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
This week’s breaches at Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia are not remote academic scandals you can shrug off. They are a siren: if elite institutions with vast security budgets and reputations to protect can be duped by social engineering into handing over donor and student records, everyContinue Reading
Yawn, another cyber-security test. It’s Friday, someone’s late for a deadline, and the mandatory 45‑minute training video plays in the background while Instagram scrolls on the phone. Predictable tips. “Don’t share your password.” “Beware of suspicious links.” The employee clicks through, the system records completion, and the dashboard lights up:Continue Reading
Watching my mother enthusiastically talk about her new cyber security class was nothing short of surreal. Here’s a woman who still fondly calls going online “going on the Net,” now diving headfirst into the complexities of online safety. Amused? Absolutely. Inspired? Without a doubt. What struck me most wasn’t justContinue Reading
