Let’s Enter The Holy Ramadan And Observe A Safer Raya
Ramadan is synonymous to families starting their annual preparation including hunting for many seasonal promos online. Cybercriminals, skilled with their knowledge of current trends and occasions, are also out to launch phishing sites and different scams to victimise users during the holiday season. Between 2017 until 2021, Malaysians have suffered losses amounting to about RM2.23 billion from cyber frauds. The statistics from the...
Attackers Are Using the Log4Shell Vulnerability to Deliver Backdoors to Virtual Servers
Sophos today released findings on how attackers are using the Log4Shell vulnerability to deliver backdoors and profiling scripts to unpatched VMware Horizon servers, paving the way for persistent access and future ransomware attacks. A new technical paper, “Horde of Miner Bots and Backdoors Leveraged Log4J to Attack VMware Horizon Servers,” details the tools and techniques used to compromise the servers and deliver three different...
VMware Launches New Regional Digital Hub to Foster Greater Innovation and Inclusive Growth in Asia
VMware today announced the launch of its new Regional Digital Innovation Hub in Singapore. Singapore’s government is a driver of smart nation initiatives with a strong digital policy agenda which VMware applauds. The government was today represented by Mr. Alvin Tan, Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Culture, Community and Youth, who officially opened VMware’s digital innovation hub. In attendance was also Chad Norberg,...
Quick, Cheap And Dangerous: How Scammers Are Creating Thousands Of Fake Pages Using Phishing Kits
In 2021 Kaspersky researchers blocked 1.2 million individual phishing pages based on 469 phishing kits — which are ready-made fake page templates, that allowing cybercriminals to launch phishing attacks effortlessly. Since a phishing site can be blocked quickly, fraudsters are keen to generate these pages quickly and in large numbers. Using phishing kits, even an inexperienced phisher can create hundreds of phishing pages in a short...
Kaspersky Safe Kids receives AV-TEST Approved Parental Control Software Certificate
Based on its performance in 2021, Kaspersky Safe Kids has been recognized by AV-TEST as having a comprehensive split of features necessary to protect children across devices using Android, Windows and iOS. AV-TEST noted a high level of website category detection and the ability to manage such access. The test results also showed a reliable level of restriction to inappropriate web pages, which provides safe browsing for little ones....
EPSON Partners With WWF To Scale Up Marine Restoration Impact And Achieve A Low Carbon Future
Epson Southeast Asia has announced its partnership with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), as part of Epson’s commitment to co-create sustainable solutions and empower communities. The new partnership seeks to scale marine conservation impact and climate solutions across Southeast Asia by working with youths, citizen scientists, as well as businesses and local communities. “Sustainability has been and will continue to be a core focus...
Gaining Telehealth Patients’ Trust: Cybersecurity Tips Every Doctor Should Know
Medicine and privacy are concepts that have always gone hand in hand. Indeed, a commitment to medical confidentiality is even mentioned in the Hippocratic Oath, historically taken as an ethical code by physicians. But disclosure of health-related information may significantly affect a person’s private and personal life, so this kind of data is naturally something that one would prefer to control and, in some cases, keep secret. Today...
Low Code / No Code: The Advent of Digital Transformation and Customer Experience
Low code / no code is setting a new benchmark in software development and the advancement of digital transformation. Although a relatively new concept in Malaysia, low code / no code solutions are quickly gaining traction among local businesses because of how it flawlessly bridges the gap between business and technology. The advent of low code / no code has made it possible for non-IT personnel to master it without prior experience in...
Beyond Finances: The Additional Costs of Data Breaches in SEA
Protecting corporate and personal data has become a necessity for modern businesses in Southeast Asia (SEA), especially for the past two years. Unfortunately, with new threats emerging during the pandemic and the extended period of remote work it introduced, businesses have to tackle both internal financial risks and external cyber threats. Kaspersky today deep dives on the current cost of data breaches in Southeast Asia – monetary...
With Over 67% of Shoppers Now Anticipating and Participating in Mega Campaigns
Southeast Asia’s leading eCommerce platform, Lazada, today announced results of a region wide consumer study in collaboration with Milieu Insight that establishes a large number of shoppers (73%) now consider shopping online to be integral to everyday life, with 67% of them identifying eCommerce Mega Campaigns* as a key factor in shaping their consumer buying behaviour. Nearly 60% of consumers also welcomed online shopping as a...
