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A special alert has been issued at all international and domestic airports in Bangladesh due to the threat of cyber attacks. At the same time, 10 special instructions have been given to the airports. A letter of this instruction, signed by Air Commodore Abu Sayeed Mehboob Khan, Member (Planning and …

An organised racket has reportedly siphoned off lakhs from Standard Chartered Bangladesh’s (SCB) credit card holders, raising serious cybersecurity concerns. According to a Bangladesh Bank source, a total of Tk27 lakh was siphoned from the credit cards of 54 customers of Standard Chartered Bangladesh during the last week of August. …

A threat actor claims to have breached Link3, a major IT solutions and internet service provider based in Bangladesh. The data has been put up for sale on a dark web forum. According to the forum post: Link3 is the largest ISP in the country by active subscribers, offering essential …

A new Android malware called SikkahBot is targeting students in Bangladesh by pretending to be official apps from the Bangladesh Education Board. Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) found that this malware has been active since July 2024. According to CRIL, the SikkahBot malware is distributed through shortened URLs, including …

A sophisticated South Asian APT group is conducting a widespread espionage campaign against military personnel and defense organizations in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Turkey. Threat actors are using a multi-stage attack strategy that combines phishing with new Android malware to target the mobile devices of military-related individuals. The campaign …

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BGD e-GOV CIRT alert for a potential risk of cyber attack on Thursday (24.07.2025). In its situational alert, CIRT said, based on current threat intelligence, there is a potential risk of a large-scale cyberattack targeting Bangladesh’s ICT infrastructure in the coming days. CIRT mentioned that the cyber attack focuses on …

On Tuesday, Bangladesh Bank organized a special award ceremony at its headquarters in Dhaka to formally recognize and honor a group of officials from Pan Asia Banking Corporation (PACB), Sri Lanka, for their exemplary vigilance, professionalism, and integrity in preventing a $20 million fraudulent transaction during the 2016 Bangladesh Bank …

Kaspersky’s research says that in 2024, 33.3 million cyber attacks were launched worldwide against mobile devices. The aim of these attacks is to steal important information of a person, including banks, and blackmail them. Grameenphone has launched a new service called ‘GPShield’ in the beta version in the country to …

NID services in Bangladesh are temporarily suspended due to issues with delivering One-Time Passwords (OTP) needed to access the NID server. Institutions using NID services are operating normally, but Election Commission (EC) officials cannot provide services at this time. ASM Humayun Kabir, director general of the Election Commission’s National Identity …