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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Facebook warns about 400 password-stealing apps! Camera, beauty, VPN apps on the list
The tech giant has uncovered more than 400 malicious Android and iOS apps this year which steal usernames and passwords. 45 out of the 400 apps it found were on iOS, while the rest were on Android. They masquerade themselves as popular services like photo editors, games and VPNs to...
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Microsoft confirms two Exchange Server zero days are being used in cyberattacks
Microsoft confirmed it is investigating two zero days affecting its Exchange Server software late Thursday following a report from Vietnamese cybersecurity firm GTSC that the vulnerabilities are being exploited in the wild. GTSC said it discovered the issues in August while doing security incident monitoring and response, then reported the issue to Microsoft’s Zero...
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Palak for forging partnership with Cyber Wales towards Digital Solidarity
State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak has emphasised the importance of forging partnership with Cyber Wales, a Wales-based representative body to encourage collaboration through clusters, events and competitions and to identify opportunities for the cyber communities, to advance Bangladesh-UK partnership toward Digital Solidarity. The state minister laid the...
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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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Vice Society: a discreet but steady double extortion ransomware group
What is Vice Society? Vice Society is a little-known double extortion group that joined the cybercrime ecosystem a year ago. Since then, it showed a steady activity, encrypting and exfiltrating its victim’s data and threatening their victims to leak their information to pressure them into paying a ransom. Unlike other RaaS (Ransomware-as-a-Service)...
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BGD e-GOV CIRT গত বছরের মত এবারও সকল আর্থিক প্রতিষ্ঠানে কর্মরত সাইবার পেশাজীবিদের অংশগ্রহণের মাধ্যমে তাদের সাইবার নিরাপত্তায় ইন্সিডেন্ট হ্যান্ডলিং বিষয়ে দক্ষতা বৃদ্ধি ও সাইবার নিরাপত্তার ধারণা দেওয়ার জন্য আগামী ২২ অক্টোবর ২০২২ তারিখে Financial Institution Cyber Drill 2022 এর আয়োজন করতে যাচ্ছে। Registration এর জন্য প্রতিটি দলের জন্য ১০,০০০...
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Travel Industry Recovering From Covid Turbulence, Grounded By Cyberattacks
Cybercrime Activities At A Glance Introduction The Aviation industry is a critical, strategic, and economically important sector for any nation. The pandemic-struck industry has started showing signs of gradual recovery after two years of volatility, however, attaining the pre-COVID global travel figures seems still farfetched until mid-2023. Amidst epidemic chaos,...
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New Android Banking Trojan Zanubis Spotted In The Wild.
Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) has been tracking the activities of various Android Banking Trojans such as Hydra, Ermac, and Amextroll, amongst several others. During a routine threat-hunting exercise, we came across a Twitter post where a researcher mentioned a malware sample. After an in-depth analysis, the malware was identified as a new Android...
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