Lazada suffers security incident in Singapore

Involved a RedMart-only database. E-commerce platform provider, Lazada discovered a data security incident in Singapore. According to the company the breach was found during its “proactive monitoring”, by its “cybersecurity team”. The discovered data security incident in Singapore, involved a RedMart-only database hosted on a third-party service provider. The customer…

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Scam activity potential with rise of private messaging service

Growth in the use of private messaging services includes employees Australians are increasingly turning to online private messaging services to keep in touch with each other and are overwhelmingly choosing services provided by Facebook and Apple. The ACCC’s first Digital Platform Services Inquiry interim report, released today, shows how the…

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Mastercard addresses digital demands and security in Asia

Credit card company meets digital demands in India and works with other on biometrics. Mastercard in partnership with Atlantis announced the expansion of the Digital First Program in India. Mastercard is partnering with Atlantis, a financial technology company headquartered in Singapore, to provide users with a technology solution that will…

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Cyber security a key enabler of a digital economy

ASEAN member states committ to practical steps to enhance cyber security in the region. Singapore has recognised that cybersecurity is a key enabler of a Digital Economy, as well as the importance of a rules-based multilateral order in cyberspace, especially amid accelerated digitalisation in the wake of COVID-19. During 2020,…

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Trickbot operators will no longer be able to initiate new infections

Modular banking trojan disrupted through court order. Microsoft has taken action to disrupt the Trickbot botnet, an infamous botnets and prolific distributors of malware and ransomware. Trickbot was disrupted through a court order Microsoft obtained as well as technical action executed in partnership with an international group of industry and…

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SentinelOne Roundtable: Minimising risk from cyber threats: focus on reducing time to containment

Sponsored content: Thursday, 24th September 2020 – Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines Focus Network, in partnership with SentinelOne, brought together leading IT Security executives to discover how they are dealing with the challenges of digital transformation and technology sprawl and how they view the opportunities around security automation such as: Drastically reduce…

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Exabeam Roundtable: Tracking Compromised Accounts & Insider Threats Across Your Network

Sponsored content: Wednesday, 23rd September 2020 – ASEAN and Hong Kong Focus Network, in partnership with Exabeam, brought leading IT Security executives to discuss where and how to focus the security team’s efforts to help keep organisations out of the press and better protect from financial loss and drastically reduce…

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Boards offer CISOs support for IT security initatives

2021 technology and security journey full of questions. Increasingly business board members are offering full support for IT security initiatives, states the latest research by Sapio Research, Commissioned by Thycotic, more than half (58 per cent) of IT security decision-makers say their organisations plan to add more security budget in…

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