Covid task force bans passengers from six Gulf countries

Sri Lanka CERT warns of cyber attacks on Microsoft office

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) has warned of cyber attacks on users of Microsoft office. CERT said that with the COVID-19 crisis, cybercriminals are busy scamming and delivering malware using the attention-getting virus as a lure. According to the United States Secret Service (USSS) advisory, attackers are using a two decade old Microsoft Office memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2017-11882), for which Microsoft released a security patch in November 2017. An attacker

10 Apr, 2020

Catholic church forgives 2019 Easter suicide bombers

Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church said Sunday (Apr 12) it had forgiven the suicide bombers behind the attacks that killed at least 279 people last Easter, the AFP news agency reported. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told an Easter mass -?broadcast from a TV studio because of the coronavirus pandemic – that “we offered love to the enemies who tried to destroy us”. “We forgave them,” he said, adding that instead of retaliating, the nation’s Catholic minority had contemplated Jesus’ message of hope, an

12 Apr, 2020

Number of coronavirus patients rises

One more patient infected with COVID-19 was detected today, bringing the total number of infected patients in Sri Lanka to 198. The Ministry of Health said 8 patients infected with the coronavirus were detected today. Earlier today, 7 patients, 6 from Suduwella in Ja- ela and one from Dehiwela, were identified as having contracted the virus. The Ministry of Health said 136 patients, among the infected, have been reported as active cases. A total of 165 patients are under observation in vario

11 Apr, 2020