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The Submarine Cable Company has limited bandwidth services for collecting dues from 19 International Internet Gateway (IIG) companies in the country. This has resulted in many customers experiencing slow internet service. Bangladesh Submarine Cables PLC (BSCPLC), an organization under the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology, reduced the bandwidth …

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 …

“To support country’s growing digital economy, protecting sensitive data with cost saving ‘purpose-built data center’ is needed” according to Md. Shoroer Morshed Porag, Managing Director of DataHub Asia. He remarked this on a seminar held Tuesday (21 November) at Dhaka titled “Purpose-Built Data center: Destination of Choice” arranged by DataHub …

Bangladeshi political parties are fueling tensions in the lead up to the 12th National Assembly elections. The tensions have spread to social media. Parties frequently post on Facebook about the program, violence, leaders’ statements, and counter-accusations. Page followers react with love, like, wow, haha. A study shows that people’s reaction …

On Thursday (16 November), Meghna Cloud, which is Bangladesh’s premier-tier 4 data center, hosted the “Smart Bangladesh Cyber Security” event. This initiative aims to strengthen the country’s cybersecurity infrastructure. ICT secretary Md. Shamsul Arefin, Director general of Digital security agency Abu Sayed Md. Kamruzzaman, NDC, Executive Director of BCC Ranajit …

A seminar titled ‘Cyber Awareness’ has been held in Rajshahi to raise awareness about cyber security laws and regulations. This seminar was held in the conference room of the Divisional Commissioner Rajshahi on Friday (November 10) morning organized by the Digital Security Agency and Information and Communication Technology Division. Rajshahi …

A new influencer called “Marvella” has been revealed in the “Marvel of Tomorrow: Season 3” award program. Marvella is Bangladesh’s first AI-generated influencer. This creation is a collaborative effort between “The Wider Collective” and “The Marvel – Be You”. ALSO READ: A Bangladeshi girl journey at TESLA Marvella, as explained …

Today (04 November) Saturday a day long “Flag Hunt-2023” and “cyber security conference” is being held at MIST powered by the IT Directorate, Bangladesh Army. 29 teams from different places across the country are competing among others to secure the first place till 3 PM. After the CTF,  there are …

In its Q2 2023 Global Ransomware Report, Corvus noted a significant resurgence in global ransomware attacks, which has continued through the third quarter. Now, with two months remaining in the year, the number of ransomware victims in 2023 has already surpassed what was observed for 2021 and 2022. If the …