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Playstation Network fully back in some regions by week’s end
Sony’s Playstation Network (PSN) services in the Americas, Europe/PAL territories and Asia (excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea) will be fully restored by the end of this week, the Japanese...
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Commentary: Facebook hack raises cloud security alarms again
For folks who are thinking whether it’s safe to put their precious data on the cloud, the latest news this week of Facebook being hacked must have raised alarm bells. The security breach, it must be...
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IDA: “routing issue, hardware fault”, not hackers, downed government sites
So, in the end, it was an internal problem that caused the alarming shutdown of 19 Singapore government websites on Saturday. A combination of routing and hardware issues during a maintenance effort...
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Commentary: Singapore hacking cases show importance of deep infocomm expertise
(source: posed photo from iStockphoto) One of them has been charged in court. Another five are being questioned. The spotlight is now on the suspects for the recent spade of hacking, after a fortnight...
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Expect phone hacking, fraud to rise as mobile transactions become common
This week’s story of a man who got his phone hacked by thieves to make fraudulent purchases should give pause to everyone who’s embracing online shopping. When 47-year-old Philip Loh found that he was...
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DDoS is becoming smoke screen for more serious attacks: A10 Networks
PHOTO: iStockPhoto A distributed denial of service attack or DDoS is an old-fashioned digital invasion which is now increasingly being used by cyber criminals to spam websites and cause collateral...
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StarHub outage was caused by “unprecedented” DDoS attacks
PHOTO: Wilson Wong for Techgoondu. StarHub’s home broadband customers were unable to go online on October 22 and 24 because its servers were under cyber attacks that were “unprecedented in scale,...
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Uphill struggle against cyber attacks, as Mindef hacking case shows
PHOTO: Ady Satria Herzegovina via Creative Commons Some 850 employees and national servicemen in Singapore would do well to change their online passwords immediately, after news emerged yesterday that...
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Asia-Pacific organisations could lose US$1.75 trillion to cyber threats:...
PHOTO: Pixabay (Creative Commons) Organisations in Asia-Pacific stand to lose as much as US$1.75 trillion if they are hit by cyber attacks that affect jobs, reputation and even share price, according...
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Response to SingHealth data breach shows low awareness, rushed decisions -...
SCREENSHOT: SingHealth website One of the most telling responses to last week’s revelation of the SingHealth data breach comes from a woman simply named Wendy in a news report. “It seems like the...
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Close to 4,300 have data leaked after Singapore Red Cross website gets hacked
The Singapore Red Cross’ website now links to various different online sites. SCREENSHOT: Singapore Red Cross website Close to 4,300 persons who signed up to donate blood through the Singapore Red...
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In Singtel hacking case, lessons to be learnt on managing fallout
A man walks past a Singtel shop in Singapore. Wilson Wong for Techgoondu. When you find that you’ve been hacked and your customers’ sensitive information has been leaked, it’s hard to come out...
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