Cybersecurity
The advancing storm: Key strategies for cyber-defence
The global business environment leaves us increasingly exposed, attackers have become even more sophisticated, and the number of cybercrime incidents reported by businesses appears to be on the rise – yet most organisations are only defending against yesterday’s threats, writes Neil Meikle of PwC.
Sony Pictures hack the ‘perfect APT story,’ says ESET
The Sony Pictures Entertainment hack was an incident that one could only be described as the 'perfect Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) story,' according to Juraj Malcho, the chief research officer for ESET.
Malaysia third in Global Cybersecurity Index
Malaysia has been ranked third in the Global Cybersecurity Index by the International Telecommunications Union. Toh Swee Hoe from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission explains to Karamjit Singh about this.
Security the ‘elephant’ in the IoT/ smart city room: Frost
Despite the growing attention on the Internet of Things (IoT) and building smart cities, there’s still an 'elephant in the room' in discussions: Security.
The ‘breaching’ of DNA’s defences
Some unscheduled security maintenance on the DNA website because of a Drupal vulnerability had seemingly left our directory exposed, but no confidential data has been compromised. We will continue investigating the incident.
HITB now out to hack the conference experience
After pioneering the space locally and globalising its homegrown security conference, the Hack In The Box (HITB) crew is now planning its next big ‘hack’ – transforming the concept of how conferences are run.
NEC and Singapore’s EDB partner to build cybersecurity capabilities
NEC Corporation and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) have agreed to a multi-year partnership to build strategic capabilities in cybersecurity through EDB’s Strategic Attachment and Training (STRAT) Programme.
CSM-ACE security conference to be held Nov 11-13 in Ipoh
CyberSecurity Malaysia (CSM) announced that its annual conference this year will be held in Ipoh, Perak, from Nov 11-13. The theme is ‘Trusted and Secured Ecosystem.’
The end of HITB? No, it's a level-up
It may be the final year for HITBSecConf in Malaysia, but don't think that's the last time you'll hear from the Hack In The Box crew. CEO Dhillon Andrew Kannabhiran shares what's in store for 2015.
McAfee releases Heartbleed Checker for concerned consumers
With organisations around the globe already updating their systems to ward against the Heartbleed bug, security firm McAfee has released a free Heartbleed Checker tool for consumers.
