Kaspersky Celebrates Fourfold Growth In MSP Sales Since 2019
In the first three years of its MSP Foundation project, Kaspersky has achieved fourfold growth in sales among its managed service providers. In addition, the number of active partners has increased three and a half times since 2018, with significant growth in countries within Europe, North America, and South Africa. The introduction of a flexible pay-as-you-go monthly subscription payment plan, user-friendly License Management Portal...
Wise Partners With Tencent Financial Technology To Bolster International Money Transfers To China Through Weixin
Wise, the global technology company building the best way to move money around the world, today announced a technology partnership with Tencent Financial Technology which will enable international money transfers to China through Weixin. Weixin (the mainland Chinese version of WeChat), owned and operated by Tencent, is a leading social platform in China. With this latest launch, Wise’s customers will be able to send money from 11...
Sophos Extends Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem with Zero Trust Network Access
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today unveiled Sophos ZTNA, the only zero trust network access (ZTNA) offering that fully integrates with an industry-leading, next-generation endpoint solution – Sophos Intercept X – providing advanced endpoint protection and zero trust network access with a single agent. Sophos ZTNA introduces a transparent and scalable security model for connecting users and devices to...
More Elusive And More Persistent: The Third Known Firmware Bootkit Shows Major Advancement
Kaspersky’s researchers have uncovered the third case of a firmware bootkit in the wild. Dubbed MoonBounce, this malicious implant is hidden within a computer’s Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware, an essential part of computers, in the SPI flash, a storage component external to the hard drive. Such implants are notoriously difficult to remove and are of limited visibility to security products. Having first appeared...
Changes In Consumer Behaviour For The FMCG Industry And What 2022 Holds In Store
According to experts, nearly 40% of all products globally will be sold online by 2026. Recovering from the shock of the pandemic, business leaders are now looking at long-term strategic moves, particularly since the “next normal” looks drastically different than from what we’re used to. Being one the largest markets worldwide, the Fast-Moving-Consumer-Goods (FMCG) industry is also presented with an enormous responsibility— and...
Augmenting The Future Of Customer Interactions With AI & Automation In Malaysia
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation are becoming more widespread. They are also proving to be a major business driver as machines complement human labor. A research by PwC found that AI technology can increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by up to 26% in 2030 for local economies. In Malaysia, AI is a critical enabler as the government aims to boost productivity across all sectors by 30% in 2030 under the National Fourth...
Instarem Launches Mobile App in Malaysia, Making Cross Border Payments Safer, Faster and More Affordable
Instarem, leading digital cross border payments business, today announced that its mobile application is now available in Malaysia, enabling users to send funds effortlessly. The new app will allow instant onboarding for Malaysian Nationals and expats through local partners. Users will be able to access the app with their fingerprint and will be able to transfer instantly to specific destinations via an intuitive function called Quick...
Kaspersky, Policy Experts Discuss Improving ICT Supply Chain Resilience In APAC
For the past two years, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, like the rest of the world, has seen a huge digitalization leap as a result of the pandemic. Given the haste and urgency, cybersecurity measures have taken a back seat, resulting to some high profile ICT supply chain attacks last year. The world has seen some high profile incidents where cyber criminals took advantage of the weaknesses of ICT vendors, and used them as attack...
Amazon Global Selling Malaysia Seller Summit Successfully Held Online
The Amazon Global Selling Malaysia Seller Summit themed “Go Global, Sell on Amazon”, was successfully held online and attracted over 3,000 Malaysian MSMEs. The event is designed to equip Malaysian businesses with the information, skills and tools needed to capture the opportunities in the burgeoning cross-border e-commerce sector. At the event, Amazon Global Selling also highlighted how they will better support sellers in 2022 and...
Get Creative in Office This Chinese New Year
With Chinese New Year just around the corner, many families are preparing for a huge day of celebration. Although Chinese New Year may not be celebrated like how it was in the past years due to the obvious hurdles, there’s still other creative ways in which we can celebrate the occasion. Traditionally, in the days leading up to Chinese New Year, many families organise an open house and invite friends, neighbours, fellow workers, and...