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Data breach incident management and recovery
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April 02, 2019
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Apr'19
Cyber attacks increasingly exploiting supply chain weaknesses
Cyber attacks are increasingly characterised by supply chain attacks, counter incident response and lateral movement, research reveals
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April 01, 2019
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Apr'19
Black Hat Asia 2019: Get ready for the cyber arms race
The arms race is now squarely in the cyber realm as defence teams and threat actors arm themselves with AI tools
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April 01, 2019
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Apr'19
Singapore government to review data security in public sector
A high-level committee comprising ministers and private sector security experts will review data security practices and recommend measures to better protect citizens’ data
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March 22, 2019
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Mar'19
Government cyber security strategy is ‘chaotic’
Responding to potential threats at a national level is unfeasible given the time ministers are currently dedicating to Brexit negotiations, says shadow Cabinet Office minister
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March 20, 2019
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Mar'19
Police investigate Norsk Hydro ransomware attack
Ransomware attack on one of the world’s largest aluminium producers is under police investigation
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March 11, 2019
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Mar'19
Citrix breach once again highlights password weaknesses
A reported breach of Citrix, which has potentially exposed data at hundreds of thousands of customer organisations, has once again highlighted the need for an alternative to passwords and the importance of supply chain security
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March 09, 2019
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Mar'19
ICO data raises doubts over UK firms’ ability to manage breaches
Most ICO data breach reports late and incomplete prior to full GDPR implementation, FoI request data reveals, raising doubts about breach prevention, detection and response capabilities
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March 06, 2019
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Mar'19
Cyber espionage group behind SingHealth attack
A cyber espionage group dubbed Whitefly has been identified as the perpetrators behind Singapore’s largest data breach to date
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March 01, 2019
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Mar'19
Facebook facing 10 GDPR investigations in Ireland
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has revealed it has 10 active probes into Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, as well as Apple, LinkedIn and Twitter, on its books
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February 27, 2019
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Feb'19
How CIOs can earn respect from business peers
CIOs recognise that standing out means being more like a business manager than a technology guru
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February 21, 2019
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Feb'19
Toyota Australia under cyber attack
The company has confirmed the attempted attack that took out its email system, forcing employees to turn to other forms of communication to continue working
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February 20, 2019
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Feb'19
Huawei faces battle to win Nordic trust
Nordic countries are investigating the spying allegations made against Chinese networking supplier Huiawei
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February 19, 2019
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Feb'19
Activist Lauri Love’s computer ‘contained hacked data’, says judge
Lauri Love, who has been accused of hacking into US government computer systems, has lost a legal action against the NCA for the return of his computers and storage device
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February 19, 2019
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Feb'19
Healthcare providers should press on with digital transformation
Healthcare providers should continue digitisation efforts with security in mind amid looming cyber threats, says a top T-Systems executive
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February 19, 2019
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Feb'19
Finding security in the cloud
When choosing a cloud security provider, enterprises will need to consider the level of data privacy and data security risk involved
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February 12, 2019
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Feb'19
APAC healthcare providers losing $23m to cyber attacks
Healthcare organisations in the Asia-Pacific region could lose an average of $23.3m to cyber attacks, including losses from productivity and customer churn, a study finds
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February 08, 2019
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Feb'19
Mumsnet denies 'thousands' affected by software glitch-induced data breach
Parenting advice site Mumsnet moves to clear up reports that thousands of users have been affected by its recent data breach
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February 07, 2019
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Feb'19
Data breaches in Australia show no sign of abating
Australia’s privacy watchdog recorded over 800 cases of data breaches, nearly one year into the country’s mandatory data breach notification regime
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February 01, 2019
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Feb'19
Innocent people arrested following surveillance blunders, IPCO reveals
Interception of communications commissioner Adrian Fulford warns of “grave” repercussions for people wrongly identified as suspects due to errors made when government bodies access email, phone and telephone data
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January 30, 2019
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Jan'19
How traffic scrubbing can guard against DDoS attacks
Although most scrubbing services can help fend off distributed denial of service attacks, a more comprehensive mitigation strategy is required to remain unscathed
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January 28, 2019
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Jan'19
DCMS funding fuels cyber diversity drive
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is investing in four new projects to drive the number of diverse candidates considered for cyber careers
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January 22, 2019
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Jan'19
IBM mobile cyber range starts European tour in London
IBM’s mobile cyber range is kicking of a tour in London to raise awareness around the need for tried and tested cyber attack responses among organisations in Europe
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January 17, 2019
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Jan'19
CenturyLink opens Singapore SOC amid security services boom
US telco’s second Asia-Pacific security operations centre in Singapore is one of eight globally as it bids to carve a slice of the security services market
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January 16, 2019
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Jan'19
New Zealand faces more state-sponsored attacks
Nearly four in 10 cyber security incidents recorded by the National Cyber Security Centre were the work of state-sponsored threat actors
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January 15, 2019
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Jan'19
SingHealth and IT supplier fined S$1m for data breach
