The French National Assembly recently passed a bill that effectively give its police the power to monitor or surveil suspects by remotely activating the camera, microphone, and GPS systems on...
A new malware mobile application that's simply referred to as Pink WhatsApp has been making waves as of late, especially in India where it was first discovered. Despite this, the...
Some users have started receiving messages from their respective telcos regarding the blocking of phone numbers through SMS. This move was first announced by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission...
Prudential Malaysia has confirmed that two of its local subsidiaries, Prudential Assurance Malaysia Bhd (PAMB) and Prudential BSN Takaful Bhd (PruBSN), have been affected by a cybersecurity attack. Via an...
You've probably heard of hackers trying to sell illegally acquired data on forums of like-minded individuals. But have you ever heard of the database of a hacker forum getting leaked...
Generative AI and chatbots that use them are on the list of hottest new things in tech in the past few months. And with any trend, you can pretty much...
Encryption for messaging services is getting more and more common, but it's still not something that is universal just yet. Twitter is one example, which didn't have end-to-end encryption for...
Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) has once again been involved in another mass leak of people's personal data. A Twitter user alleged that UiTM had distributed an unsecured link containing the...
Western Digital shut down its online services early last month, following the discovery of a security breach the company suffered. The immediate effect was that users were not able to...
Caller identification app Truecaller has revealed that it is working on integrating its service into WhatsApp and other messaging apps. This will help WhatsApp users identify spam callers when receiving...
Last month, we saw reports regarding tweets being made using the Twitter Circle feature being visible to more than its intended audience. The platform has not said anything publicly about...
At the start of last month, the Ministry of Communications and Digital (K-KOMM) told telcos to block SMS that contain URL links. This was announced as a move to combat...
