Cybersecurity News in Asia

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The sophistication of cyber-attacks and the vast amount of data needed for AI applications call for more than just backups for recovery.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up 97% of all businesses in Asia Pacific, and are more easily targeted by bad actors for various reasons. How do Managed Service Providers (MSPs) help?

Are Singaporeans ready to handle deepfakes and disinformation in the 2025 general elections?

Whether it’s phishing, ransomware or insider threats, it usually starts with a compromise in an organization’s identity management system…

Amid the launch of DeepSeek and ChatGPT’s ‘Operator’ mode, organizations across Asia are facing increased risks from AI-powered cyber-attacks, with traditional defenses proving inadequate in addressing convincing social engineering schemes that bypass legacy security controls.

Despite increasingly sophisticated phishing threats, some boardrooms prioritize bottom lines, pressure IT teams to downplay incidents, and make CISOs squirm helplessly

While AI may be a key enabler for financial inclusion in Asia Pacific and across ASEAN, it has already demonstrated its power for financial crime in the hands of bad actors.

Watch out for sophisticated cyber-scams leveraging AI and social media platforms, as scams dominate the region’s cyberthreat landscape. According to the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), 78% of global respondents encountered at least one scam in 2023 and 59% reported...

Taking Singapore as an example, this writer’s strategies are applicable to organizations in other smart nation landscapes amid heightened cyber vulnerabilities

Many small businesses in India underestimate cyber risks and downplay the damage that could be incurred: a mindset that needs correction

The growing prevalence of AI in both cyber-attacks and defenses has made these AI-powered technologies both a challenge and an opportunity for the CISO.

Data protection requires simplified unsiloed management across an organization’s storage infrastructure, instantaneous backup and recovery, for business resilience.

It is said that, in the face of AI-powered cyber-attacks, CIOs and CISOs should no longer be as concerned about cybersecurity than about business resiliency.

Can we expect a significant escalation in AI-powered threats in 2025 – such as more sophisticated, hyper-personalized attacks?

Post-COVID, the country’s scale of improved digital savviness has apparently outpaced cyber alertness and corporate cybersecurity vigilance

Given the country’s massive multifaceted digital divides, is AI integration the timely antidote to correct rushed digitalization and repel AI-driven cyberattacks?

What can we expect in the digital payments landscape with AI pervading every aspect of digital business and transformation?

In a rapidly digitalizing payments landscape in Asia Pacific, balancing convenience and security has become essential. Is tokenization or passkeys or biometrics the answer?