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Warning: Ripple20 vulnerability may be the next gateway for hackers

Warning: Ripple20 vulnerability may be the next gateway for hackers

By and | Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 11:19 AM Asia/Singapore | ,

Urgent patching or decommissioning of affected devices is needed because hackers can evade EDR and NGFW detection.

A major threat has been found in a low-level TCP/IP software library developed by Treck Inc that is commonly used by device manufacturers across many industries, including utilities, healthcare, government, and academia. The impact of this threat ripples through complex software supply chains, making it a difficult vulnerability to mitigate, according to cybersecurity firm ExtraHop.

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Money laundering in APAC: is AI the most powerful detergent or deterrent?

Money laundering in APAC: is AI the most powerful detergent or deterrent?

By and | Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 11:08 AM Asia/Singapore | ,

Detecting, deterring and destroying money laundering can benefit from AI, but traditional rules-based AML laws may be complicating effective adoption.

Can AI strengthen efforts to thwart money-laundering? Some 73% of banks in Singapore believed so, but many remained unsure how to operationalize the advanced technology to that end.

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WFH security basics course unveils high level of unconscious incompetence

WFH security basics course unveils high level of unconscious incompetence

By and | Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 11:09 AM Asia/Singapore | ,

Believing erroneous behavior is correct or appropriate is the most difficult mindset to correct, according to the trainers.

At the beginning of April 2020, to help businesses train their staff on cybersecurity skills, Kaspersky and adaptive learning firm Area9 Lyceum had launched a free course for those transitioning to remote-working, covering the basics of secure remote operations.

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Mitigating risks to reap the full benefits of digital transformation

Mitigating risks to reap the full benefits of digital transformation

By | Tuesday, September 8, 2020, 9:18 AM Asia/Singapore | ,

Rushing digital transformation may help enterprises survive the pandemic, but only if the accompanying rise of cyberthreats is also strategically-addressed.

Intricate digital transformation processes may already have been in place before COVID-19 struck, but across the duration of the pandemic, the timelines of these plans were greatly-accelerated as social distancing measures came into place. In order to reach out to customers, businesses had to explore digital means, such as online websites or apps to make up for restrictions on physical contact.

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Telemedicine and Telehealth comes with diverse new cyber risks: Are they well covered?

Telemedicine and Telehealth comes with diverse new cyber risks: Are they well covered?

By and | Monday, September 7, 2020, 5:51 PM Asia/Singapore | ,

Telehealth and telemedicine providers take care of patients across broad geographical and culture borders that may leave them cyber-exposed and unprotected…

In the global pandemic we are in, there are new and evolving challenges faced by the healthcare industry when it comes to providing healthcare remotely.

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Cybercrooks are using your popular instant messaging service to defraud you

Cybercrooks are using your popular instant messaging service to defraud you

By and | Friday, September 4, 2020, 11:46 AM Asia/Singapore | ,

Telegram’s useful little API has been turned into a hacker’s concierge, notifying them of every successful heist!

The digital credit-card skimming landscape keeps evolving, often borrowing techniques used by other malware authors in order to avoid detection. Defenders are on a constant lookout for any kind of artifacts and malicious infrastructure that could indicate suspicious activity.

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Data management and protection in the WFH multi-cloud era

Data management and protection in the WFH multi-cloud era

By | Friday, September 4, 2020, 11:45 AM Asia/Singapore | , , ,

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.

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