January, 2024

• 14 January

  The US central bank suffered huge financial losses

  

  The Federal Reserve is expecting significant losses in 2023, mainly due to higher costs. This was announced by the central bank of the United States last Friday. The interest rate was raised to reduce the money supply, causing commercial banks and other institutions to pay more interest on reserves at …

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• 14 January

  World Economic Forum
  Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024: WEF report

  

  The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024, produced in collaboration with Accenture, examines the cybersecurity trends that will affect economies and societies in the year to come. The report illuminates major findings and puts a spotlight on the widening cyber inequity and the profound impact of emerging technologies. The …

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• 13 January

  300+ team registered for “Knight CTF” 2024, registration open

  

  Knight CTF official said, Till now more than 300+ teams from home and abroad registered for the “KnightCFT-2024”. Official expectation is more high to reach the registration up-to 500 + teams. 📅 Event Start: January 20, 2024, at 09:00 PM (Bangladesh Standard Time) ⏳ Event End: January 21, 2024, at …

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• 13 January

  Vast Voter Data Leaks Cast Shadow Over Indonesia’s 2024 Presidential Election

  

  Investigators from Resecurity’s HUNTER (HUMINT) have found that Indonesia is increasingly being targeted by cyber-threat actors who have staged attacks that pose significant long-term risks to the integrity of the country’s elections. These findings coincide with the critical and fast-approaching Indonesian presidential election set to take place in February this …

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• 13 January

  Juniper warns of critical RCE bug in firewalls and switches

  

  Juniper Networks released security updates to fix a critical vulnerability in its SRX Series firewalls and EX Series switches. The vulnerability allows remote code execution (RCE) without authentication. A critical security flaw named CVE-2024-21591 was found in devices’ J-Web configuration interfaces. It can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to gain …

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• 12 January

  Google blog post
  Google Cloud eliminates data transfer fees

  

  Google Cloud will no longer charge users when they seek to transfer their data to a competitor, the firm has announced. This will apply to all customers globally from today. A blog post announcing the decision also took aim at hyperscaler rivals that have continued to charge such fees, arguing …

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• 12 January

  CISA alert
  CISA Releases Nine Industrial Control Systems Advisories

  

  CISA issued nine advisories about Industrial Control Systems (ICS) on January 11, 2024, to give timely information about security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits related to ICS. ICSA-24-011-03 Rapid Software LLC Rapid SCADA ICSA-24-011-04 Horner Automation Cscape ICSA-24-011-05 Schneider Electric Easergy Studio ICSA-24-011-06 Siemens Teamcenter Visualization and JT2Go ICSA-24-011-07 Siemens Spectrum …

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• 11 January

  Boost Bank and AEON Bank
  Two new digital banks start operations in Malaysia

  

  The central bank of Malaysia, Bank Negara, has approved two more digital banks to begin operations. The two banks are Boost Bank, a collaboration between fintech company Boost and RHB Banking Group, and AEON Bank, a subsidiary of AEON Financial Service. In 2022, Bank Negara granted digital banking licenses to …

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• 11 January

  CVE-2024-20272
  CISCO FIXED CRITICAL UNITY CONNECTION VULNERABILITY

  

  Cisco released updates to fix a security flaw in Unity Connection that could allow an attacker to run commands on the system. The vulnerability CVE-2024-20272 (CVSS score: 7.3) is an arbitrary file upload bug in the web-based management interface. It happens due to a lack of authentication in a specific …

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• 11 January

  Talk time decreased 841 crore minutes, SMS by 708 crore
  Telecom sector operators in business challenges

  

  The technology change has brought challenges to all sectors. Many sectors are struggling to adapt and some are facing a crisis. Telecom operators are also affected as people are using talktime and SMS less. The usage has decreased significantly in the past year. People nowadays prefer using data-based communication applications …

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