A Singapore court has sentenced a former employee of NCS Group to two years and eight months in prison for accessing the company's software test environment and wiping 180 virtual servers months after his employment ended. The company detected the unauthorized access after he deleted the servers.
A likely Pakistani cyberespionage operation has expanded its tool set since it first targeted Indian officials, likely in 2016. That's probable evidence the threat actor has "seen a high degree of success," say researchers from Cisco Talos. They dubbed the threat actor "Cosmic Leopard."
The Kadokawa group, a Japanese media conglomerate that owns popular video-sharing platform Niconico, said Sunday that it had to shut down some of its online services after a cyberattack prevented access to multiple servers. The attack also took down e-commerce site Ebten and other websites.
Bangladeshi authorities are investigating two senior police personnel who used legitimate credentials for the national spy agency's database to collect data on millions of citizens and sell it to buyers on Telegram and other social channels. About 500 officials have access to the citizen database.
Cybersecurity and risk management leaders discussed the top leadership traits of a CISO at Information Security Media Group's Virtual Southeast Asia Summit on Thursday. Experts covered key CISO strategies that could help them stay ahead of cyberthreats.
Australian medical e-prescription provider MediSecure filed for administration and liquidation after the federal government refused to provide funds to help the firm respond to a data breach in May. The company potentially faces stiff fines under the new data privacy legislation.
Australian mining giant Northern Minerals says cybercriminals stole sensitive corporate secrets from its systems not long after the government forced several Chinese investors to divest their shares in the company. The incident did not have a material impact on Northern's operations or systems.
Microsoft, Google and Equinix are among several multinational companies to announce plans to build data centers in Malaysia as the country steadily replaces Singapore as Southeast Asia's data center hot spot. Malaysia's data residency rules and incentives are playing a part in this trend.
Australian critical infrastructure organizations must enable greater convergence between their information technology and operational technology teams to better respond to cybersecurity threats to their OT infrastructure, according to a new study by Palo Alto Networks.
Indonesia has started the process of integrating tens of thousands of government applications into less than a dozen "super apps" to accelerate the delivery of public services, according to President Joko Widodo. But the move toward consolidation could raise data privacy and security concerns.
The Federal Court of Australia has rejected a request from telecommunications giant Optus to keep private a detailed digital forensic investigation report conducted by Deloitte into the massive data breach it suffered in 2022, exposing private information pertaining to nearly 10 million customers.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority says it has filed proceedings against Optus in a federal court as the company failed to protect sensitive customer data during a data breach in September 2022. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is also investigating the incident.
Australian energy giants could suffer billions in losses every day to disruptive cyberattacks, but they are opposed to a blanket cybersecurity standard for industrial smart devices and mandatory ransomware reporting requirements proposed by the federal government in its cybersecurity strategy.
A politically motivated hacking group aligned with Pakistani interests is matching the Indian military's shift away from the Windows operating system with a heavy focus on malware encoded for Linux. BlackBerry observed the cyberespionage group targeting government agencies and the defense industry.
Australian e-prescription firm MediSecure said it is dealing with a large-scale cyberattack that could affect the personal and health information of millions of patients. The company says it is working with the Australian government on a "whole-of-government response" to the ransomware attack.
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