Vietnam’s hottest buzzword for 2016 must have been startups, as never before have millions of young Vietnamese been so warmly encouraged to innovate and start their own business. To show its commitment to young entrepreneurs, the Vietnamese government named…
Singtel has announced a new partnership with the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) to train cybersecurity talent. The work-study program will support SIT students in the areas of Information Security and Software Engineering, which is expected to lead…
The Philippines’ 55 million voters are now susceptible to fraud and other risks after a massive data breach leaked the entire database of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), security firm Trend Micro has warned. The defacement of the Comelec website by a…
SingTel has forged a strategic alliance with Inmarsat to jointly offer cyber security tools for the global maritime industry. Under the partnership, Trustwave, the cyber security arm of Singtel, will provide its Unified Threat Management (UTM) managed…
The massive hacking of customer accounts at Hong Kong-based educational toy maker VTech, which left more than six million children’s profiles exposed, may have been the worst cybersecurity breach in the Asia-Pacific this year. “If we made a top-five list…
The Philippines ranked among the countries in the region most vulnerable to hackers who target electronic retail systems, cybersecurity company Trend Micro’s Philippine unit said on Wednesday in a media briefing. Point-of-sale (POS) system malware incidents,…
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