The personal data of passengers and Airasia employees became the target of a recent ransomware attack. Investigations are underway to identify the source as well as the impact caused by the incident

(Source: The Straits Times)

Information stolen also included names, encrypted passwords, and phone numbers – and were put up on sale online. Since the data breach incident in 2020, it once again proved that RedMart’s systems have vulnerabilities that can be exploited and their data security practices have flaws.
(Source: Straits Times)

5,095 phishing e-mails were sent to consumers after cyber attackers hacked the Consumers Association of Singapore’s (Case) mail server and siphoned at least $225,000 with a spoofed DBS website.
(Source: Straits Times)

First detected in 2019, GuLoader, also called CloudEye, is a Visual Basic Script (VBS) downloader that’s used to distribute remote access trojans on infected machines. Crowdstrike’s findings highlighted its added capability dubbed as a “redundant code injection mechanism”.
(Source: The Hacker News)

Securonix, a company specializing in security intelligence solutions, reported that new vulnerabilities are being identified at nearly double the pace of last year, while the number of threats soared 482% compared to the same period a year ago – highlighting the alarming rise in the number of threats worldwide and it keeps climbing up.
(Source: FInTech News)

Pantropic Online teamed up with Crowdstrike to offer cloud-delivered, next-generation services for endpoint protection, threat intelligence, and response. The CrowdStrike Falcon platform stops breaches by preventing and responding to all types of attacks—both malware and malware-free.