August, 2023

• 8 August

  UK electoral Commission hack exposed data of 40 million voters

  

  The UK’s Electoral Commission was targeted by a “sophisticated cyber-attack”, which led to the personal information of many British voters being exposed. In October 2022, the Commission made a shocking discovery – an attack had been detected on its systems after detecting suspicious activity. Attackers accessed the servers of the …

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• 8 August

  Two-Thirds of UK Sites Vulnerable to Bad Bots: DataDome

  

  DataDome reveals that a staggering 66% of UK websites are unable to block simple bot attacks. As a result, these businesses are left vulnerable to fraud, account breaches, and countless other risks. The security vendor used its BotTester tool to test more than 2400 of the biggest sites in the …

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• 8 August

  Google asks employees to sleep at office campus for $99/night

  

  As the Covid-19 pandemic subsides, offices are finding new ways to motivate employees to return to work. Google is also making efforts to ensure a smooth transition when returning to the campus. The tech giant is offering a discounted hotel stay for $99 per night at a new campus in …

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• 7 August

  Coming “Cyber security act-2023” by September in Bangladesh

  

  Finally, the government has decided to repeal the Digital Security Act-2018. Instead it will now be renamed as the ‘Cyber Security Act-2023’. This decision was taken in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (August 7) morning. Law Minister Anisul Haque told the media this information. …

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• 6 August

  Bangladesh bank alert on cyber attack to bank and financial sectors

  

  Bangladesh Bank alert on a cyber attack on 15 August to the bank and financial institutions. Sunday (6 July) Bangladesh Bank issued the alert. Taken the cyber threat by the threat actor as serious the alert read the following: ALSO READ: 15 August target possible big cyber attack in BD; …

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• 5 August

  Dinajpur police website hacked: BBC report

  

  Hackers have taken control of a website of Dinajpur police, BBC reported. BBC says that  Dinajpur police site has been taken over by hackers since August 4. BBC has shared a post about this. However (August 5) when going to the Dinajpur.police.gov.bd site it is seen “The account has been …

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• 5 August

  Hacker’s new target the mass media of Bangladesh

  

  Hackers have now posted the country’s mass media as the target of hacking. This has been confirmed by the intelligence source of BGD e-Gov CIRT, the government’s cyber issue watchdog. The hacker group wrote in the post, “We will not only attack on websites, increase your tv channel (Broadcast) security …

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• 4 August

  15 August target possible big cyber attack in BD; CIRT Alert

  

  Coming 15 August, there is a possibility to happen a big cyber attack in Bangladeshi infrastructure. This information comes from a situational alert on cyber threats of BD CIRT published on 4 August-2023 Friday. CIRT says, In a response to a declaration made by some religious and ideologically motivated underground …

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• 3 August

  Bangladesh Bank initiatives “Taka Pay” card in December

  

  Bangladesh Bank plans to introduce a national card named “Taka Pay” to decrease reliance on international cards and save foreign currency. Eight local banks will issue the card, which will be under the control of the central bank. All card transactions will be processed by the National Payment Switch in …

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• 3 August

  Daily Cybersecurity Update, August 03, 2023

  

  CareSource falls victim to Cl0p cyber attack, resulting in alleged leakage of patient data. CareSource, the health insurance company, recently fell victim to a malicious ransomware attack orchestrated by the notorious Cl0p group. As a result, there is a possibility that certain confidential patient data has been compromised and leaked. …

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