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While working in the metaverse is intriguing to many, there are whole groups of people who are sceptical about how a workplace metaverse might actually play out

Should employees be worried about working in the metaverse?

"Malaysia has recorded a need for 20,000 professionals in the cybersecurity workforce by 2025," emblematic of the gaping cybersecurity skills shortage in the country and regionally.

Cybersecurity skills gap a mounting concern in Asia

The reported cybercrime in Malaysia has increased exponentially, with banks and their customers among the most commonly targeted victims

Another major bank warns cybercrime explicitly targeting Android users in Malaysia

Biden described the advanced semiconductors manufactured at the chip factory as "a wonder of innovation" and crucial to the global economy

Biden’s chip factory visit in South Korea a sign of deepening supply coop between the two democracies?

US-China tech war: Surveillance giant Hikvision faces fresh, tougher scrutiny in Washington

US-China tech war: Surveillance giant Hikvision faces fresh, tougher scrutiny in Washington

IBM Security released its annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, unveiling how ransomware and vulnerability grow more sophisticated each year,

IBM Security lists Asia as most attacked region

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IBM Cybersecurity Hub to mitigate APAC cyberattacks

More than half of cybersecurity technologies in Malaysia are outdated, according to the latest findings by Cisco Systems Inc.

Malaysian cybersecurity technologies outdated

The Asia Pacific is seeing a hiring boom in cybersecurity roles according to figures compiled by GlobalData which are up 23.2% of total jobs.

APAC is seeing a hiring boom in cybersecurity roles

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There’s a new cybersecurity vendor in town

Improving ICT supply chain resilience and cybersecurity capabilities are ways for government and non-government stakeholders to minimize these risks.

Improving ICT supply chain resilience in APAC

Malaysians often readily give up personal information, although the state of data protection literacy and practice in the country can be rather abysmal (Yeexin Richelle / Shutterstock)

Malaysia’s chronic indisposition to prioritize data protection will ruin us all

cybersecurity is important for work devices

Ten cybersecurity resolutions for a safer 2022

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2022: Can companies mitigate increasing cyber risks?

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Fake vaccine passports wont get you anywhere this Christmas

Chinese hackers suspected of being state-sponsored are theorized to have launched these attacks on SEA countries disputing parts of the South China Sea (IMG/Shutterstock)

State-sponsored Chinese hackers target Southeast Asian govts, militaries: report

Log4j vulnerability

New Log4J vulnerability ‘most serious ever’, Chinese hackers already exploiting it

Omicron variant may require more stringent healthcare data protection

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Cyber pandemic drags on in Singapore with another healthcare data breach

Wearing a mask may not hinder this new facial recognition system from scanning your face.

Increasing demand for facial recognition system technology in Malaysia