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Endpoint security

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Researchers uncover US-based malware distribution centre

  More than a dozen US-based web servers are operating as the malware equivalent of an Amazon fulfilment centre to target businesses, security researchers have found

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Akamai to open second traffic scrubbing centre in Australia

  New centre in Melbourne will meet growing demand for scrubbing services to mitigate the impact of distributed denial of service attacks in Australia

• April 01, 2019 01 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

• April 01, 2019 01 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

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Cyber attacks targeting industrial control systems on the rise

  Malicious cyber activity increased to almost half of the industrial infrastructure protected by Kaspersky Lab in 2018, but the UK is among the most secure countries, the security firm reports

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Almost half UK firms hit by phishing attacks

  Almost half of UK organisations have been compromised in the past two years using phishing attacks, despite high levels of cyber awareness and training, research shows

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  Growing awareness of mobile security risk

  There is a growing awareness of mobile security risk among members of the information security community, but most admit accessing corporate data from personal devices or public Wi-Fi

• March 06, 2019 06 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

• March 05, 2019 05 Mar'19

  Singapore can now certify security products based on Common Criteria

  The city-state is has attained the status of a Certificate Authorising Nation, enabling it to evaluate and certify security products under the Common Criteria standard

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  Researchers identify 4G and 5G network protocol flaw

  Attackers could identify the network cell a user’s device is located in and potentially steal its IMSI number

• February 22, 2019 22 Feb'19

  BlackBerry acquires Cylance to cement security capability

  BlackBerry moves forward with its plans to establish itself as an enterprise security firm, focusing on internet-connected endpoints

• February 15, 2019 15 Feb'19

  CaixaBank customers can use their faces to withdraw money at ATMs

  Spanish bank begins roll-out of ATMs equipped with facial recognition technology, but customers can still use card and PIN

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Lauri Love takes legal action against NCA for return of seized computers

  Lauri Love, a former engineering student who won a battle with the US Department of Justice against extradition to the US to face hacking charges, is suing the UK's intelligence agency, the NCA, for the return of his seized computers

• January 30, 2019 30 Jan'19

  Unconfigured IoT is a security risk, warns researcher

  Internet of things researcher says unconfigured internet-connected devices are a largely unrecognised cyber security risk to businesses and consumers, and welcomes the increased likelihood of UK IoT legislation

• January 28, 2019 28 Jan'19

  Government to pump £70m into ‘designing out’ cyber threats

  Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund cash to be used for designing and developing more secure hardware in a bid to eradicate cyber threats

• January 28, 2019 28 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

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Young Dutch cyber criminals get re-education rather than jail time

  Young hackers in the Netherlands are being rehabilitated through punishments that educate rather than incarcerate

• January 14, 2019 14 Jan'19

  Why CIOs need to reshape desktop IT for Windows 7 end of support

  With a year to go before Windows 7 reaches end of life, IT departments have more than just the operating system upgrade to consider

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  UK contactless card fraud surges

  Fraudsters stole £1.18m from contactless users in 2018, with the average theft size also increasing

• January 03, 2019 03 Jan'19

  Intel admits chip security has a long way to go

  A year ago, the world came to realise how a side-loading attack could compromise a microprocessor. Intel has been working hard to make fixes easier

• December 21, 2018 21 Dec'18

  Government announces new plans to develop cyber talent

  The government has announced plans for a Cyber Security Council to form a strategy for developing future cyber talent

• December 18, 2018 18 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

• December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18

  Australia passes controversial encryption law

  Arguments continue over law that requires companies to work with government agencies to ensure that encrypted communications can be read if a crime is suspected

• December 07, 2018 07 Dec'18

  Court orders Post Office to explain inability to access encrypted file

  Post Office unable to open encrypted recording of an interview that forms part of its evidence in High Court case

• November 12, 2018 12 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

• November 06, 2018 06 Nov'18

  VMware takes layered approach to securing datacentres

  From securing workloads to segmenting the network, VMware’s architecture is using AppDefence and NSX for intrinsic datacentre security

