Urgent: update your iPhone or iPad to iOS 26.2 right now. This isn’t hyperbole. SingCert under the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has flagged real-world exploitation of flaws that Apple has just patched. Apple released iOS 26.2 on December 12 to address more than 20 security issues — twoContinue Reading
When a popular app that delivers nail art ideas, recipe tips and weekend travel hacks suddenly becomes the focus of a national ban, people do not react with calm detachment. They get angry. They panic. They scramble. That is what happened in Taiwan when authorities moved to block Xiaohongshu —Continue Reading
Every smartphone is a small miracle of sensors, radios and memory—and governments are starting to treat that miracle like state property. Recent moves in India to turn phones into always-on tracking devices are not an abstract debate about policy; they are a test of how much private life a modernContinue Reading
Germany’s public attribution of the August attack on its air safety systems to APT28 (Fancy Bear) and the naming of the Storm 1516 campaign as an attempt to undermine February’s federal election is not a distant drama — it is a blueprint for what modern statecraft looks like when warContinue Reading
Apple’s latest round of cyberthreat notifications — alerts sent to users in 84 countries on Dec 2 — is not a distant tech headline. It is a loud wake-up call. I felt that sting the first time my phone vibrated with an urgent message from Apple: a terse, official alertContinue Reading
India’s telecoms ministry has quietly ordered that all new smartphones sold in the country arrive with the government’s Sanchar Saathi app preloaded and non-removable. This is not a small administrative tweak; it’s an aggressive move that will reshape device manufacturing, user privacy conversations, and the relationship between governments and techContinue Reading
Feb 21 began as a typical day, recalled Mr Ben Zhou, the boss of ByBit. Before going to bed he approved a fund transfer between the firm’s accounts, a routine maneuver when you’re responsible for millions of users. Half an hour later his phone rang. ‘Ben, there’s an issue,’ hisContinue Reading
Hackers gaining access to customer records at a major airline is not a distant, abstract threat anymore — it is happening, repeatedly, and with a rhythm that should alarm every organisation that holds personal data. Iberia confirmed on Nov 29 that unauthorised actors breached a service provider and compromised names,Continue Reading
When a household name like Asahi admits personal data tied to two million people may have been exfiltrated, complacency should end immediately. This isn’t a distant headline to scroll past; it’s a loud, personal alarm bell. I still remember the call from a small F&B owner in Singapore last yearContinue Reading
Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a blunt, nonnegotiable instruction: stop impersonating government agencies on iMessage and Google Messages. Apple and Google have been ordered to prevent accounts and group chats from using the gov.sg sender ID or other local government agency names, or to filter such messages outContinue Reading
