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Why to study cybersecurity and digital forensics in Nepal? Here’s an expert explanation

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Mazhar Malik, a cybersecurity and digital forensics lecturer
Mazhar Malik, a cybersecurity and digital forensics lecturer

In an age where cybercrime cases are on the rise, the need to create professionals trained in cybersecurity and digital forensics is increasing. Over the course of the past few years, cases related to cybercrime have gone up in Nepal too, which goes to show how important it is for the country to create these professionals.

This shows the need for a course related to cybersecurity and digital forensics, which is increasing in Nepal too and as of now, it is available only at The British College (TBC). The college has brought the degree from the University of West of England (UWE) and has been running it for over a year. The degree, according to lecturers and officials at TBC, is holistic and makes the student industry-ready as it teaches students networking, programming, laws and security and forensic tools that they will learn in a state-of-the-art lab on campus.

To speak about the course, Onlinekhabar caught up with Mazhar Malik, a senior lecturer in cybersecurity and digital forensics at the Department of Computer Science and Creative Technologies at UWE-Bristol. Malik, who has been in the field since 2005, explained what students learn from the course and its importance in today’s world and for a country like Nepal.

Excerpts:

What are cybersecurity and digital forensics? And why are they essential for a country like Nepal?

If you go by definition, cybersecurity is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks. Digital forensics, on the other hand, is a branch of forensic science that focuses on identifying, acquiring, processing, analysing, and reporting data stored electronically. 

If we look at what is happening worldwide, it is clear that cybercrimes are increasing all over the globe as one mostly hears two things. One is cybersecurity and the other is the security of data.

In the past, organisations did not pay enough attention towards investing in cyber security. But when businesses moved to work remotely through the help of the internet, then they realised the importance of cyber security.

So if you look at the banking sector, we…

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Chinese threat actor targets Nepal, the Philippines, and Taiwan. New malware delivery technique. New Trojan can livestream victim’s screen.

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At a glance.

  • Chinese threat actor targets Nepal, the Philippines, and Taiwan.
  • SideCopy goes after Indian entities.
  • New malware delivery technique.
  • New Trojan can livestream victim’s screen.

Chinese threat actor targets Nepal, the Philippines, and Taiwan.

Recorded Future’s Insikt Group is tracking a suspected Chinese government threat actor that’s “targeting telecommunications, academia, research and development, and government organizations in Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, and more historically, Hong Kong.” Specifically, the campaign targeted the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan, Nepal Telecom, and the Department of Information and Communications Technology in the Philippines. The researchers emphasize the significance of targeting the ITRI:

“In particular, the targeting of the ITRI is notable due to its role as a technology research and development institution that has set up and incubated multiple Taiwanese technology firms. According to the ITRI’s website, the organization is particularly focused on research and development projects related to smart living, quality health, sustainable environment, and technology, many of which map to development priorities under China’s 14th 5-year plan, previously highlighted by Insikt Group as likely areas of future Chinese economic espionage efforts. In recent years, Chinese groups have targeted multiple organizations across Taiwan’s semiconductor industry to obtain source code, software development kits, and chip designs.”

SideCopy goes after Indian entities.

Cisco Talos is watching a campaign by the SideCopy APT targeting Indian government personnel. The threat actor, whose activity resembles that of Transparent Tribe (APT36), has incorporated new custom and commodity malware into its operations:

“Cisco Talos has observed an expansion in the activity of SideCopy malware campaigns, targeting entities in India. In the past, the attackers have used malicious LNK files and documents to distribute their staple C#-based RAT. We are calling this malware “CetaRAT.” SideCopy also relies heavily on the use of Allakore RAT, a publicly available Delphi-based RAT. “Recent activity from the group, however, signals a boost in…

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