Cyber Security

Microsoft has long begun sunsetting the old and much aligned Internet Explorer browser. Under normal circumstances, users with a PC running an up-to-date Windows version should not even be able...

Wise, the financial institution known for providing some affordable rates with international money transfers, recently admitted that some of its customers' data may have been stolen in the security breach...

The US, via the Biden administration, has announced plans to ban antivirus software made by Russian-based Kaspersky Lab. The company will not be able to sell its products to new...

AMD is currently looking into claims that its datacentres were breached, and that hackers made off with a treasure trove of information from the attack. According to multiple reports, a...

Dell has put out a warning to its customers, informing them that it has suffered a serious data breach. It claims that hackers have made of with the personal details...

BlackBerry has officially launched its Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (CCoE) in Cyberjaya today, its first in the Asia-Pacific region. Present during the event is prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim,...

Sabah has become the second state in the country to request that the Federal government defer the registration for the Central Database Hub, also known as PADU. Like the state...

Since its launch in January this year, the Central Database or PADU, have little more than 5.22 million citizens register themselves into the system. Statistically, that's around 17.3% out of...

The Department of Personal Data Protection (JPDP) confirmed today that there was no breach of personal data when its security was attacked by the hacker collective, R00TK1T. Digital Minister Gobind...

Update (23 February 2023, 6:20PM): Carousell provided a statement in regards to the fine from the PDPC, which we've included at the end of the original article.   Original article below:...

Update 1 (19 February, 8:30PM):The PADU database that R00TK1T hacked into isn't the Central Database that we are familiar with. According to SoyaCincau, the folders with the PADU name on...

Hacker group R00TK1T, via Telegram, have claimed responsibility for sending out phishing SMS to "thousands" of customers in the past few days directly through Maxis. Based on our findings, several...