February, 2024

• 7 February

  UAE Banks Federation conduct ‘Cyber Wargaming 2024’

  

  The UAE Banks Federation (UBF) organized the third “Cyber Wargaming 2024” event to protect the banking sector’s digital infrastructure and provide a secure banking experience for customers. This event is supervised by the Central Bank of the UAE and the UAE Government’s Cyber Security Council. It aims to develop the …

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• 7 February

  CISA Released Two Industrial Control Systems Advisories

  

  CISA released two advisories on February 6, 2024. They contain important information about security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits related to Industrial Control Systems (ICS). ICSA-24-037-01 HID Global Encoders: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to read data from reader configuration cards and credentials. Reader configuration cards contain …

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• 6 February

  ‘Safer Internet Conference’ held at jessore

  

  More than 500 students and parents of Jessore learned about safe internet usage from the ‘Safe Internet Conference’ on Sunday. The day-long ‘Safer Internet Conference’ was held at Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park with students, teachers and parents of various educational institutions of Jessore district under the initiative of National …

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• 6 February

  Outlook prompts security notice opening .ICS files

  

  Microsoft is looking into a problem with Outlook security alerts when trying to open .ICS calendar files after installing December 2023 Patch Tuesday Office security updates. Microsoft 365 users report a problem that they receive warning messages when they try to open locally saved ICS files. The messages indicate a …

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• 4 February

  RBI banned financial transactions on Paytm Payment Bank

  

  Reserve Bank of India has banned financial transactions on Paytm Payment Bank. Millions of customers are affected. Whether transactions can be done in Paytm after February 29, what will happen to the money deposited in the Paytm wallet-thousands of such questions are running in the minds of Paytm users. But …

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• 4 February

  Bangladeshi AI based “GenWebbuilder” to create website in 3 minutes

  

  Everyone wants to create a beautiful website to present the brand identity or organization beautifully. In that case, one has to go through various stages including design, development, spend money and appropriate time. In this age of technology, who wants to spend so much time and process, everyone wants a …

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• 4 February

  U.S. Sanctions 6 Iranian Officials for Cyber Attacks

  

  On Feb. 2, 2024, the United States imposed sanctions on six Iranian officials for cyber-attacks in the US and other countries. The sanctions were in response to the Jan. 28, 2024, attack on a US outpost in northeast Jordan near the border with Syria and Iraq, where three American soldiers …

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• 4 February

  50% market share, 15 million annual turnover
  Bangladeshi company lead internet sector in South Sudan

  

  Kamrul Hassan, an ICT entrepreneur, founded IPTech Limited in 2011 in South Sudan to offer training and services, following the country’s independence after a lengthy civil war. The new country needed money to improve its digital infrastructure. Kamrul, an entrepreneur from Bangladesh, saw the chance and took it. In 2012, …

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• 3 February

  CISA Hosts Second Cyber Resilient 911 Symposium

  

  CISA’s Emergency Communications Division (ECD) organized a symposium in the Southeast for the Cyber Resilient 911 (CR911) Program. The symposium included attendees from regions 4 and 6, as well as Delaware, Puerto Rico, West Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The attendees were 911 administrators, representatives from local centers and …

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• 3 February

  AnyDesk confirms breach: Release late Friday advisory

  

  AnyDesk, a German remote access software company, has confirmed that their production systems were compromised in a security incident. They have 170,000 customers worldwide, including Comcast and Thales. The company’s client logins were not working for three days. During this time, the company informed the customers about unexpected maintenance. According …

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