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International

Summit group to develop its 1st data center in Bangladesh

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Bangladeshi conglomerate Summit Group is entering Bangladesh’s rapidly growing data center market and plans to start working with an external business partner within a year, its chairman told in a recent interview. The first data center would utilize the gas generation capacity of Summit Power International, the group’s energy arm …

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New “WhatsApp Crypt Tool” for Encrypting and Decrypting WhatsApp Backups

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Developer ElDavoo unveils a new open source tool named “WhatsApp Crypt Tools” . It makes it easier to access WhatsApp’s end-to-end encrypted backups, which hold chat histories, media, and metadata in SQLite databases or ZIP files. The wa-crypt-tools program, available on GitHub, decrypts and encrypts .crypt12, .crypt14, and .crypt15 files …

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2025: Top cybersecurity and cyberattack stories

The cybersecurity landscape in 2025 saw an increase in the scale and sophistication of cyber threats. Nation-states, organized crime, and hybrid groups blurred the lines between espionage and financial crime, while supply chain weaknesses and social engineering became major attack methods. Massive data theft targeting cloud platforms like Salesforce exposed …

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FBI seizes domain storing stolen U.S. bank credentials

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The U.S. government has taken control of the ‘web3adspanels.org’ domain and the database used by cybercriminals to store stolen bank login information. Cybercriminals stole credentials from American citizens through phishing campaigns using fake ads on Google and Bing that directed users to bogus banking sites. The confirmed financial loss is …

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Over 100 Cisco Secure Email Devices Exposed to Zero‑Day Attack

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Security researchers found at least 120 Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager devices vulnerable to a critical zero-day flaw that is being actively exploited. CVE-2025-20393 is a vulnerability with no patch available, putting organizations at risk. Threat intelligence from Shadowserver Foundation indicates that vulnerable devices …

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U.S Charged a Bangladeshi Nationalist For Fake ID Marketplace Scheme

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A federal grand jury has indicted a Bangladeshi national for operating online marketplaces that sold fake identity document templates to customers worldwide, prosecutors announced today. Zahid Hasan, 29, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, faces nine federal charges for running websites that sold digital templates of fraudulent passports, social security cards, and driver’s …

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NIST issues draft AI cybersecurity framework profile for AI era

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a draft Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Artificial Intelligence to guide secure AI adoption. The draft modifies the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 to help organizations manage and communicate cybersecurity risks associated with AI. CSF 2.0 structures risk management around key …

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17 Firefox Extensions Hide Malware in Icon Files, Compromising Thousands of Users

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At least 17 Firefox extensions managed to evade detection by hiding malware in their icons. Thousands of users have been compromised, and these harmful add-ons remain accessible on the Firefox platform. Koi Security found 17 Firefox extensions that look safe, with no visible malicious scripts. They offer services like “free …

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Big Tech Unveils AI Agent Standards Foundation Like HTTP

Integrating AI agents into corporate workflows can boost productivity, but it requires collaboration between AI developers and software firms implementing these agents. In response, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have joined forces to establish the ‘Agentic Artificial Intelligence Foundation’ for AI agent standardization. A report from The Information states …

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