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Ransomware attacks surge in Malaysia

Ransomware has become a critical threat for small and medium sized businesses in Malaysia and across South East Asia due to the ease with which Bitcoin makes extracting ransoms from their victims. Ransomware is simple but toxic. Malicious software is inadvertently...

Digital photocopiers pose security threat
for identity theft

The digital photocopier being used in your home or office may offer an identity thief or fraudster gateway direct to your personal or sensitive data. Though most users are unaware, nearly all digital copiers sold since 2002 contain a digital hard drive — similar to...

Mobile phone hacking scandal rumbles on

It is four years since the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World newspaper [the leading UK Sunday newspaper] saw the newspaper’s former royal correspondent, Clive Goodman, jailed for his part in hacking into the mobile phone voicemails of Princes William...

Discarding computer hard drives can be dangerous

During a computer upgrade or computer replacement, many are tempted to toss the old hard drive on the curbside, sell them on eBay or else donate them to a local school or charity group. But if the data contained on those old drives has not been properly erased before...