South Korea’s new rule — requiring facial recognition to activate any new smartphone from Dec 23 — is a decisive move that will ripple beyond the peninsula. This isn’t a subtle nudge. It’s a structural change to how identities are verified at the point of sale, and it will shiftContinue Reading
October’s revelation that the UK government was breached is not a distant headline to shrug off. It is a glaring alarm bell — loud, insistent, and impossible to ignore. British trade minister Chris Bryant confirmed what the Sun had reported: “There certainly has been a hack,” and while he stoppedContinue Reading
Late on December 18, a flicker across the official White House Live News page jolted more than a few eyeballs: a live stream featuring a bearded man with headphones, seated in front of a microphone, appeared out of nowhere and then vanished about an hour later. It looked ordinary onContinue Reading
A passenger ferry was found to be infected with a Remote Access Trojan — malware that can hand control of vital systems to someone who is not on board. That description alone should make anyone who runs a small or medium business sit up straight and take immediate action. ThisContinue Reading
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
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
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
