The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) has begun to investigate the database leak that is said to involve the National Registration Department (JPN) and Inland Revenue Board (LHDN). As per our...
A database that apparently belongs to the National Registration Department (JPN) has been put up on sale at a well-known database marketplace forum. The seller claimed that it contained four...
Update (5 July, 2PM): The REvil group recently posted a new message on its blog. The group is now demanding a ransom of US$70 million (~RM290 million) in Bitcoin, per...
McDonald’s has been hit by a data breach in South Korea and Taiwan which compromised some customer and employee information. The world’s largest fast food chain now joins a rapidly...
Brazil’s JBS, the largest meat supplier in the world, has been attacked by hackers using ransomware, raising the possibility of meat shortages and price increases for consumers. JBS’ computer networks...
It’s no surprise that you’ve been hearing about a lot more ransomware attacks lately. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky confirmed a significant increase in Ransomware 2.0 attacks in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region...
Microsoft said that the Russia-based hacker group designated Nobelium has this week targeted government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organisations. Nobelium is also blamed for the notorious SolarWinds cyberattacks...
Axa Partners, the international unit of French insurance giant Axa, said that parts of its Asian operations - including those in Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, and the Philippines - were...
Last September, the popular cashback reward service ShopBack disclosed that its backend system has suffered a data breach that affected users in several markets including Malaysia. Not only that, the...
The REvil Ransomware recently received an update that effectively allows malicious hackers to change Windows passwords, as well as automate a system's file encryption via Safe Mode directly after that....
Through a court-authorised operation, the FBI accessed private computers in the US to purge them of malicious code (backdoor web shells) installed by hackers that were involved in the recent...
Last weekend, a set of databases that contain personal data from 533 million Facebook users was listed on a well-known data marketplace. First reported by Alon Gal, the Co-Founder and...
