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Can you trust everything that comes to your phone?

olive — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 01:00:19 +0000

Have you received a message with a link from somebody or the bank? If you have, you would be wondering why they would need you to see the link or to update your details. This could be a hoax text and the link could be affected with malware, malware link is quite rather regular as a way for someone to access or infect your device and this could hurt your business. Malware is a type of cyberattack and malware attacks would target business in Singapore as our data are online or databases

There are different ways malware could be transferred to your device and here are some of the ways they access your device:

Downloading affected apps

When getting apps, normally you would use the official app store or play store but for android users, there times you would get pirated apps from websites. Most of the time the pirated apps online may not be safe as it could have malware infected inside the app.

Mobile device with vulnerable operating system

When your device is not updated, it would affect your security and vulnerabilities as every update there would be patches to fix the issue on your phone.

This is why it’s important to have regular updates on your device.

Receiving text message

Receiving text messages from strangers or legitimate source may not be safe as something they would want to have your credit card details by accessing unsecured website or say that they are from the bank on a text message it could lead you to giving the information.

It’s important to check or verify by calling your bank and never give your personal information through text. If receive a text message you don’t know who, don’t reply as it could be a form of phishing.

Tag: cyber security, cyber attack singapore, cybersecurity singapore

Written By: Danish

Shifting Cyber Security Landscape in the retail world

olive — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 01:00:22 +0000

New advancements in technology are moving the retail industry in precedented ways. As the industry improves, a cybercriminal would try to find new ways to steal data from companies. The shifting of the cybersecurity landscape in singapore would mean new technologies and security measures are needed.

How do they pull off the attacks? Web attackers would find ways to compromise a website by capturing customer credit card payment as customers are paying for their product.

To ensure data is safe, you should take steps to improve or defend from cyberattacks. There are different ways to prevent attacks.

Embrace new technologies

As there are new technologies that would make it harder for hackers to access the POS terminals as low-hanging fruit. There are consideration for EMV and mobile wallets or other payment method as opposed to PAN

There are not only cards

Attackers don’t only target cards but also reward programs as that are personal information as customers sign up for reward they would use their financial info and this would be quite dangerous as hackers would attempt to access this info. There are also time attackers would target reward points as it can be leveraged.

In the cyberworld, not everyone is safe from cybercrime no matter if you are a business or personal so ensuring that your customers data are kept safe from cybercriminals because they would be one step ahead of new technologies.

Written By: Danish

4 Security Functions of IOS To Avoid Cyberattack?

olive — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 01:00:41 +0000

IOS is the world’s well known and most secure operating systems over android. But do you actually know why IOS secure and what are some of the function to keep it secure.

Here are some of the security functions to keep the OS safe:

Secure Boot

When IOS boots up, the system would run a low-level boot loader which would ensure no malicious or otherwise unauthorised software that would be able to run on the IOS device. After checking, it would run a higher level boot loader to start up the device.

Secure Enclave

A secure enclave is a coprocessor found on an IOS device which contain the touch ID or Face ID. It runs its own secure boot process to ensure absolute security, a hardware random number generator is also included as a part of this coprocessor and this would be more secure as it protects the device from brute force attacks.

Encryption

Encryption on IOS is pretty normal and you would normally find encryptions in the memory of the secure enclave. When a passcode is utilised on an IOS device it would encrypt the IOS device

Network Security

IOS supports TLS or Transport Layer Security with both low-and high-level APIs for developers. When the Wi-Fi is enabled, IOS would randomized the location of the device to ensure that it cannot be tracked by anyone.

Cyber Attack can happen anywhere in Singapore even on mobile devices like IOS devices but its harder to access remotely so to ensure your IOS device is always secure make sure you update regularly

Written By: Danish

Business Emails that compromise

olive — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 01:00:33 +0000

One of the most used methods of getting information is to phishing; phishing has become one of the more dangerous types of security threats for business and we observed increased phishing attack reports in the past year.

