A phishing campaign is a kind of scam ran through email and intended to snip personal information from victims. Phishing basically depend on a vulnerability we can never fully abolish- human mistakes. The theme of the attack or the lure to attract human errors to commit the mistake depends on surroundings. For example, APWG or Anti Phishing Working Group Q1 2020 report states that cybercriminals...
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As being a full member of FIRST, Bangladesh Government’s Cyber Security unit BGD e-GOV CIRT took part in annual CTF and achieved 19th position among 278 teams from all over the world. FIRST is the global Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams. It is an international confederation of trusted computer incident response teams who cooperatively handle computer security incidents and promote incident prevention programs. It...
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There are many ways to define “Critical Infrastructure,” but what these definitions have in common is most closely conceived of as infrastructure that would affect the economic and national security of a country if it were negatively impacted or eliminated. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security describes critical infrastructure as the resources, structures, and networks, either physical or electronic, so important to the U.S. that...
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What is PCI DSS? The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of security standards formed in 2004 by Visa, MasterCard, Discover Financial Services, JCB International and American Express. Governed by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), the compliance scheme aims to secure credit and debit card transactions against data theft and fraud. While the PCI SSC has...
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Top 10 Malware composition was consistent with February 2020 with the exception of Pushdo and Tinba. Overall, the Top 10 Malware variants comprised 42% of Total Malware activity in March, down from 51% in January. It is highly likely that Dridex, Gh0st, Kovter, and ZueS will continue to make up a significant portion of the Top 10 Malware. In March 2020, malware delivered via malspam...
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