Situational Awareness for Eid-ul-Adha Holidays 2026

The Bangladesh Government's Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOV CIRT), BCC, continues its mission to protect the nation’s digital ecosystem through vigilant monitoring, actionable threat intelligence, and timely incident response. As Eid-ul-Adha approaches, heightened online activity combined with reduced operational presence creates an ideal window for cybercriminals. Over the past week, our Cyber Threat Intelligence Unit has detected the following threat insights:

·       Malware Landscape:

A total of 55+ distinct malware strains were identified during the past week, while 160+ malware variants are currently propagating across the Bangladesh threat landscape. Notable malware families include Android.BadBox2, Android.Vo1d, Avalanche-Andromeda, and Mirai, indicating continued targeting of both mobile devices and IoT ecosystem.

·       IoT & Network Exposure:

More than 17,000+ routers and IoT devices, along with 3,500+ network-connected printers, remain publicly exposed, presenting significant risks of botnet recruitment, unauthorized access, exploitation, and lateral movement within networks.

·       Critical Vulnerability Exploitation:

Threat actors are actively exploiting known high-severity vulnerabilities to gain initial access, execute remote code, and escalate privileges. The following critical CVEs have been observed being actively exploited:

CVE-2026-41940 – WebPros / cPanel

CVE-2021-42013 – Apache HTTP Server

CVE-2017-9841 – PHPUnit Remote Code Execution (RCE)

CVE-2023-20198 – Cisco IOS XE Web UI

Figure: Distribution of Malware Families Detected in Bangladesh

For ALL Users (Individual & Employee):

• Verify all Eid promotional offers, charity requests, delivery notifications, and discount campaigns through official sources; avoid clicking on suspicious or shortened URLs.
• Never share OTPs, PINs, passwords, or login credentials with anyone claiming to represent banks, Mobile Financial Services (MFS) providers, or other service organizations.
• Avoid downloading untrusted Eid greeting applications, fake VPN software, cracked applications, or software from unofficial sources.
• Use strong, unique passwords for all accounts and enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) wherever possible.
• Regularly monitor email, banking, and social media accounts for unauthorized login attempts or unusual activity.

For Organizations (Infrastructure):

• Patch all vulnerable and internet-exposed systems and strengthen DDoS mitigation controls and Web Application Firewall (WAF) protections before the holiday period.
• Ensure continuous 24×7 monitoring of systems, networks, endpoints, and user activities
• Keep all security monitoring and protection solutions (SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, WAF, Email Security Gateways) active, updated, and properly configured.
• Allow remote access only through approved VPN solutions protected with Multi-Factor Authentication.
• Closely monitor privileged, administrative accounts for suspicious, unauthorized, or anomalous activity.
• Restrict or block access from public, untrusted, or high-risk networks and geolocations, where feasible.
• Prohibit the use of outdated, unsupported, or unpatched software, and apply critical security updates.
• Maintain secure offline backups of critical systems; regularly test restoration and recovery procedures.
• Review and control third-party/vendor remote access, and suspend non-essential external connectivity where operationally possible.
• Immediately report any Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), suspicious activities, phishing attempts, or cyber incidents to BGD e-GOV CIRT at cti@cirt.gov.bd or cirt@cirt.gov.bd

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