Social engineering schemes often use fake emails that claim to be from actual businesses. The emails are designed to bait recipients to copied website that would request victim to give bank details, personal information. Other types of phishing attack are like fake ads, banners and fake social media accounts to lead victims to give information about themselves.

There are many types of lures; but documented gift cards are one of the preferred payment methods in attacks. Because gift cards are harder to track and it harder to refund and reversible, it has become one of the easier for people to use this way to earn money through phishing customers by creating fake emails and websites.

It’s important for companies to take the necessary steps to ensure no such phishing attacks happen as it would hurt the company’s reputation and trust as customers wouldn’t know if the email is compromised or not, this would affect the company mail marketing because of the phishing emails. It’s important to have proper security software to prevent such attacks. this are quite rather common type of cyber attack that happen to Singapore business.

Tag: cyber attack, email, email hosting singapore

Written By: Danish

How to secure your computer and avoid cyber attack?

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 01:00:45 +0000

Computer security means the protection of computer systems and information from breach and unauthorised use. People will mix computer with information security and cyber security. There are similarities and differences among the terms.

There are 3 parts of computer security:

Hardware
Firmware
Software

Hardware refers to the physical parts of the computer, Firmware refers to the non-volatile parts of the computer and software refers to the software which are in the computer.

Its key to ensure all the different parts of the computer to be secure and also safe from cyberattacks. There are normally 2 types of security threat that would face.

Viruses

A computer virus is a malicious program which added to the user computer without a trace and if this virus is in the computer it wouldn’t operate properly. This would normally enter through affected emails or softwares.

Computer worm

A computer worm is a software where it can copy itself from one computer to another with any interaction and a worm can duplicate in great volume

Keeping your computer safe

To keep you safe all of the threats, it’s best to add an reputable anti-virus software with a great reputation. Make sure your device is regularly updated so the computer wouldn’t be affected and the security patch would also be updated. Take the time to better understand the different security threat so you would know and how to prevent it.

You can also approach any cyber security agency of Singapore that would be able to assist in securing your computer and to advise you on how to security.

Written By: Danish

Is IOS really safer than Android?

olive — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 01:00:44 +0000

Many apple users have said that apple has better security than android. Apple has a good reputation for security because apple’s operating system is a closed system, but the reputation could have been working against it. there are advice from cyber security agency of Singapore as there are security threats increase and hackers take your data.

Android devices are the opposite, they are relying on open-source code. Meaning that the owners can play around with the phone and tablet operating systems. If we play around with the system it might affect the devices’ security. If a phone maker put out the new device with new upgrades to the android operating system and there might be a vulnerability in that code.

IOS might be the most secure operating system but its not impossible for cybercriminals to hit apple devices. Both Operating system would need to be aware of malware and viruses, and always be careful of third party app stores.

There are social engineering attacks which cybercriminals attempt to bait users into giving up log-in information to bank accounts and other personal data. This could affect both IOS and Android.

To keep your devices safe no matter android or IOS, ensure you update your device once there are updates regularly and by updating would help you to improve your security of the device.

Written By: Danish

Mobile security threats

olive — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 01:00:51 +0000

Mobile security is one of companies worry list and for a good reason. This because almost everyday workers access corporate data from their phone and there are times that there is sensitive information on the corporate data and if there is a breach data all the sensitive information could be leaked and its important to ensure cybersecurity Singapore would face cyber hacks.

Everyday there are new threats we face and there is amount of threat towards mobile device and here are the threats that we should take note of

Data leakage

Data leakage is a widespread issue in the world and also the most worried threats to enterprise security. It could be transferring company files onto a public cloud storage service, pasting confidential info in the wrong place, or sent to the wrong recipient.

It’s a matter of the user inadvertently making ill-advised decisions about which app are able to see and transfer their information.

Wi-Fi interference

A mobile device is only as secure than a network through which it transmits data. There are a number of public Wi-Fi networks which means our info often isn’t as secure.

