a vulnerability in unencrypted persistent cookies in the F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) module. This issue poses a risk for organizations using F5 BIG-IP, as it can be exploited by cybercriminals. CISA warns that cybercriminals are using unencrypted persistent cookies to discover details …

In its recent Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft fixed 118 vulnerabilities, including five zero-day flaws, two of which are currently being exploited. The updates affect multiple Microsoft products, such as Windows, Office, Azure, .NET, and Visual Studio. Zero-Day Vulnerabilities: Among the five zero-day vulnerabilities patched, two were actively exploited in the …

The Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Unit at BGD e-GOV CIRT has discovered a malware campaign involving the Lumma Stealer family. They’ve found that various types of stealer malware are being spread using similar methods. CIRT is monitoring stealer malware campaigns and has found malware that steals sensitive information. Recently, the …

National Attack Surface (NAS) report for the first half of 2024 reveals that 56.6% of cyberattacks in Bangladesh targeted educational institutions, indicating a serious lack of maintenance and updates for school websites, making them highly vulnerable. During this period, 32.4% of attacks targeted government websites, revealing significant security flaws. The …

CISA warns of two serious vulnerabilities in Optigo Networks ONS-S8 Aggregation Switches, which could allow authentication bypass and remote code execution in critical infrastructure. The flaws involve weak authentication, allowing users to bypass password requirements, and issues with validating user input, which could lead to remote code execution, arbitrary file …

In 2023, over 6,500 ransomware attacks were reported, affecting a record 117 countries worldwide after a decline in 2022. Ransomware incidents rose 73% year-over-year to 6,670, with significant increases in June and July linked to a widely used file transfer tool. The Ransomware Task Force, established in 2021 by the …

A threat actor likely operating out of India is relying on various cloud services to conduct cyberattacks against energy, defense, government, telecommunications, and technology entities of Bangladesh, Cloudflare reports. Tracked as SloppyLemming, this group is linked to Outrider Tiger, a threat actor associated with India, previously Crowdstrike said, that uses …