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Ad blocker is an effective tool against government spyware: report

Documents obtained by Israeli news outlet Haaretz revealed that in 2022, Intellexa, a European firm behind the Predator spyware which is equipped to gain access to a target's phone contents in real time, showcased a proof-of-concept system called Aladdin, designed to disseminate phone spyware via online ads. Haaretz reported that the Aladdin system targeted graphic designers and activists under the guise of job offers, demonstrating how the spyware infiltrates devices. However, the status of Aladdin's development and whether it was sold to government entities remains unclear.

ICC loses $2.5m in phishing scam!

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is being linked with reports claiming that it recently fell prey to a massive online scam.

US govt recovers over 300 classified docs from Trump's Florida estate

The US government has recovered more than 300 documents with classified markings from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, including material from the CIA, the National Security Agency and the FBI, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing multiple people briefed on the matter.

Niko graft case: Hearing on plea to produce FBI agent, Canadian cops Jan 3

A special court in Dhaka today fixes January 3 for holding a hearing on a petition seeking permission to produce an FBI special agent and two members of Canadian police in connection with the Niko corruption case.

Trump to nominate Christopher Wray as new FBI director

President Donald Trump, in a surprise Twitter message, says he will nominate former assistant US attorney general Christopher Wray to lead the FBI.

FIFA scandal: Argentine firm agrees to $112.8 mn settlement

Argentine sports marketing company Torneos y Competencias S.A. agreed Tuesday to pay $112.8 million to settle charges in the United States stemming from a massive FIFA corruption scandal, authorities said.

Football: Disrespectful Infantino won't answer my calls, says Blatter

Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says successor Gianni Infantino has showed him no respect by failing to return his phone calls.

Football: FIFA bans Qatari official from Asian vote

World football body FIFA bans a senior Qatari official from running in elections for a seat on its new-look council over an investigation.

Orlando gay nightclub shooting: Who was Omar Mateen?

A gunman who killed dozens of people in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, has been identified as Omar Mateen, a US citizen who had been known to the FBI since 2013.

August 8, 2015
August 8, 2015

FBI offers to help Niloy murder probe

The FBI has shown its interest to help the Dhaka Metropolitan Police investigate the murder of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy, according to police.

June 9, 2015
June 9, 2015

Priyanka Chopra shares leaked image of Quantico (video)

Priyanka Chopra shares a video where she is wrapped in nothing but a flag bearing the emblem of the FBI to promote her latest American TV series Quantico.

May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015

Fifa 'took bribes for 2010 World Cup' - Loretta Lynch

Fifa executives accepted bribes to help secure the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the US Attorney General Loretta Lynch has said.

March 10, 2015
March 10, 2015

Police did not act, says Avijit’s wife

Rafida Ahmed Bonya, wife of murdered blogger-writer Avijit Roy, says she did not get proper cooperation from law enforcers when they came under attack on February 26.

March 10, 2015
March 10, 2015

Get DNA test done by FBI, court tells Avijit murder investigators

A Dhaka court today ordered the Detective Branch (DB) of police to get a DNA test of the Avijit Roy murder evidence done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

March 7, 2015
March 7, 2015

I would have shot Barack Obama: Ohio man

An Ohio man claiming sympathy with Islamic State militants and charged with plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol says he would have shot President Barack Obama in the head

March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015

FBI team visits Avijit murder scene at DU

A four-member team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and detectives are inspecting the crime scene at Dhaka University where writer-blogger Avijit Roy was killed on February 26.

March 6, 2015
March 6, 2015

Sleepwalking to cliff edge?

THE US government has taken two exemplary steps in the wake of the brutal killing of Avijit Roy of Mokto Mona fame when he was returning with his spouse from Ekushey Boi Mela on Thursday last. First, it has flown out of a Dhaka hospital his critically injured wife Bonya Ahmad, taking her under the wings of a US hospital. Secondly, the US authorities are sending an FBI team to investigate Avijit's murder.

March 5, 2015
March 5, 2015

FBI team in Dhaka

A four-member team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrived in Dhaka to help in investigation into the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy.

March 1, 2015
March 1, 2015

Dhaka to engage FBI in Avijit murder probe

Dhaka has decided to take the help of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the murder of blogger Avijit Roy.