CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 9: The APWG's new Phishing Activity Trends Report shows that the number of phishing assaults witnessed by APWG members increased during 2020, wholly doubling over the course of the year. Attacks topped in October 2020, with a high of 225,304 new phishing sites appearing in that month alone, breaking all earlier monthly records. In Brazil, security firm Axur saw a slower growth in the number of phishing attacks that targeted Brazilian companies and consumers in Brazil. But overall, Axur observed almost twice as many such phishing sites in 2020 as it did in 2019, a concerning year-over-year growth. APWG contributor OpSec Security found that phishing that targeted financial institutions was the largest category of phishing in the fourth quarter, at 22.5 percent of all attacks. This category nosed out webmail and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), which experienced 22.2 percent of all attacks. Phishing against the social media sector declined slightly to 11.8...
Against the backdrop of the strained relations between India and Bangladesh with the minority Hindu community being persecuted brutally, a Bangladeshi BNP leader's bizarre remarks that doctors in West Bengal would be forced to take to the streets with begging bowls in the absence of Bangladeshi patients have evolved strong reactions from Kolkata based doctors. A number of doctors have rubbished the claims made by the Bangladeshi leader saying that it would only have an adverse impact on the Bangladeshis patients who flock to the city hospitals in large numbers to get specialised treatment. With Bangladesh lacking a suitable medical infrastructure to cater to the comprehensive treatment of its nationals, the comments by the BNP leader is totally misleading. With the Government of India imposing severe restrictions on issuing visas to citizens of the neighbouring country, the number of patients from Bangladesh coming to Kolkata for medical assistance has sharply declined and a major...
The presence of Bangladeshi terrorist groups in West Bengal has emerged as a grave concern for national security. Intelligence reports and sporadic incidents point towards the infiltration of these extremist organizations, primarily originating from Bangladesh. This disturbing trend poses a multifaceted threat to India's internal security, economic stability, and regional peace. The porous border between India and Bangladesh offers fertile ground for the movement of militants. The lack of adequate border infrastructure and manpower makes it difficult to effectively monitor and control cross-border activities. Exploiting this vulnerability, terrorist groups like the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) have established a foothold in the state. The presence of these groups has been linked to various acts of violence, including bombings, targeted killings, and recruitment drives. Their aim is to destabilize the region, instigate...
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