The Bangladesh Bank Heist

Image of Bangladesh Bank to illustrate the cyber heist in 2016

By Tanzeer Hossein The 2016 massive cyberattack on Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh, remains one of the most striking examples of the sophistication of cybercrime. The goal was to steal nearly $1 billion from the bank’s accounts at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Although the target wasn’t met, the attackers still…

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Phishing and the cost of your information

By Aqsa Hussain. Do you remember receiving that email some time ago mentioning ‘Here is an invoice to the flight you recently purchased’ and you immediately thought ‘hmm, what flight? Maybe it was that flight to …?’ There was a time you received an email saying ‘You have been selected as the winner of the…

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