Embassador of the Republic of China to Bangladesh visited BGD e-GOV CIRT
H.E. Mr. Yao Wen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh visited BGD e-GOV CIRT premises on 14 March 2023. CIRT team had the opportunity to briefly describe their operations and achievements. Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak MP, Honorable State Minister of ICT...
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Ambassador of France to Bangladesh, pays a visit to BGD e-GOV CIRT
H.E. Mrs. Marie MASDUPUY, Ambassador of France to Bangladesh, Ambassade de France au Bangladesh – French Embassy in Dhaka, visited BGD e-GOV CIRT premises on 19 February 2023. CIRT team had the opportunity to briefly describe their operations and achievements. Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak MP, Honorable State Minister of ICT...
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Honorable Secretary of ICT Division takes a glimpse over BGD e-GOV CIRT
It was a pleasure to meet Mr. Md. Shamsul Arefin, the recently appointed Secretary to the ICT Division. Mr. Abu Sayed Md. Kamruzzaman NDC, Director General, Digital Security Agency; Mr. Ranajit Kumar, Executive Director (Grade-1), Bangladesh Computer Council, and other high authorities were in his company during the visit. The...
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BGD e-GOV CIRT ranked 2nd in OIC CERT’s Annual Cyber Drill
“The 10th Arab Regional & Oman National CERT Cyber Drill 2022” took place on 7th November 2022 with the theme of “The Rapid Evolving of Cyber Threats Landscape in Parallel with Innovation in Cybersecurity Industry”. 24 teams from different OIC countries participated in the drill. BGD e-GOV CIRT team scored...
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The new open-source tool scans public AWS S3 buckets for secrets
A new open-source ‘S3crets Scanner’ scanner allows researchers and red-teamers to search for ‘secrets’ mistakenly stored in publicly exposed or company’s Amazon AWS S3 storage buckets. Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is a cloud storage service commonly used by companies to store software, services, and data in containers known as buckets....
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Workshop on safe use of social media for women held on the occasion of Cyber Security Month
25th October, 2022 Press Release A workshop on safe use of social media for women was held on 24 October 2022 at the auditorium of Bangladesh Computer Council organized by BGD e-Gov CIRT. Mr. Rubaiyat Bin Modasser, Forensic Analyst of BGD e-Gov CIRT, presented the keynote at the workshop, which...
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Workshop on Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR)
25th October ,2022 Press Release On the occasion of cyber security awareness month, Information and Communication Technology Division and BGD e-GOV CIRT organized a workshop on Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) which is practiced by the ASEAN countries on October 24 2022 in the conference room of Bangladesh Computer Council....
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Signal will remove support for SMS text messages on Android
Signal says it will start to phase out SMS and MMS message support from its Android app to streamline the user experience and prioritize security and privacy. While this announcement may surprise those who don’t know Signal can also be used to manage this type of text message, the Signal...
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Worok: A New Cyber Espionage Group Targeting Private and Local Government Entities Mostly in Asia
A new cyber espionage threat group that has been previously unknown named Worok and has been observed using undocumented tools targeting private and local government entities mostly in Asia. Based on the report by ESET, the group has been active for at least 2020 and observed a significant break in operation from 2021-05...
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The North Korean Lazarus Group Hacked Energy Providers Worldwide
INTRODUCTION Cisco Talos observed North Korean state-sponsored APT Lazarus Group conducting malicious activity between February and July 2022. Lazarus has been previously attributed to the North Korean government by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The entry vectors involve the successful exploitation of vulnerabilities in VMWare products to establish initial...
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