Monday , September 9 2024

Police will not be able to check citizens’ devices under new law: Law Minister

Digital Security Act is being replaced to Cyber Security Act-2023. Under this law, the term of sentence has been reduced, there is provision for bail. The police will not be able to check citizens’ devices under the new law.

Law Minister Anisul Haque said these in a press conference at Agargoan Thursday (10 August) . The government will take two weeks to comment on the proposed cyber securityact-2023.

Progress LoadMaster exposed to a critical 10/10 vulnerability

Progress Software released an emergency fix for a critical vulnerability (10/10) in its Loadmaster and LoadMaster Multi-Tenant Hypervisor products, which...
Read More
Progress LoadMaster exposed to a critical 10/10 vulnerability

Cisco released security updates for two critical security flaws

CISCO released security updates for two critical security flaws impacting its smart Licensing Utility that could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers...
Read More
Cisco released security updates for two critical security flaws

OpenBAS: Cutting-edge breach and attack simulation platform

OpenBAS is a platform that helps organizations to plan, schedule, and conduct crisis exercises, adversary simulations, and breach simulations. OpenBAS...
Read More
OpenBAS: Cutting-edge breach and attack simulation platform

Critical Security Flaws Patched in Zyxel Networking Devices

Zyxel has released software updates to fix a serious security issue in certain access point (AP) and security router versions....
Read More
Critical Security Flaws Patched in Zyxel Networking Devices

CVE-2024-38811: CEV In VMware Fusion Unveiled

VMware released a security advisory for a major vulnerability in the VMware Fusion product. This vulnerability could be exploited by...
Read More
CVE-2024-38811: CEV In VMware Fusion Unveiled

CERT-IN Warns Vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks applications

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN) issued advisories about multiple vulnerabilities in various Palo Alto Networks applications. Attackers could exploit...
Read More
CERT-IN Warns Vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks applications

How Malaysia’s Data Centre Industry Poised for Growth

Malaysia is quickly becoming a leading choice for investing in data centers. It aims to generate RM3.6 billion (US$781 million)...
Read More
How Malaysia’s Data Centre Industry Poised for Growth

RansomHub exfiltrated data over 210 victims: US alert

US authorities have issued a cybersecurity advisory about a ransomware group called RansomHub. The group is thought to have stolen data...
Read More
RansomHub exfiltrated data over 210 victims: US alert

Godzilla Fileless Backdoor Exploits Atlassian Confluence flaw

There is a new way to attack Atlassian Confluence using the vulnerability CVE-2023-22527. The Confluence Data Center and Server products...
Read More
Godzilla Fileless Backdoor Exploits Atlassian Confluence flaw

New Cicada ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers

The Cicada3301 ransomware is made in Rust and attacks Windows and Linux/ESXi hosts. Truesec researchers examined a version that targets...
Read More
New Cicada ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers

Law Minister Anisul Haque claimed that there is a criticism of new law but this criticism is not acceptable. According to him, the Cyber Security Act has been made to prevent misuse of digital laws.

ALSO READ:

“Cyber security act-2023” feedback open for 14 days

In the question and answer session, the Law Minister answered the questions of the journalists about various sections and penalties of the law. He said that the police will not be able to check the personal device of the citizen under the new law. The law minister also claimed that although this law has a maximum penalty of Tk 25 lakh, it is not always applicable.

On Monday (August 7), the Cabinet meeting approved the Cyber Security Act, almost all of the much-discussed Digital Security Act remained in the proposed law, so the question of many was whether the Digital Security Act is repealed?

Palak said that the draft of the proposed cyber security law was given on the website on Wednesday. The opinion of the participants will be taken. Two weeks have been fixed for this purpose.

Check Also

bd flag

Bangladesh faces 50,000 cyber attack last 10 days: Minister Palak

State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunayed Ahmed Palak said that 8 websites …

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *