Volume 03 Issue 09

Last updated on October 19, 2022

Volume 03 Issue 09- 20^th September 2022

Should you accept cookies?

When it comes to make the decision of whether to accept or reject cookies, two key questions should be concerned.

Find what are they

What is the most downloaded app in 2021? TikTok: 656 million
https://www.forbes.com
Approximately 21% of Americans can’t remember their own phone numbers
https://www.digitalinformationworld.com
While 56% of UK parents worry that their child is being cyber bullied and 37% worried that their child could be a cyber bully themselves
https://www.aol.com
Internet users have increased by 3.7% over the past 12 months, reaching 5.03 billion in July 2022
https://datareportal.com

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Alert (AA22-228A)
Threat Actors Exploiting Multiple CVEs Against Zimbra Collaboration Suite

Cyber threat actors may be targeting unpatched ZCS instances in both government and private sector networks.
https://www.cisa.gov

Atlassian Releases Security Update for Bitbucket Server and Data Center

Atlassian has released an advisory that addresses a critical command injection vulnerability.
https://digital.nhs.uk

Ransomware attacks on Linux to surge

Trend Micro predicted that ransomware groups will increasingly target Linux servers and embedded systems over the coming years.
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com

Cyber News

Police Unit ready to crackdown crime in the cyberspace

Cybercrime is the latest challenge faced by Sri Lanka Police, given the advancement of technology over the years, challenging conventional crime-solving tools.
https://www.newsfirst.lk

Hackers created an enormous traffic jam in Moscow

Hackers meddled with ride-hailing service Yandex Taxi to create a two-hour-long traffic jam in the Russian capital.
https://cybernews.com

Man targets elderly in cyber fraud scams, ordered to pay over $200,000 to his victims

A Lawrenceville man pleaded guilty to his involvement in cyber fraud scams against the elderly.
https://news.yahoo.com

High paying easy Job

Savinu was looking for jobs after he got his A/L results. He was applying for various jobs and one fine day he got a message on WhatsApp from a job he applied.

Savinu was very excited……………..

Check what happened next

Awareness Programmes

Past Events:

An online awareness session of Hithawathi – cyber harassments and cyber crimes , was held on 20th August 2022 via Zoom – which was organized by Lanka Jana Pauwra for their members.
An awareness session of Hithawathi – Cyber Harassments, was held on 29th August 2022 at Ibbagamuwa zonal computer resource center – which was organized by Ibbagamuwa Zonal Education Office. There were about 100 students participated for this session.

Movie Hint

Cyber Crime (2019)

Cyber Crime is a highly informative documentary that showcases ten different real-life Cyber Security experts discussing cyber hacking incidents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-STMs_d529Y

GADGET
Internet of Diaper

The senses of infants have not yet matured, while the physical functions of the elderly gradually degenerate with age. This is an unique and special life intersection.
https://www.hackster.io/Multimedia_Egg/internet-of-diaper-d62cae