News & Reviews: cybersecurity
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Aug 31, 2023
Recently, Kaspersky held a conference titled "Deus Ex Machina: Setting Secure Directives for Smart Machines". Media from the Asia Pacific (APAC) region attended this event, which aimed to discuss and explore overlapping sections of the AI industry and the future of cybersecurity.
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Aug 15, 2023
Recently today, the Cyber Digital Services Defence & Security Asia (CyberDSA) 2023 took place at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. This event was attended by Minister of Communications and Digital, YB Fahmi Fadzil. The 3 days expo runs from 15 to 17 August 2023.
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Jun 19, 2023
If you or your company got targeted by ransomware, is there a way to recover your data, or should you pay the ransom? According to the Cybersecurity Malaysia CEO, the answer should always be 'No'.
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May 07, 2023
If you're the type who tries different apps for your Android device, have an anti-virus app ready. Android malware is real and could give you all sorts of problems if you're not careful. One of them is the recently identified 'Fleckpe' malware.
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Apr 09, 2023
Chatbots are doing increasingly more these days. They can answer questions, write articles to a certain extend, and apparently code programmes. In fact, platforms like ChatGPT could even code malware, despite existing protections.
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Nov 27, 2022
In Malaysia, cybersecurity remains something that few are well-versed in. There are reports of Malaysians who got their online accounts hacked, or even their credit card info stolen via websites. This is an area the Selangor state government wants to improve in its state budget for 2023.
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Sep 19, 2022
The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM) has assured Malaysians regarding the alleged civil servant e-payslip data theft, saying that the government has found a lead on the incident. Moreover, its Minister, Tan Sri Annuar Musa revealed that a statement will be made by the National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA) soon.
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Sep 06, 2022
Back in March 2019, Malindo Air suffered a data breach which compromised the passenger records of over 45 million of its customers. While the airline (which has since been rebranded to Batik Air following the pandemic) announced that it has successfully contained the leak in September 2019, the consequence of the cybersecurity issue was not known until today, whereby the leaked data has been spotted in an online forum known for selling personal data.
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Sep 06, 2022
Samsung has revealed that the personal data of its customers had been compromised after the company suffered a data breach recently. In a blog post on Friday (2 September 2022), the South Korean tech giant elaborated that the data was compromised on 4 August 2022 following an apparent security incident in the preceding weeks.
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Aug 19, 2022
Cybersecurity has been a hot topic in our country recently following a series of high-profile data leaks that have unfortunately affected Malaysians. If you’re in the dark about what to do to protect yourself in the digital world, then the following advice from global cybersecurity and digital privacy company Kaspersky could do you a world of good.
Read on to learn of the measures that you can take to safeguard yourself from the adverse repercussions of a cybersecurity breach.
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