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Bad actors in the unreal world – a growing threat to businesses

By CybersecAsia editors | Monday, November 28, 2022, 10:03 AM Asia/Singapore | BlackBerry, Expert Opinions, Expert Opinions 2022

The metaverse is a hybrid world of real and virtual. In this unreal AI-based world, authenticity is paramount if we are to surmount new cyber threats.

Bad actors in the unreal world – a growing threat to businesses

By CybersecAsia editors | Friday, November 4, 2022, 10:50 AM Asia/Singapore | Expert Opinions, Expert Opinions 2022

With the metaverse taking shape amid escalating cyber threats, businesses that want to tap into this 3D world must how to address the 3D threats awaiting them

Bad actors in the unreal world – a growing threat to businesses

By James Nunn-Price, Security Lead for Growth Markets, Accenture | Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 5:49 PM Asia/Singapore | Newsletter, Opinions, Tips

The metaverse, undergirded by the digital economy, is a hybrid world of real and virtual. In this unreal AI-based world, authenticity is paramount if we were to surmount new cyberthreats.

Bad actors could attack the vaccine supply chain in Asia. What should we do?

By Victor Ng | Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 10:57 AM Asia/Singapore | Features, Newsletter, Tips

With a spurt of vaccine development, manufacturing and distribution activities in Asia, cybercriminals are targeting the region’s vaccine supply chain.

5 ways to create a cybersecurity-focused work culture

By Kath Greenhough, VP APAC, Skillsoft | Wednesday, October 5, 2022, 4:30 PM Asia/Singapore | Security Awareness & Education, Tips

A blended approach to cybersecurity training is key to keeping your organization safe from bad actors, phishing schemes or misconfigurations.

2021 was a year of supply chain/ Zero Day cyber threats: report

By CybersecAsia editors | Friday, February 11, 2022, 10:24 AM Asia/Singapore | News, Newsletter

Zero Day vulnerabilities were weaponized in record time; automated ransomware-associated threat services were empowering bad actors with unprecedented scale.

Reckoning with the Time Bandits

By Rick McElroy, Principal Cybersecurity Strategist, VMware Security | Tuesday, October 5, 2021, 2:14 PM Asia/Singapore | Newsletter, Tips

Bad actors have started to manipulate timestamps and chronological integrity: can we beat them in time?

US presidential election expected to be a tipping point of e-crime this year

By CybersecAsia editors | Thursday, October 29, 2020, 2:41 PM Asia/Singapore | News, Newsletter

Bad actors are capitalizing on the convergence of COVID-19 and the US presidential election to strike hard, says a small study.

How to turn the tide against the tsunami of cyber-threats

By Victor Ng | Friday, October 23, 2020, 1:46 PM Asia/Singapore | Cyberthreat Landscape, Features, Newsletter

It seems cybercriminals have gained the upper hand. With a shortage of skilled cyber-defenders, how do we turn the tide?

Data management and protection in the WFH multi-cloud era

By Victor Ng | Friday, September 4, 2020, 11:45 AM Asia/Singapore | Data Protection, Features, Newsletter, Tips

The need for organizations to deploy modern processes to secure and manage their data is more critical now than ever.

Data continues to grow at exponential rates. At the same time, the largescale work-from-home (WFH) arrangements – and employees accessing the company network from their own devices – has increased the surface area for cybersecurity attacks.

WhatsApp group chat vulnerability hack thwarted

By CybersecAsia editors | Wednesday, December 18, 2019, 1:56 PM Asia/Singapore | Most Read1, News

Researchers had discovered in August a group-chat flaw where a malicious message could crash WhatsApp group users’ devices. A vulnerability in WhatsApp was recently identified, that could allow a bad actor to deliver a...