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A massive DDOS attack against Dyn DNS is causing havoc online
Posted by User, 21-10-2016A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against DynDNS is causing havoc online, with many major websites reportedly unavailable. According to Dyn DNS, the attack started at 11:10 UTC, and it tar...
NUS and Singtel launch cybersecurity lab
Posted by User, 24-10-2016The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singtel on Monday (Oct 24) launched their joint cybersecurity laboratory aimed at protecting consumers against security breaches, data leaks and other on...
There isn't a cybersecurity skills gap
Posted by User, 24-10-2016"You're being conned. There's no such thing. It doesn't exist," says Rik Ferguson, vice president for security research at Trend Micro. He's talking about the much-discussed skills shortage in the cyb...
Slack security measures led to leak of K Box customers’ data
Posted by User, 24-10-2016One receptionist used a single-letter password to access the company system, and on one occasion, K Box Entertainment Group received more than 90,000 members’ personal data, unencrypted, via Gm...
Cyberattack behind StarHub broadband disruptions
Posted by User, 25-10-2016The two disruptions that StarHub broadband subscribers experienced last Saturday (Oct 22), and again, on Monday (Oct 24), was caused by a cyberattack, the telco said late on Tuesday, adding that it wa...
IBM just confirmed the 'attack' on Census night came from Singapore
Posted by User, 26-10-2016IBM says the majority of international traffic which caused the Census website to crash on August 9 came from Singapore. The ABS is today facing a Senate committee to explain how it botched the 201...