BRAC Bank stopped cash withdrawals using its cards abroad. This is to promote the use of digital and electronic payment methods and discourage cash transactions, Selim RF Hussain, the managing director of BRAC Bank, made this statement. He said that electronic debits or payments will still work outside Bangladesh, but …
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Web injections back
40+ banks affected by new malware campaign
IBM Security Trusteer researchers found a new malware campaign using JavaScript web injections in March 2023. It’s widespread and evasive, with historical Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) suggesting a possible link to DanaBot. ALSO READ: Chrome adds background scans for compromised passwords Web injections, a technique used by banking trojans, are …
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ACC file cased
3 crore embezzled from 46 accounts of Midland Bank
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against 7 officials including a branch manager of Midland Bank for embezzling Tk 3 crore from 46 customers through fraud and deception according to local media house. On Thursday (December 21), ACC’s Gazipur district office said the assistant director of the organization …
Read More »BB dissolves National Bank board
Bangladesh Bank dissolved the Board of Directors of National Bank. On Thursday (December 21), Bangladesh Bank has issued an order to dissolve the current board of the bank and form a new board. It is known that a new board of seven members has been formed where Ron and Rick …
Read More »5 Islamic banks risk of being frozen out of certain transactions
Five Islamic banks current accounts with Bangladesh Bank are negative, but transactions are ongoing. The central bank has warned that unless the banks meet liquidity requirements within 20 days, transactions will be halted, reported Prothom Alo. According to Three prominent media reports Bangladesh Bank’s Motijheel office has recently given this …
Read More »“Onpassive”, Bangladesh bank alert fraudulent activities
Bangladesh Bank’s Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) warned about the fraudulent activities of the MLM company ‘Onpassive‘. BFIU issued a warning on Thursday (December 14). ALSO READ: Quishing: New Phishing Attacks Tactics Rising The intelligence unit has reported that there have been cases of large-scale embezzlement from ordinary people through different …
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Exclude 21 institutions
Bangladesh Bank released list of valid 31 audit firms
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, …
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