Bangladesh Cyber Incident Response Team has Issued a Warning About Malware Attacks Around Eid

Officials have warned of a possible cyber-attack on Bangladesh’s financial and other key institutions’ computer systems during the Eid vacations. According to a statement issued by the Digital Security Agency, the affected authorities must install or update anti-DDOS hardware and software. 

Officials believe the warning was sent by the government’s specialized cyber-threat agency as a global cyberwar erupts in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with NATO assisting the latter with arms support. 

The Bangladesh Computer Council’s e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOV CIRT) also recommends all key information facilities’ internal systems be checked and monitored.

Following the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Tarique M Barkatullah, director (operations) of the Digital Security Agency and project director of the BGD e-GOV CIRT, stated “hackers from both sides are using important information infrastructures of different countries to spread botnets and malware and attack each other.” 

Botnets are computer networks infected with malware (such as computer viruses, key loggers, and other malicious code or malware) and remotely controlled by criminals, either for monetary gain or to launch assaults on websites or networks. 

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