Control-Alt-Can’t Delete: Customized Firmware Bootkit Found In The Wild
17 October 2020 – Kaspersky’s researchers uncovered an advanced persistent threat (APT) espionage campaign that uses a very rarely seen type of malware known as a firmware bootkit. The new malware was detected by Kaspersky’s UEFI / BIOS scanning technology, which detects known and unknown threats. The scanning technology identified a previously unknown malware in the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), an essential...
VMware: Getting Future Ready Training Programme
16 October 2020 – VMware, a leading innovator in enterprise software, has announced new offerings to help customers further accelerate their app and infrastructure modernization initiatives. VMware vSphere 7 Update 1, VMware vSAN 7 Update 1 and VMware Cloud Foundation 4.1 product releases help streamline customer adoption of Kubernetes and support stateful applications with new developer-ready capabilities and enhance...
Kaspersky Expert: Targeted Ransomware Groups Such As Maze Spotted In Southeast Asia
16 October 2020 – If there is one positive consequence brought about by the COVID-19 situation in Southeast Asia (SEA), it is to prove that the region has the capability to embrace digitalisation. In fact, a 2020 research conducted by Kaspersky among 760 respondents from the region revealed that nearly 8-in-10 are currently working from home. An additional two to five hours have been added on top of the 8-hour daily surfing...
Mastercard Expands Mastercard Tracktm In Asia Pacific With Tracktm Card To Account Transfer Solution Offering Greater Payment Options For Businesses
15 October 2020 – Today, Mastercard announced a new business-to-business payments solution in Asia Pacific with the launch of Mastercard Track™ Card to Account Transfer, allowing businesses to use commercial cards to pay Suppliers regardless of whether they accept card payments. The new solution in the region will help businesses manage cash flow, eliminate manual work and expand payment options as Suppliers can receive card...
92.1% Of Businesses Prioritise Employee Empowerment In Their Future Workplace Strategy
15 October 2020 – NTT Ltd., the global technology services company, today releases its 2020 Intelligent Workplace Report ‘Shaping Employee Experiences for a World Transformed’, which highlights that the pandemic has put employee wellbeing at the forefront of the business agenda. Almost four-fifths (85.4%) of organizations agree that home-working during the pandemic has been challenging for employees. Connectivity and workspace...
XOX Adds Cyber Security Offerings
14 October 2020 – XOX Bhd, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, XOX (Hong Kong) Limited, announced today it has acquired through delivery of transfer, 16.37% of Nexion Technological Limited, worth RM23million. Nexion, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange GEM Board, is a well-established information and communication technology solution provider with headquarters in Singapore, focusing on cyber infrastructure and cyber security...
Milestone Moment: Girls4Tech™ Reaches 1 Million Girls in 30 Countries
14 October 2020 – Mastercard has announced that its signature STEM education program, Girls4Tech™, reached its initial milestone goal of educating one million girls. Ahead of UNICEF’s International Day of the Girl Child on October 11, Mastercard has set a new goal for the Girls4Tech™ program to reach five million girls globally by 2025. Even before the COVID-19 crisis struck, disproportionately hindering women and girls in a...
To Play Or Not To Play? Kaspersky Study Reveals 40% Of Parents In SEA Think Their Kids Are “More Grumpy” After A Gaming Session
13 October 2020 – When a child plays video games, parents inevitably think about how harmful it can be. Will this game affect the child’s behaviour? Will he/she start suffering from nightmares? Will there be ineradicable fears? What if the child is already addicted? In fact, research conducted last May by global cybersecurity company Kaspersky showed that four-in-10 of parents from Southeast Asia (SEA) believe that their...
Kaspersky Shares Best Practices with SAMENTA to Secure SMEs’ Assets During the Pandemic
4 October 2020 – Kaspersky teams up with Small and Medium Enterprises Association Malaysia (SAMENTA) in an effort to bring cyber awareness to its members and employees. The workshop session, hosted online by Kaspersky for SAMENTA’s members and employees, focuses on understanding the monetary aspects of cyberthreats to Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs), identifying the common vulnerabilities in the SMEs eco-systems,...
Western Digital Unveils Unmatched Combination Of Speed And Portability With Its Enhanced Line Of Sandisk Extreme Portable Ssds
4 October 2020 – Western Digital Corp. has released two new SanDisk® portable SSDs that offer nearly 2x the speed over previous generations. The SanDisk Extreme® and SanDisk Extreme PRO® portable SSDs are purpose-built to keep up with today’s high-quality content demands. Professional photographers, videographers and enthusiasts capture and keep life’s best moments every day and they need reliable solutions that perform on the...
