Roaming Mantis extends DNS hijacking attacks from Asia to rest of world, adds crypto-mining On 16 April, Kaspersky Lab researchers reported on a new Android malware distributed through a domain name system (DNS) hijacking technique and targeting mainly smartphones in Asia. Four weeks…
Massive ransomware attack in USA, Russia and the UK
By Daniel Lee, Communications APAC, Acronis Asia In the wake of the massive ransomware attacks over the past 24-hours, many organizations are waking up to the fact that ransomware isn’t something that just happens to “other people”. The threat, as…
Why hardware configurations could be the downfall of the IoT
Why hardware configurations could be the downfall of the IoT The Internet of Things is opening up new opportunities for businesses as well as introducing a new era of convenience for consumers. And it’s happening sooner rather than later: More than 24 billion IoT devices…
Carbon Black Only Vendor to Secure Perfect Prevention Score in NSS Labs’ Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP) Test; Stopped All Attacks in Test
Carbon Black Only Vendor to Secure Perfect Prevention Score in NSS Labs’ Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP) Test; Stopped All Attacks in Test Carbon Black achieves 100% block rate and 100% on total coverage SINGAPORE — February 20, 2017— Carbon Black, a…
Neustar Reports Rampant Growth of DDoS Attacks in 2016
Neustar Reports Rampant Growth of DDoS Attacks in 2016 Mitigation of Multi-vector DDoS Attacks Has Increased 322 Percent in 2016; IoT Botnets, DNS-based Attacks and Conventional DDoS Attacks Present On-going Risk December 15, 2016 – Singapore. – Neustar,…
Security in 2017 and Beyond: Symantec’s Predictions for the Year Ahead
Security in 2017 and Beyond: Symantec’s Predictions for the Year Ahead Each year, the security industry faces new types of threats as cybercriminals evolve their approach towards accessing organizations’ data. With Singapore’s cyber development and Smart Nation aspirations, it is…
DO NOT INVITE THEM IN: WHAT “HUMAN ERROR” CAN MEAN IN PRACTICE
DO NOT INVITE THEM IN: WHAT “HUMAN ERROR” CAN MEAN IN PRACTICE Alessia Unfer | 11 October 2016 https://www.digitalshadows.com/ Although you may or may not be a fan of vampire movies, you certainly know that vampires should not be invited…
Symantec Research Finds IoT Devices Increasingly Used to Carry out DDoS Attacks
Symantec Research Finds IoT Devices Increasingly Used to Carry out DDoS Attacks Targeted IoT Devices Include Home Networks, Routers, Modems, CCTV Systems and Industrial Control Systems SINGAPORE – September 23, 2016 – Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the global leader in cyber security,…
Gemalto Releases Findings of First Half 2015 Breach Level Index
Gemalto Releases Findings of First Half 2015 Breach Level Index Identity Theft Takes Top Spot Accounting for 53% of Data Breaches State-Sponsored Attacks See Huge Gains, Accounting for 41% of Stolen Data Records Singapore – September 9, 2015 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653…