International

Kamrul Hassan, an ICT entrepreneur, founded IPTech Limited in 2011 in South Sudan to offer training and services, following the country’s independence after a lengthy civil war. The new country needed money to improve its digital infrastructure. Kamrul, an entrepreneur from Bangladesh, saw the chance and took it. In 2012, …

INTERPOL has found around 1,300 suspicious IP addresses and URLs worldwide. These were discovered during their operation against phishing, malware, and ransomware attacks. Operation Synergia was launched from September to November 2023 to address the increasing problem of transnational cybercrime and the need for coordinated action against new cyber threats. …

Data Privacy Day, also called Data Protection Day in Europe, is a global event that happens every year on January 28. It aims to promote awareness about online privacy, data protection, and ways to protect your personal information in the digital world. It’s a good time to reflect on your …

Cybercriminals now offer services and products to other cybercriminals is a significant development in the last two decades. Cybercrime-as-a-service has made it easier for criminals to get into cybercrime, allowing them to specialize and commit crimes on a larger scale. For instance, instead of coding malware, a criminal can buy …

The UK’s top cybersecurity agency NCSC will form a new group of experts to monitor current and future threats to the country. What is Cyber League? The Cyber League is a new initiative by the NCSC that brings together trusted cyber experts from the NCSC and industry. They aim to …

Calls, messages and videos can be viewed easily using SIM or WiFi on the smartphone. Think about it, what to do if there is no SIM and internet on the phone? Technology is also coming soon, which will allow watching videos on smartphones without SIM and internet. This technology is …

Mandiant and VMware Product Security found that the UNC3886 espionage group has been exploiting CVE-2023-34048 since late 2021, even though it was publicly reported and patched in October 2023. Mandiant found new ways that UNC3886 uses to attack computer systems. They focus on technologies that don’t have EDR protection and …

CISA, the FBI, and the EPA have released a guide to help water and wastewater systems respond to incidents. Over 25 organizations from various sectors contributed to this guide, including private companies, non-profit organizations, and government entities. This collaboration ensured that the guide would be useful for water and wastewater …

The financial industry has seen a 137% rise in Vendor Email Compromise attacks in the past year, according to new data from Abnormal Security. Most threats came from email attacks that tricked people, with the sector getting 200 advanced attacks per week for every 1000 mailboxes. Last year, there were …

The Indonesian government has collected Rp 13.29 trillion ($886.4 million) in digital taxes from 135 technology companies, both domestic and foreign, since 2020. Digital tax revenue has been increasing steadily, reaching Rp 731.4 billion in 2020, Rp 3.9 trillion in 2021, Rp 5.51 trillion in 2022, and Rp 3.15 trillion …