Southeast Asia, ‘fertile land’ for online payments, e-wallets

The obvious effects of the Covid-19 pandemic include the rapid increase in online payment services and digital banking across Southeast Asia.

Threat data key to fending off future cyberattacks against banks Amidst the increased use of online banking and e-wallets in the region, partly fuelled by the Covid-19 pandemic, cybersecurity experts are reminding banks and financial services in Southeast Asia to learn from the lessons of previous cyberattacks like the costly US$81 million heist in 2016.

Kaspersky names its first head of enterprise for Southeast Asia region With three-digit growth in its corporate segment last year, the global cybersecurity company Kaspersky has announced the appointment of its Head of Enterprise for Southeast Asia, Chow Lai Leng, the company's first-ever position for the region.

What SMEs should do to be safe from ransomware attacks Ransomware attacks have gradually decreased in number globally, but are fast becoming business-centric, according to a global cybersecurity company Kaspersky.

Users urged to be careful when using Facebook ‘gender swap’ FaceApp’s "gender swap" filter has generated the hashtag "#faceappchallenge" and received hundreds of thousands of shares on Facebook and Instagram, raising concerns about security and the risk of sharing this information.

Vietnamese businesses among top targets for phishing in Southeast Asia

Cybercriminals have actively attacked small and medium businesses (SMBs) in Southeast Asia this year, according to global cybersecurity company Kaspersky.

Cybersecurity professionals are uniting globally to stop online crooks While cybercriminals will continue to use the Covid-19 pandemic for financial gain, cybersecurity professionals around the world are uniting to fight them, according to global cybersecurity company Kaspersky.

Cybersecurity in Việt Nam saw positive changes in 2019 The number of detections of web threats in Việt Nam fell by more than 30 per cent last year compared to 2018, with 75 million different Internet-borne cyberthreats, according to Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) 2019.

Cyberspying groups haunt intel in Southeast Asia Major advanced persistent threat (APT) groups have increased their activity and are waging sophisticated cyberespionage in the Southeast Asia region, according to cyber-security company Kaspersky.

Online threats decline in 4th quarter in VN The number of internet-borne cyberthreats in Việt Nam in the fourth quarter of 2019 decreased more than 50 per cent compared to the same period in 2018, according to Kaspersky Security Bulletin Q4 2019.