July, 2024

• 7 July

  ISPC first get together held with a festive look

  

  First get together of information security professionals community (ISPC) was held at Dhaka with a festive look with the participation of 70+ professionals from different organizations at Dhaka. At get together, the attendees discussed how can ISPC be well structured for the professionals. Someone proposed to form ISPC a professional …

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• 6 July

  ISACA Dhaka chapter election
  Iqbal hossain president, Azad secretary for ISACA Dhaka chapter

  

  Mohammed Iqbal Hossain has been elected as the president of ISACA Dhaka chapter and Md. Abul Kalam Azad has been reelected as secretary. Saturday (6 July) from 4 pm to 6.30 pm, 150+ member cast their vote to elect their candidates for ISACA Dhaka chapter. This year 23 candidates fight …

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• 6 July

  Emerging Eldorado ransomware focuses on Windows, VMware ESXi VMs

  

  A new ransomware named Eldorado appeared in March and has locker versions for VMware ESXi and Windows. The gang has claimed 16 victims, mostly in the U.S., in various sectors including real estate, education, healthcare, and manufacturing. Researchers from Group-IB observed the activity of Eldorado. They found that the operators …

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• 5 July

  OVHcloud faces record 840 million DDoS Attack Using MikroTik Routers

  

  French cloud computing firm OVHcloud recently handled the largest DDoS attack in terms of packet rate. This attack occurred during a period of increasing intensity in DDoS attacks. According to the cloud provider, packet rate DDoS attacks are very effective because they are harder to stop than attacks with fewer, …

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• 5 July

  New report; Polyfill[.]io Attack Impacts Over 380,000 Hosts

  

  The web development community was affected by a supply chain attack on the popular Polyfill.io JavaScript library last week. Polyfill.js supports modern tools on older web browsers for cross-compatibility. In February 2024, the Polyfill.io domain and GitHub account were acquired by Funnull, a Chinese CDN company. This raised concerns about …

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• 5 July

  Apache HTTP Server Update Patches Critical Source Code Disclosure Flaw

  

  Apache Software Foundation released Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.61 to fix a serious source code disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2024-39884). This flaw could expose sensitive server information to malicious actors. The CVE-2024-39884 vulnerability is caused by a problem in how old content-type configurations are managed. The “AddType” directive and similar settings, when …

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• 4 July

  Microsoft Uncovers Flaws in Rockwell Automation PanelView Plus

  

  Microsoft’s cybersecurity team found two major vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation’s PanelView Plus, a widely used human-machine interface in industrial settings. There are two vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-2071 and CVE-2023-29464, that can be used by attackers without authentication. They can use these vulnerabilities for remote code execution (RCE) and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. The …

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• 4 July

  Researchers detect 28 new Ransomwares in June

  

  Cybersecurity experts found 28 new types of ransomware in June. These malicious programs are a big threat to individuals and businesses. Cybercriminals are improving their tactics with each new variant, making it harder to detect and stop them. Ransomware encrypts important data, making it impossible for users to access. Afterward, …

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• 3 July

  Vote for DHAKA, Vote for ISACA at 6 July

  

  ISACA Dhaka Chapter election is going to be held on Saturday (6 July) 2024. This year 23 candidates will fight each other for 13 posts. Dr. Ijazul Haque and Mohammed Iqbal Hossain will fight each other for the post of president on the other hand S M Mizanur Rahman and …

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• 3 July

  Google to pays $250,000 for KVM zero-day vulnerabilities

  

  Google launched a new bug bounty program called kvmCTF to enhance the security of its Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor. This program offers up to $250,000 as a reward to security researchers who successfully achieve a full virtual machine (VM) escape exploit. KVM, an open-source hypervisor, is important in consumer …

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