We would connect to Wi-Fi almost three times as much as we use cellular data and normally, we use unsecured Wi-Fi networks and maybe devices have encountered a man in the middle attack which means someone is maliciously intercepts communication between both parties.

Out of date devices

Our mobile devices are always facing new risks to enterprise security in the traditional work devices and they don’t have a guarantee on software updates. This is true particularly on the android interface which a majority manufactures are ineffective keeping their products up to date and this face of a threat to being hack as the security patches are not updated, the security problems aren’t fixed.

Written By: Danish

What is sandbox security

olive — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 01:00:28 +0000

As malware becomes more sophisticated, monitoring suspicious behaviour to detect malware has been increasingly difficult. Sandbox is an isolated environment on a network that mimics end-user operation environment. Sandboxes acts like a safety procedure code without risking the device or network.

Malware can be detected by using sandbox to be an extra layer of protection against new security threats. The sandbox keeps all the attacks or security threat in the sandbox which avoids system failures and keeping software vulnerabilities from spreading.

Sandbox environments provides a proactive layer of network security defence to the advanced persistent threats or APTs, they are custom developed targeted attack and they are normally targeted to compromising companies and stealing data.

The sandbox is designed to detect malware by destroying or remove and isolated environments to observe that code’s behaviour and output activities. The normal security measures are reactive which means they look for patterns identified in known instances of malware.

Because it only detects only older identified threats. Sandbox adds that extra important layer of security to detect advanced malware detection. Cybersecurity in Singapore is the utmost importance so the sandbox would help to fight new threats.

Written By: Danish

How to secure your dedicated server?

olive — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 01:00:09 +0000

Having a secure server is important to protect your data. Cyber attack can happen anywhere, any day and all websites can be targeted by hackers. If you have a dedicated server, it’s better to have extra security added to your server when is possible and it would be a risk if you don’t.

Keep things regularly updated

When you update your security patches on a regularly, it would help to better protect the information you have and this should be done a few times in a week.

Connect only with trusted or secure networks

The way to prevent breach is to connect with trusted or secure networks as you login into your hosting account with your credentials. There are reasons why you shouldn’t sign in with public network because there are times hackers can access information through public networks as its not secure.

Backup your data

There are security precautions but the attacks can be unpredictable and it’s better to back up your data as if anything does happen you would have a backup to restore back to your server as what it was before.

Try and use a managed server

If the idea of handing all the security responsibilities can be too overwhelming so its better to have a managed server instead as it would be better. A managed server is where you have your own administrator to handle all the security issues and installing the back up.

There are a lot more ways to ensure security for your server and boost it. But it’s important to know that having a secure server is important because it could affect your website. There are a few singapore hosting companies that can provide a secure and reliable hosting service.

Tag: cyber security, cyber attack singapore, singapore cyber security

Written By: Danish

Ensuring Endpoint Security Between Each Other

olive — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 01:00:19 +0000

Endpoints security means to secure nodes where end-user devices access to an enterprise network, and this where hackers or attackers access the company network. Endpoint security software such as anti-virus and other advanced software to defend systems as they are keen to cybercrimes

Threats are increasingly coming through endpoints, Which means centralized network protection does not go far enough, having new layers of security through endpoint protection. Security must maintain greater control over access points to prevent breaches and vulnerabilities that arise through the use of remote devices.

Endpoint security software uses encryption and application control to secure devices accessing the company network, thereby better controlling security on those avenues of access to monitor and block risky accounts. Encrypting data on endpoints and removable storage devices helps to prevent data leaks and loss.

Anti-virus software, in central to endpoint security, doesn’t always protect individual device’s servers. By implementing endpoint protection creates protection, a two-pronged approach to security by securing personal devices that connect to the network.

Our security have improve as Singapore cyber security is more secure because of the intranet or firewall install in its systems

Written By: Danish