Former General Motors CISO Rich Armour said the dark web has been quiet on the attack so far. Toyota Motor said it will suspend domestic factory operations on the first of March. According Reuters despite the potentially losing around 13,000 cars of output, the shutdown was necessary after a supplier of…
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Social media used to recruit and fund militias
Crypto wallets were also being created. Risk intelligence firm Flashpoint has seen increased activity by Russian and Ukrainian militias using social media to recruit volunteers and fund their causes via crypto donations. According to a blog by Flashpoint the ads were appearing on the likes of Telegram and Russian social media service VK,…
Read MoreThree key priorities that will shape CIO decision making over the coming year
Are they similar to CIOs in APAC? As industries across the Middle East bounce back from the economic turbulence of the last two years, International Data Corporation (IDC) believes there are three broad themes that will shape the tech investment decisions of the region’s chief information officers (CIOs) and the…
Read MoreASEAN Digital Ministers’ meet to discuss innovation in the region
Accelerating the region’s digital transformation and transforming. The 2nd ASEAN Digital Ministers’ Meeting (ADGMIN) underscored the pivotal role of digital technologies in the fight against and the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and agreed to further intensify cooperation to accelerate the region’s digital transformation efforts to support the ASEAN Comprehensive…
Read MoreTaiwan DBS Bank continues to promote the “Future of Work” future office model
About 75 per cent of transfers are completed through online banking or mobile banking. DBS Bank (Taiwan) has launched the Future of Work (FoW) plan in March 2021 in response to the preemptive deployment of the epidemic. On the premise of compliance with the regulations of the competent authorities, a…
Read MoreLeukaemia Foundation accelerates digital modernisation
Ensures quality care Blood cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer in Australia and the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths with more than 110,000 Australians living with blood cancer or a related blood disorder. With more than 150 sub-types, blood cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer in…
Read MoreAustralia and UK investigation into Clearview AI concluded
Clearview’s facial recognition app allows users to upload a photo of a face and match it to one on the Internet. The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) opened a joint investigation into the personal information handling practices of Clearview AI Inc in July…
Read MoreDBS Singapore’s handling of outage offers no clear explanation
Problem with access control servers . On the 24th of November DBS Singapore suffered an outage, which the bank identified as a problem with our access control servers and this is why many of you have been unable to log in. Tse Koon, DBS Singapore Country Head said that the…
Read MoreRAMP increases influence
Indications that the Russian-language ransomware forum is warming to English and Mandarin-speaking threat actors. There has been an increase in recent weeks of Mandarin and Chinese-speaking threat actors on RAMP as well as other illicit communities across the deep and dark web. There are indications that the Russian-language ransomware forum…
Read MoreMeta/Facebook announcement shows Aussie data out of “our” control
The former Head of Information Warfare for Australian Defence, shows the value of data is ‘outside of our control’. This Meta/facebook announcement that it will no longer have face recognition, but continue with data collection, comes on the heels of a major Europol operation in Switzerland and Ukraine, conducted in…
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