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
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
“`html Every day, countless consumers in Singapore plug in Android TV boxes, eager to unlock a vast world of streaming entertainment. But here’s a hard truth that often gets swept under the rug: not all these streaming devices are created equal. Some, especially those non-certified and dubious devices, harbor hiddenContinue Reading
It’s time to shatter misconceptions that paint Singapore as a passive bystander in the face of cyber threats. Some voices suggest that our city-state, despite its gleaming skyline and cutting-edge infrastructure, turns a blind eye to the digital dangers lurking beneath its surface. They imagine a law enforcement network that’sContinue Reading
What we are witnessing now is not just another headline of cyber scams; it’s a glaring spotlight on how deeply entrenched and dangerously sophisticated transnational fraud networks have become in Southeast Asia. Malaysian police have escalated their efforts, launching a manhunt for seven of their citizens, placing them on theContinue Reading
The recent ransomware attacks targeting Japan’s prominent companies, Muji and Asahi, have sent shockwaves throughout the corporate world, laying bare the vulnerabilities even well-established firms face. Muji’s decision to halt its domestic online shopping service following an attack on its delivery partner Askul is not just a story about aContinue Reading
