Q1 2020: Over 200k Ransomware Attempts Blocked Against SMBs in SEA
29 May 2020 – Three years after the headline-grabbing Wannacry ransomware wreaked havoc thousands of IT systems around the globe, data from Kaspersky for Southeast Asia (SEA) prove the threat is still present particularly against small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the region. Ransomware is a type of cyberware that is designed to extort money from an individual or a company. Often, ransomware will demand a payment in order to...
April 2020: Malaysian Visited Google Sites Most, Followed by Facebook
29 May 2020 – Comscore, a trusted partner for planning, transacting and evaluating media across platforms, just released Malaysia Digital Rankings report for April 2020. According to the report, the top 10 properties as below:...
Touchpoint International Launches Malaysia’s First All-In-One, Personalized Mobile Platform M Squared
28 May 2020 – Touchpoint International Sdn Bhd has launched its mobile application named M Squared, the Malaysia’s first all-in-one, personalised mobile platform created to make your life easier. M Squared is designed to help commercial, government and social communities connect and interact digitally on just one platform. Touchpoint is aiming to make M Squared to be the only app to Malaysian for all their daily interactions...
Chris Newkirk As Visa’s New Chief Strategy Officer
28 May 2020 – Visa announced today that Chris Newkirk will join the company in the newly created position of Chief Strategy Officer. In this capacity, Mr. Newkirk will lead the Corporate Strategy organization to drive strategic planning for Visa overall, and in partnership with Visa’s regional teams. He will be a member of the Executive Committee and report to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Al Kelly. Mr. Newkirk will begin...
Samsung Introduces Samsung Money by SoFi
28 May 2020 – Samsung Electronics America, Inc., has unveiled Samsung Money by SoFi, a new mobile-first money management experience that brings a cash management account and accompanying Mastercard debit card along with exclusive benefits to Samsung Pay, in partnership with innovative fintech company SoFi. The account is secure, with no account fees and rewards users for saving—earning higher interest relative to the national...
Hackers Earn Record-Breaking RM435 Million on HackerOne
28 May 2020 – HackerOne, the number one hacker-powered security platform, today announced that hackers have earned RM435 Million (US$100 Million) in bug bounties by hacking for good on the HackerOne platform. A bounty — or bug bounty — is a monetary award given to a hacker who finds and reports a valid security weakness to an organisation so it can be safely resolved. With nearly half of bounty earnings awarded in the past year...
Synopsys Survey: 75% of Codebases Contained Vulnerabilities
26 May 2020 – Synopsys, a recognised leader in application security and analysis solutions, recently released its 2020 Open Source Security Risk Analysis report which highlights trends and patterns in open source usage within commercial applications, and provides insights and recommendations to help organisations better manage open source risk from a security, license compliance, and operational perspective. Below the summary of...
The Secret is Out: 4-in-10 online users in APAC faced private data leak
24 May 2020 – A recent survey conducted by global cybersecurity company Kaspersky has revealed that 40% of consumers from the Asia Pacific (APAC) have faced incidents where their private information was accessed by someone who did not have their consent. This is while more than 5-in-10 online users in the region have expressed their equal concern in terms of guarding their virtual and physical lives. The Kaspersky Global Privacy...
SoftBank Corporation To Use MediaTek IoT Solution
24 May 2020 – MediaTek has announced its MT2625 NB-IoT chip has been validated for LwM2M over NIDD (Lightweight Machine-to-Machine over Non-IP Data Delivery) on SoftBank Corporation’s cellular network across Japan. This achievement marks the first global commercial readiness of LwM2M over NIDD; a secure, ultra-efficient IoT communications technique that is being adopted by operators worldwide. The benefits of LwM2M over NIDD...
