Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its various products (macOS Sierra, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iCloud for Windows, Safari, iTunes for Windows). Users and administrators are recommended to visit above links or : https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 for more details and patch the systems before it gets in the hands of attackers. Patch and be safe....
WannaCry Ransomware
Description: Ransomware is a type of malware that blocks access to computer system either by locking the systems screen or by encrypting files and folders. Usually certain amount(ransom) of money (in bitcoin) is demanded for unlocking the files. For most of the new variants of ransomware, prevention has become the only guard since data recovery after attack is almost impossible. WannaCry is a kind of ransomware, also referred online under various names – WCry, WanaCryptor, WannaCrypt or Wana Decryptor. The attack was based upon a security flaw in Microsoft Windows operating systems(Windows XP through 8.1). Although the patch was released...
Cyber Security Workshop
Mr.Adli Wahid, Security Specialist from APNIC(Asia Pacific Network Information Centre) for a 1 day workshop(15th September,2016) at the MoIC Conference Hall, covering Basics of Cybersecurity and Critical Cyber Security Controls. Participants include ICT professionals from the government, autonomous agencies and RBP....
DoS/DDoS Attacks
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NRD CS with NRD AS and BAIP will implement a national cyber security incident response team (BtCIRT) in Bhutan
NRD CS in joint venture with Norway Registers Development AS and BAIP signed an agreement with Department of IT & Telecom under the Ministry of Information & Communications, the Royal Government of Bhutan for the consultancy services to establish BtCIRT, help identify nation’s critical information infrastructure and ensure its protection. “The Royal Government of Bhutan has prioritized ICT as the principal enabler for a knowledge-based society – a society that learns to learn, with a sound development policy inspired by the philology of Gross National Happiness. The department of IT and Telecom (DITT) under the Ministry of Information and...