APAC

NCSC warns of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea state-linked supply chain attacks

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Republic of Korea have issued a warning of state-linked cyber threats attacking software supply chain from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The NCSC and the Republic of Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) have...

DarkGate attacks linked to Vietnam-based cybercriminals

WithSecure researchers have tracked attacks using DarkGate malware to an active cluster of cybercriminals operating out of Vietnam. DarkGate is a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that has been used in attacks since at least 2018 and is currently available to cybercriminals as Malware-as-a-Service...

Financial services remains most attacked APAC industry

Thirty-six percent growth in Web application and API attacks against APAC financial institutions as they expand and accelerate digital innovation. Akamai Technologies has released its latest State of the Internet report – The High Stakes of Innovation: Attack Trends in Financial Services....

How Ransomware as a ‘social media’ service is democratising cyberattacks?

We asked Vicky Ray, Director – UNIT 42 Cyber Consulting and Threat Intelligence, Asia Pacific and Japan, Palo Alto Networks about the extent of this emerging risk. With ransomware attacks not showing any signs of slowing down, how does the ‘as-a-service’ model on social media...