At least two victims lose RM254,000 to scammers posing as officers from SG Anti-Scam Centre
The Singapore police’s Anti-Scam Centre was set up to tackle scams, but fraudsters are now posing as officers from the…
Category: Cybersecurity
A cop gave Fresno man a jaywalking ticket. Then came ‘cyber campaign of hate and revenge’
For nearly a month, a Fresno police officer and his family were the targets of a relentless campaign of harassment…
Online fraud is now growing faster than online retail, analysis shows
Cybercriminals have greatly expanded their criminal activities in ecommerce worldwide over the past year, Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions says in…
Fallout from cyberattack at Ascension Hospitals persists, causing delays in patient care
In more than a dozen US states, doctors and nurses have resorted to paper and handwritten treatment orders to chart…
Cybersecurity in space: Why hacking has gone off world
As the importance of satellite communications has grown, so too has the importance of protecting those satellite systems, with threats…
Google attacks Microsoft cyber failures in effort to steal customers
Google is betting Microsoft Corp’s very public cybersecurity failures – along with deep discounts – will persuade corporate and government…
Singapore police and DBS recover 70-year-old scam victim’s RM590,000
Within hours, a woman lost more than S$170,000 (RM592,272) to a bank account in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after handing…
North Koreans posed as US tech workers to fund weapons, US says
Posing as Americans, North Korean technology workers secured remote work contracts with hundreds of US companies as part of a…
How many characters does a password need to be truly secure?
The more characters in your password, the more difficult it is to crack. That’s why most online services now require…