cyber crime

With all the hype around cryptocurrencies, one should remember its potential to be used for crime too.

“Remember that as well as washing your hands regularly, it’s important to keep up your cyber-hygiene, too,” the firm warned.

(May 6): The US$9 trillion ($12.3 trillion) business of financing global trade needs to go digital, according to southeast Asia’s second-biggest lender.

LONDON (May 19): One week ago a global cyberattack dubbed “unprecedented” by Europol began infecting an estimated 200,000 of the world’s computers, starting a seven-day countdown to the destruction of data if victims didn’t pay a ransom.

SINGAPORE (Feb 14): Singapore has ranked top in the world on the World Economic Forum’s Network Readiness Index (NRI) for the second year running, but concerns are rising over personal data protection and cyber security.

NEW YORK (Aug 29): Six US senators have urged President Barack Obama to prioritize cyber crime at this weekend's Group of 20 summit in China, in the wake of the theft of US$81 million ($110 million) from Bangladesh's central bank, according to a l