Singapore’s data protection commission considered the fact that both SingHealth and its IT supplier fell prey to sophisticated threat actors, among other factors, when meting out the fine
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January 06, 2019
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Jan'19
Singapore Airlines’ software glitch exposed customer data
More than 280 members of the Krisflyer frequent flyer programme had their personal information compromised by a one-off software bug
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December 20, 2018
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Dec'18
Marriott data breach losses could be over half a billion dollars
Direct losses related to a huge data breach at US hotel group could reach $600m
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December 19, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2018
Australia continues to cement its position as a leader in mastering and deploying advanced information and communications technology across a large segment of its economy
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December 19, 2018
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Dec'18
Lauri Love battles police for return of computers as NCA confirms live investigation
The National Crime Agency (NCA) confirms there is a live investigation into Lauri Love in the UK, as Love brings legal action against UK police for the return of seized computer equipment
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December 18, 2018
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Dec'18
APAC cyber security landscape to be more tumultuous in 2019
Amid growing cyber threats, the Asia-Pacific cyber security landscape will not get any rosier in 2019 unless organisations start shoring up their cyber hygiene
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December 17, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 ASEAN stories of 2018
Organisations across Southeast Asia have been doubling down on efforts to take the lead in digital transformation initiatives
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November 28, 2018
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Nov'18
FCA deeply concerned as no end in sight for IT failures in banking
The FCA has reported a massive increase in the number of banking IT failures in the UK and admitted there is no end in sight
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November 21, 2018
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Nov'18
How voice biometrics catches fraudsters
Telephone banking is often seen as the forgotten channel in multi-channel banking, something that fraudsters are now exploiting
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November 17, 2018
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Nov'18
Credit card fraud in ANZ showing no signs of abating
The value of fraudulent transactions more than doubled that of legitimate purchases during the third quarter this year
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November 16, 2018
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Nov'18
UK firms in the dark around the impact of cyber attacks
UK firms have a long way to go in building the business resilience required to withstand cyber threats and other major disruptions, a study shows
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November 15, 2018
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Nov'18
Enterprises lack capability against persistent cyber attacks
A report urges organisations to strengthen their cyber defence capabilities to pre-empt, detect and respond to post-breach attacks
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November 12, 2018
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Nov'18
Government considering dedicated internet regulator, says digital minister
An upcoming white paper is likely to set out proposals for an internet regulator, a House of Lords committee has been told
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November 12, 2018
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Nov'18
Norway’s IT industry must tackle security vulnerabilities
Report reveals growing threat posed by “hostile foreign actors” against Norway’s IT systems and critical national infrastructure
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November 02, 2018
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Nov'18
Facebook to appeal EU-US data transfer ruling in Irish Supreme Court
Facebook will appeal a decision by the Irish High Court to refer questions over the legality of EU-US data transfers to the European Court of Justice in January, as the Dublin court rejects attempt by a UK IT expert to join the case
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October 30, 2018
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Oct'18
Australia’s data breaches are a ‘sign of naiveté’
McAfee executive attributes Australia’s poor cloud security record to the lack of data protection measures amid “new and confusing” cloud configurations
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October 26, 2018
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Oct'18
British Airways data breach worse than thought
British Airways has admitted that up to 185,000 more people than first thought may have had personal details compromised in August’s data breach
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October 24, 2018
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Oct'18
Sibos 2018: ‘Black swan’ cyber event is inevitable
With security experts and bankers expecting a 9/11-style cyber event, deeper collaboration between companies and governments is necessary to identify emerging threats before they occur
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October 24, 2018
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Oct'18
Yahoo to pay at least $85m for data breach settlement
Yahoo has agreed to a settlement in a class action lawsuit on behalf of 200 million consumers affected by a data breach in 2013
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October 24, 2018
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Oct'18
Datacentre glitches expose data loss risks
A new study has highlighted the fragility of corporate datacentres and the very real risk of data loss
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October 18, 2018
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Oct'18
'Sealed cloud' promises better data security
TÜV SÜD’s Singapore Sealed Cloud does not grant administrators access to data, reducing the possibility of hackers breaking into databases using compromised administrator credentials
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October 16, 2018
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Oct'18
APAC security spending tipped to reach new highs
Security services will be the largest and fastest-growing slice of the overall security pie in the Asia-Pacific region
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October 16, 2018
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Oct'18
UK faces 10 cyber attacks a week as hostile states step up hacking, says NCSC
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has thwarted more than 1,600 attacks over the past two years – many by hostile nation states
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October 12, 2018
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Oct'18
AI is no silver bullet for cyber security
A security expert has called for businesses to manage the risks of adopting new technologies and improve their cyber hygiene, rather than see artificial intelligence as a panacea for their security woes
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October 11, 2018
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Oct'18
MEPs urge Facebook to roll out election fraud prevention measures
Facebook is coming under pressure from European lawmakers to do more to prevent its user data from being misappropriated during elections
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October 10, 2018
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Oct'18
Detail of Dutch reaction to Russian cyber attack made public deliberately
Four Russian intelligence officials were expelled from the Netherlands after an attempted hack on the global chemical weapons watchdog. The Dutch government has been open about the detail