Privacy

Malaysia’s alarming approach to citizen data collection
Failure to review the PDPA leaves citizens vulnerable to exploitation Repeated sharing of info with unknown stakeholders felt like an invasion of privacy
The (in)convenient marriage between unicorns and governments in Southeast Asia
Nabila Hassan makes the point that governments in Southeast Asia should encourage public-private partnerships while ensuring that overdependence on technology companies are mitigated by putting citizens’ rights at the forefront.
Week in Review: Malaysia gives Facebook a free pass
Should both the Malaysian Prime Minister and Communications Minister have attended a simple Facebook office opening?
ThreatMetrix: Cyber-attacks more complex, more frequent and global in nature
Overall attack rate grew 50% year-on-year, as the security company stopped 251 million attacks globally.
Week in Review: How powerful will social media be in influencing Malaysia’s GE14?
DNA collaborates with Multimedia University to gauge whether social media will influence readers when they vote in GE14 next month.
GDPR: Privacy and security ‘by design’
With the looming implementation of the EU's GDPR, security and data protection move to "by design" as opposed to an after thought.
Threats in 2018: AI, ransomware, and privacy
McAfee Labs 2018 Threats Predictions Report warns: AI will be used by attackers, ransomware will be more complex, serverless apps will be a vulnerability, and privacy will be an issue.
Gartner: Worldwide security spending to hit US$96 bil in 2018, up 8 per cent
Security breaches lead to nervous CIOs, leads to higher security spending, a Gartner report finds.
Caution called for as IoT creeps into anything and everything
The lines are blurring for software testers as the Internet of Things (IoT) spreads everywhere. Soon they will have to consider that testing cannot be limited to just software, but must include hardware and entire systems.
What’s Next 2016: The generational clash, and sharing vs privacy
The etiquette and processes need to be developed for dealing with interactions as they now become increasingly digital.
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