Tag: cyber attack

Five steps to avoid being an easy victim of an online or SMS scam

With online and SMS scams now increasingly common, it pays to be…

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Phishing, attacks on cloud entities and ransomware bring new cybersecurity challenges this year

Phishing, cloud attacks and ransomware will bring new challenges in 2022, as…

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Over 14 million phishing attempts in Southeast Asia in first half of 2019: Kaspersky

Southeast Asia remains a prime target for cyber attacks in the first…

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Through supply chain attacks, hackers now compromise thousands of users to get to a few

Supply chain attacks, which penetrate trusted makers of hardware equipment and software…

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Close to 4,300 have data leaked after Singapore Red Cross website gets hacked

Close to 4,300 persons who signed up to donate blood through the…

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Hackers got to SingHealth through a series of slip-ups, vulnerabilities, COI told

The hackers had gained a virtual foothold in SingHealth as far back…

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Over 40 per cent of industrial control systems were attacked in 2018: Kaspersky

Over 40 per cent of industrial computers used to control the operations…

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In Singapore’s worst cyber attack, much still unknown and fallout yet to come

In Singapore's worst cyber attack, the fallout may only come in the…

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Ransomware detected 10 times more in 2017 in Asia-Pacific: Malwarebytes

Ransomware was the weapon of choice for cyber criminals in 2017.

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“Extreme” cyber attacks could cost victims US$53b, says Lloyd’s

A cyber attack that disrupts a wide range of cloud services could…

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StarHub outage not due to DDoS attack after all, say regulators

A StarHub outage in October last year was not caused by a…

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Cyber attacks on StarHub reveal difficulties in defending critical infrastructure

The cyber attacks on StarHub were sophisticated and well-planned, with a clear…

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Trend Micro: More targeted cyber attacks in Asia in 2015

Organisations in Asia-Pacific will face more targeted cyber attacks that steal financial,…

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