An organised fraud scheme has targeted Standard Chartered Bank’s credit card holders in Bangladesh, siphoning off around BDT 27 lakh in a series of unauthorised transactions in the last week of August 2025, according to a recent report by Dhaka Stream.

Cybersecurity, for many organisations, has become a checklist. Buy this, subscribe to that, tick all the compliance boxes. There's a sort of psychological outsourcing of responsibility.

Two cybersecurity firms have tested OpenAI’s newly released GPT-5, revealing that the AI model remains vulnerable to manipulation despite its advanced safety features. According to separate analyses by NeuralTrust and SPLX, specialised techniques can bypass GPT-5’s guardrails, raising concerns about its readiness for high-stakes enterprise use.

A hacker group known as "Scattered Spider," is targeting the aviation industry, according to Sam Rubin, SVP of Consulting and Threat Intelligence at Unit 42 by Palo Alto Networks.

Meta Platforms' WhatsApp messaging service has been banned from all US House of Representatives devices, according to a memo sent to all House staff on Monday.

According to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), we have over 132 million internet users in Bangladesh. This online presence has transformed how people live, work, and communicate. Yet, it also exposes Bangladesh to a growing amount of cyber threats. As more critical services and personal data move online, the urgency to strengthen cybersecurity has never been greater. 

An international law enforcement effort led by European, North American and British authorities has dismantled a malware distribution network, neutralising more than 300 servers and seizing 3.5 million euros in cryptocurrency, according to a recent report by Reuters.

Governments around the world are struggling to contain the rapid spread of a multibillion‑dollar cyber scam industry that emerged in Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar, has now taken root in South America, Africa and Eastern Europe, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently said, according to a recent Reuters report.

Bangladesh’s ICT Division, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has released a draft version of the ‘National Digital Transformation Strategy’ on February 16, 2025.

The FBI has recently conducted a large-scale operation to hack approximately 4,200 computers across the United States, targeting the removal of PlugX, a malware linked to Chinese state-backed hacking groups, according to the US Department of Justice.

A critical flaw in Google’s OAuth authentication system, a way for users to grant third-party applications access to their Google account information without sharing their password, has left millions of user accounts vulnerable to potential data theft, according to a recent report by Truffle security, an open-source security project.

Sophos, a cybersecurity solutions company, has released its cybersecurity predictions for 2025, highlighting critical trends, emerging trends, and issues such as vulnerabilities in artificial intelligence systems, the persistence of ransomware, and new attacker tactics.

The Cyber Defence Innovation Challenge (CDIC) was a multi-phase competition encouraging creative approaches to cyber safety.

The campaign sought to tackle the vulnerabilities arising from Bangladesh’s rapid digital transformation.

Cyber-attacks are on the rise in Bangladesh, highlighting the need for robust security.

Sophos, a cybersecurity solutions company, has recently released a new report titled “Pacific Rim,” revealing its five-year-long defensive and counter-offensive operations against a complex network of cyber adversaries, allegedly linked to China, that have targeted critical infrastructure across Southeast Asia.

A single breach can lead to disastrous outcomes, causing financial loss, reputational damage, and operational disruption. This risk means businesses need to adopt more effective threat response mechanisms to defend against the evolving threat landscape.

Kaspersky Labs, the Russia-based cybersecurity firm, has stated on its US website that the company will be leaving the United States. This announcement took place about a month after the US government banned Kaspersky from selling its antivirus software in the country.

Businesses around the world are becoming more adept at handling cybersecurity, thus leading to a global decrease in cyber insurance premiums, states a recent report by Howden Insurance, a global broker firm.

Security is one of the major aspects in our life that we think about on a daily basis. In today's environment, cyber risks are just as significant as physical ones. The demand for cybersecurity, a word used to describe defence against threats related to the internet, has grown dramatically as society becomes increasingly digitally oriented.