After the happening of seized and resized of ALPHV darksite, a surprising alliance has formed. LockBit and BlackCat/APLHV, two well-known hacker groups, have joined forces to create a ransomware cartel. They aim to unite and resist crackdowns, such as the recent FBI action against ALPHV’s leak website. The announcement was …
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“life2vec” by DTU
AI death calculator predicts your death time, 70% accuracy rate
A new study found that a highly accurate artificial intelligence system, similar to ChatGPT, was trained with the life stories of over a million people. This system can predict individuals’ lives and their risk of early death. Scientists from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have trained an AI model …
Read More »Over 200 Malicious Android Apps Targeting Banks
An Android malware campaign that targets banks has upgraded its capabilities and added more ways to avoid detection. A new report from Zimperium found over 200 harmful apps related to a malicious operation. The report also mentions that the threat actor has been carrying out phishing attacks on financial institutions. …
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Alarming increases deepfake video
India to have regulations tackle deepfakes: IT Minister Vaishnaw
Deepfake technology in India: India has a population of 1.4 billion, making it the second largest country in the world. It also has the second highest number of mobile phones. It is estimated that by the end of 2023, India will have more than a billion smartphone users. Although it …
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Customer suffer since evening
IIG dues 380 crore, 500 Gbps bandwidth down, slow internet countrywide
Internet Service Provider of Bangladesh (ISPAB) president Imdadul Haque said that 500 Gbps bandwidth of 19 IIGs (International Internet Gateways) of the country has been downed to collect dues. He told infosecbulletin that the government should think before taking such a decision where the interests of consumers are involved. Because, …
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CIRT alert on CVEs
BD CIRT published CVE of f5, Apache, Juniper, Citrix and Atlassian
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 …
Read More »Daily Cybersecurity update, November 20, 2023
The fallout from the MOVEit Transfer data breach is growing. The U.S. CMS announced that hundreds of thousands of Medicare recipients were affected. Additionally, the Canadian government revealed a data breach affecting former and current public service employees. On a different note, the INC Ransom group, a new threat, added …
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Chat GPT president resing
OpenAI president Greg Brockman resigns after CEO Sam Altman
Greg Brockman resigned as president and co-founder of OpenAI on Saturday, following the unexpected dismissal of CEO Sam Altman by the company behind ChatGPT. “I’m super proud of what we’ve all built together since starting in my apartment 8 years ago,” Brockman wrote in a post on the social media …
Read More »CERT-In flags Google Chrome vulnerabilities
CERT-In, India’s cyber security watchdog, has discovered several vulnerabilities in the widely-used Google Chrome operating system. These vulnerabilities have the ability to bypass security measures on the targeted system. According to a CERT-In advisory, attackers can exploit vulnerabilities to run unauthorized code, cause a denial of service, and bypass security …
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Kaspersky reveals report
Indian marketers targeted by Delphi-powered malware linked with Vietnam
Vietnamese hackers behind the Ducktail stealer malware recently carried out a new campaign from March to early October 2023. They specifically targeted marketing professionals in India in order to take over Facebook business accounts. “An important feature that sets it apart is that, unlike previous campaigns, which relied on .NET …
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