On Tuesday (November 28), Bangladesh Bank has released the list of 31 audit firms qualified to audit the financial reports of banks and non-bank financial institutions. The names of 47 institutions were last published in June 2021. Some institutions were not included in the new list due to various allegations …
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CIRT alert on CVEs
BD CIRT published CVE of f5, Apache, Juniper, Citrix and Atlassian
Bangladesh Government’s Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOV CIRT) proactively releases critical threat intelligence information to ensure the security of Bangladesh’s cyberspace. Following this, CIRT has recently identified critical vulnerabilities for critical information infrastructure (CII). CIRT published cyber alert for critical information infrastructure (CII) on Thursday (23 November). The report …
Read More »In Bangladesh, why number of women in cyber security domain are less?
October is observed globally as “cyber security awareness” month. In continuation of this, meetings, seminars, workshops and training are being organized in Bangladesh at public and private level. Comparatively less presence of women has been noticed in these places. According to a study by Cyber Security Ventures, women will make …
Read More »Bill proposed for “New Development Bank” avail NDB loans
The government is going to make a law to implement the agreement to establish the “New Development Bank”. For this purpose, ‘New Development Bank Bill-2023’ has been raised in the National Parliament. Law Minister Anisul Haque presented the bill in Parliament on behalf of Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. Later, …
Read More »BB grants digital banking licences to Nagad, Kori
Bangladesh Bank has approved the first two digital banks in the country: Nagad Digital Bank Plc and ACI’s “Kori” Digital Bank Plc. The banking regulator decided to issue letters of intent (LoI) to two digital banks in a board meeting today. The board also decided to allow bKash of Brac …
Read More »Hacker announced sale Islamic Bank and law enforcement agencies info
A hacker group has announced the sale of hacked data in their social media’s own group. At the same time, the website of a chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court of Bangladesh is claimed to be hacked by a hacker group claiming them to be Indian. In an announcement on their …
Read More »Wrong NID in CIB of bank, prompt correction order
Many customers have entered National Identity Card (NID) information wrongly in the Bank’s Credit Information Bureau (CIB). As a result, they are getting exemption from default even if they do not repay the loan regularly. In such a situation, the central bank has directed to correct the wrong NID quickly. …
Read More »Who qualified as top 30 team for the final cyber drill on premise?
Top 30 teams have been selected for the final round (On premise) cyber drill of financial institutions and critical information infrastructure (CII) arranged by Computer Incident Response Team BGD e-GOV CIRT. 7 October (Saturday) an online competition has been held at BGD e-Gov CIRT where 65 teams from critical information …
Read More »Bangladesh Bank requested bank & FI to attend cyber drill
B angladesh bank requested the banks and financial institutions to attend the cyber drill arranged by BGD e-Gov CIRT. In a circulation published by Central bank, It has been said that to increase the skill of cyber incident handling BGD e-GOV CIRT arrange a cyber drill which will be held …
Read More »CIRT open registration for financial and CII cyber drill-2023
BGD e-Gov CIRT is going to organize financial and CII cyber drill 2023. Event detail: Pre-selection (Online): 07 October Cyber drill event (Onside): 21 October Registration open: 20 September 2023 Registration close: 03 October 2023 ALSO READ: Microsoft Brings Passkey Support to Windows 11 Rules to be followed: Each team …
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