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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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February, 2024
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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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3 February
“Wellxpay” fraud trap around Bangladesh
By using the name of Bangladesh Bank license, mobile financial services (MFS) top organization Bkash and the name of one of the entrepreneurs of the information technology sector, Sonia Bashir Kabir, Wellxpay has started spreading false propaganda. The company told various foreign media that Wellxpay has received a Payment Service …
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2 February
Cloudflare Blog
Cloudflare hacked using auth tokens stolen in Okta attack
Cloudflare disclosed that its internal Atlassian server was breached by a suspected ‘nation-state attacker’. The attacker gained access to Cloudflare’s Confluence wiki, Jira bug database, and Bitbucket source code management system. The attacker first accessed Cloudflare’s self-hosted Atlassian server on November 14, and then accessed the company’s Confluence and Jira …
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1 February
‘Synergia’ operation
INTERPOL-led operation targets growing cyber threats
INTERPOL has found around 1,300 suspicious IP addresses and URLs worldwide. These were discovered during their operation against phishing, malware, and ransomware attacks. Operation Synergia was launched from September to November 2023 to address the increasing problem of transnational cybercrime and the need for coordinated action against new cyber threats. …
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