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
The recent revelation that the United States allegedly infiltrated China’s National Time Service Center is not just another headline—it signals a seismic shift in how we must perceive cyber threats today. Imagine, for a moment, the implications of compromising a nation’s standard time reference. This isn’t a mere cyber skirmish;Continue Reading
Imagine discovering that for over a decade, an insidious force has had unfettered access to the inner workings of your nation’s most sensitive data. This is precisely the stark reality Britain has been grappling with—a relentless, almost surgical hacking campaign conducted by Chinese state actors targeting government servers, peeling backContinue Reading
Hacking incidents like the recent breach faced by Qantas serve as a stark reminder: no business, big or small, is invulnerable to cyberattacks. When 5.7 million customer records were stolen and leaked online, it sent shockwaves through not only Australia but globally. Its a chilling wake-up call—if a major airlineContinue Reading
Few things trigger a storm of outrage and concern quite like the news of children’s private data being commandeered by cybercriminals. When a London childcare provider, trusted with the safety and privacy of over 8,000 little ones, became the playground for a ruthless ransomware attack, it sent shockwaves throughout communitiesContinue Reading
