By Aaron Bugal, Field CISO, APJ, Sophos AI is fast becoming the new productivity engine in Malaysia’s corporate landscape. From copilots that summarise reports to chatbots that draft emails, employees are discovering clever ways to work faster and smarter. But in the rush to embrace innovation, a new blind spot has emerged: shadow AI. Shadow ... Read more ›
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A new academic report shows state and local governments across the US have continued buying telecommunication gears from China despite federal efforts to block them. At least 1,681 US state and local entities bought equipment and services from Huawei, ZTE, Hikvision, Dahua and Hytera between 2015 and 2021, new study shows. For almost a decade,... Read more » Read more ›
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Article by Billy Loizou, Area Vice President, Amperity Sending customers promotional emails for products they already own, blasting them with ads for clothing they don’t like, or placing them on hold for 45 minutes as a customer service representative tracks down their details when they want to return a pair of shoes. These poor customer... Read more » Read more ›
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While some may feel that the excitement around the metaverse is not as high as it was initially, the reality is, the immersive world is still playing an important role in how the future will look like. By 2026, one in every four people will spend at least an hour a day in the Metaverse... Read more » Read more ›
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to play an important role in many industries around the world. Be it fraud detection or customer service, today, organizations leverage AI for a myriad of tasks. Yet, there is still a common problem faced when it comes to the adoption of AI in some use cases. For most businesses, especially... Read more » Read more ›
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Cybercriminals continue to find new ways to infiltrate organizations today. While businesses continue to increase their cybersecurity protection, threat actors still manage to find weaknesses in the system to wreak havoc on organizations. In recent times, there have been increased cyber attacks on organizations through software supply chains. According to research by BlackBerry, four in... Read more » Read more ›
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Against the backdrop of constantly evolving cyber threats, Malaysia needs to do more in prioritizing cybersecurity, Kaspersky’s findings suggest. According to the National Security Council of Malaysia, in September alone, there were 5,626 cyber incidents reported. On Kaspersky’s end, in the first half of 2022 alone, it detected 20,948,843 different web threats on the computers... Read more » Read more ›
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According to Google, Bain and Temasek’s latest report, Vietnam has the fastest growing digital economy in Southeast Asia, with a 28% YoY increase in GMV. Led by a booming e-commerce sector, which hit US$14 billion this year, Vietnam’s GMV is expected to grow 31% from US$23 billion in 2022 to US$49 billion in 2025. High... Read more » Read more ›
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One of the fastest-growing types of cybercrime is the increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks targeting key infrastructure in APAC There is no one-size-fits-all network architecture model that works for all businesses, so organizations should adopt a forward-looking strategy The threat landscape continues to become complex as cybersecurity incidents continue to be a menace for organizations globally. Although... Read more » Read more ›
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One of the biggest problems with data center management today is the number of tools, solutions, and dashboards needed to manage it. While technology continues to enable data centers to be more efficient in their output, monitoring them was still a challenge. Currently, managing the data center requires employees to keep track of many tasks.... Read more » Read more ›
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Medibank said all the personal data belonging to its customers, its AHM division, and every international-student client were compromised. The hack is likely to cost the company a minimum between $25m and US$35 million. Last week, Australia’s largest private health insurance company, Medibank, admitted it had as much as 200 gigabytes of data stolen from... Read more » Read more ›
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Shipments involving 5G smartphones in Indonesia rose 159% YoY in Q2 2022, led by Samsung, OPPO, vivo and Xiaomi. Counterpoint said that 5G smartphones come with better, newer specifications to support the latest connectivity technology, overall making them a better offering than a 4G smartphone in the same price segment. In Indonesia, the 5G technology... Read more » Read more ›
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Supercomputers continue to produce amazing results for use cases around the world. With the demand for greater and faster compute increasing, more organizations and even government agencies are looking to invest in supercomputers. In Singapore, supercomputers are starting to play an increasingly important role in research and development. Last year, the government announced plans to... Read more » Read more ›
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Despite the positive growth experienced by the e-commerce industry, there are still certain problems that are bothering customers when it comes to perfecting their purchase experience. These teething problems may not lead to customers abandoning their purchase, but it still does cause an inconvenience and could impact future decisions by the customers. Be it the... Read more » Read more ›
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SK Hynix Inc will be cutting its capital expenditure for next year by at least half. Should the situation get harder to handle, the Korean chipmaker might be forced to close its DRAM production plant in Wuxi, near Shanghai. The company just reported a 60% decline in third-quarter profit as memory chip demand plunged. “SK... Read more » Read more ›
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Chip imports in China fell 12.4% in September, maintaining an ongoing downward trend for chip imports. The value of chip imports however increased 1.5% YoY to US$316.9 billion between January to September, meaning China is purchasing chips at higher prices. Production of locally made chips also plunged 16.4% in September to 26.1 billion units. In... Read more » Read more ›
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Australia has been experiencing several high-profile data breaches recently. The impact of some of these events has led to the Australian government making some changes to their data laws and regulations, with the aim of securing their citizens and also making businesses accountable for their data. For many organizations, the data breaches in Australia have... Read more » Read more ›
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One of the biggest problems in the world is financial inclusion for the underbanked and unbanked community. While fintech is helping to solve this quickly, there are still about 1.7 billion unbanked people globally. In Southeast Asia, about 70% of the population contributes to these figures with Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines making a huge... Read more » Read more ›
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Article by Brian Spanswick, Chief Information Security Officer, Cohesity When I joined Cohesity in April 2021 – mid pandemic – the organization was expanding globally, with many employees coming on board in remote working environments. At the same time, we were also expanding our SaaS offerings and SaaS-focused partnerships, including activating our Data Management as... Read more » Read more ›
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As physical events continue to dominate the tech industry in a post-pandemic era, the in-person Tech Week Singapore brought together seven co-located events recently. The seven events consisting of Big Data & AI World, Cloud Expo Asia, Cyber Security World, Data Centre World Asia, DevOps Live, eCommerce Expo Asia and Technology for Marketing saw brands from all over the world participating in them.... Read more » Read more ›
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