• November 02, 2018 02 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

• October 30, 2018 30 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

• October 19, 2018 19 Oct'18

  Kaspersky advances plans to encourage women into cyber

  Cyber security provider Kaspersky Lab has partnered with several other organisations to try to encourage more women into cyber

• October 18, 2018 18 Oct'18

  Time to implement new cyber security protections, says McAfee CEO Chris Young

  Convergence of threats and technologies and an increasingly complex regulatory environment are driving the need to implement new cyber security protections, says McAfee chief

• October 16, 2018 16 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

• October 15, 2018 15 Oct'18

  Apple challenges Australia’s proposed decryption law

  Tech giant Apple argued that the lack of judicial oversight could reduce customer trust and security, among other reservations over Australia’s draft decryption legislation

• October 12, 2018 12 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

• October 11, 2018 11 Oct'18

  Optus to acquire Hivint in cyber security deal

  The deal is expected to bolster the telco’s security pedigree in a market that is grappling with more data breaches and cyber incidents

• October 10, 2018 10 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

• October 04, 2018 04 Oct'18

  How Starbucks is using Splunk to automate mundane security tasks

  Coffee giant Starbucks is using Splunk to automate some of its more tedious security tasks to reduce the workload for its cyber staff

• October 02, 2018 02 Oct'18

  How Bank of England is using Splunk for proactive security

  Head of the Bank of England’s security operations centre talks about how Splunk is helping it to take a more proactive approach to preventing cyber attacks

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  Blockchain is no ‘magic wand’ for cyber security

  The decentralised nature of blockchain networks may deter some cyber crooks, but ASEAN organisations still need to pay heed to the security of their blockchain infrastructure

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  Norwegian state discusses vulnerabilities with IT sector

  Government is collaborating with the country’s IT industry to improve the availability of security expertise

• September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18

  Equifax fined by ICO for security failings

  The Information Commissioners Office has fined Equifax UK in relation to a data breach at its UK parent last year

• September 17, 2018 17 Sep'18

  Singapore government to start bug bounty programme

  Singapore’s bug bounty programme will help the authorities identify cyber blind spots and benchmark its defences against skilled hackers

• September 12, 2018 12 Sep'18

  NCSC issues core questions to help boards assess cyber risk

  The National Cyber Security Centre has published its first in a series of guidance for board members which highlights what businesses should be asking security teams

• September 12, 2018 12 Sep'18

  Two-thirds of emails not clean, says research

  Two-thirds of emails don't make it to the inbox because security systems consider them unsafe, according to research

• September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18

  Cyber criminals outspend businesses in cyber security battle

  Cybercriminals are flexing their financial might and UK organisations are facing more attacks as a result

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  New Zealand to run national cyber security exercise

  The island-nation will test the resilience of its critical infrastructure in November 2018, bringing together multiple agencies to protect assets of national significance

• August 12, 2018 12 Aug'18

  Over 146 billion records to be stolen over next five years

  The US will bear the brunt of data exfiltration efforts by cyber criminals, though Asia-Pacific nations such as Singapore will not be spared

• August 10, 2018 10 Aug'18

  Microsoft looks at a Windows VM to sandbox rogue code

  A feature revealed in the Windows Insider programme may appear in a future Windows 10 update for enterprises

• August 03, 2018 03 Aug'18

  UK security centre to launch IoT security standard

  The London-based Centre for Strategic Cyber Space and Security Science is working on an internet of things security standard and has roped in participants from eight markets

• July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18

  Australian energy sector caught in security catch-22

  With regulators unwilling to accept security investments that would lead to higher tariffs, there is a chance that Australia’s National Energy Market could face increased cyber risks

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Deloitte launches EMEA-wide initiative to close cyber security gender gap

  Professional services organisation Deloitte expands its UK efforts to encourage more women into cyber security to cover the EMEA area