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It is known that a consortium of 10 banks named ‘Digi Ten Plc’ has announced investment in Digital Bank. These 10 banks have reported an investment of Tk 127 crore 78 lakh. This alliance includes City Bank, Eastern Bank, Mercantile Bank, Midland Bank, Mutual Trust Bank, NCC Bank, Prime Bank, …

A whopping 52 companies, both domestic and foreign, have submitted applications for licensed digital banking establishments. The following entities are part of this list: commercial banks, mobile financial services (MFS), ride-sharing platforms, food delivery companies, IT service providers, pharmaceutical companies, and both domestic and multinational corporations. ALSO READ: Major vulnerabilities …

Two widely used data center solutions, CyberPower’s PowerPanel Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) platform and Dataprobe’s iBoot Power Distribution Unit (PDU), have been found to have significant security vulnerabilities by researchers. By exploiting these vulnerabilities consecutively, an attacker could obtain complete control over these systems, giving them the ability …

Banglalink, the third-largest telecom operator in Bangladesh, has recently applied for a digital banking license along with its parent company, VEON Ltd. ALSO READ: Dutch-Bangla Bank to invest in digital bank The group aims to expedite Banglalink’s entry into the fintech industry by obtaining a digital banking license. Banglalink announced …

The managing director of Sonali Bank Afzal Karim revealed that Sonali Bank’s £170,000 has been frozen in accounts held by two Myanmar banks due to the imposed US sanctions. The US also asked the Sonali Bank to halt transactions with the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank and Myanmar Investment and Commercial …

Today, Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL) announced its plans to invest in a digital bank and establish two subsidiaries. This strategic move aims to enhance the bank’s presence in the capital market and further expand its business. ALSO READ: 12 institutions faced DDoS attack, Not hacked: BD CIRT DBBL has recently …

Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) Managing Director MD Abul Hossain said that the hacking of the official website of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) is a rumour. ALSO READ: 12 institutions faced DDoS attack, Not hacked: BD CIRT He was speaking to the media after news broke that Indian hackers …

BGD e-Gov CIRT, the country’s cyber issue watchdog, says that DDoS attacks have been detected on the sites of 12 organizations so far. On Wednesday (August 16) this information was confirmed by CIRT Project Director Eng. Saiful Alam Khan. ALSO READ: For security and maintenance NID server was closed: DG …

The National Identity Card (NID) server of the Election Commission (EC) was closed for 38 hours due to maintenance and security. Earlier, Director General (DG) of NID Division Humayun Kabir said that the server was shut down at 12 midnight on December 14. He gave this information at a press …

On August 15, there was a threat of cyber attacks on important institutions in Bangladesh by various hacker groups. Sensing the importance of the issue, the government’s cyber issue watchdog BGD e-Gov CIRT and Bangladesh Bank also issued an alert. After the passing of days, CIRT has detected DDoS attacks …