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Corporate paperwork to get easier with data-sharing service MyInfo Business
SINGAPORE (Apr 15): Eric Chua, owner of IT solutions company Rocket Buzzer, once spent over a week trying to open a corporate bank account. Most of the time was spent going back and forth to the bank branch, lugging documents and waiting for people to ver
April 15, 2019
Cybersecurity
US man blamed for Singapore data leak on 14,200 HIV+ patients
(Jan 28): Records of as many as 14,200 people with HIV and their 2,400 contacts have been “illegally disclosed online”, Singapore’s health ministry said in a statement, marking the second cyberattack the city-state has suffered in a year.
January 28, 2019
Tech
Google acknowledges mistakes on privacy issues as US seeks input
(Sept 26): Leading internet search engine Google will acknowledge that it has made “mistakes” on privacy issues in testimony an executive of the Alphabet Inc unit will deliver to a US Senate committee on Wednesday, according to a document reviewed by
September 26, 2018
Tech
More than half of consumers in APAC prioritise security over convenience in app experience
SINGAPORE (Aug 1): More than half (53%) of consumers will prioritise security features over the functionality and convenience of an app, according to a study commissioned by F5 Networks in partnership with YouGov.
August 01, 2018
SIAS says data of 70,000 members stolen in 2013
SINGAPORE (July 25): The Securities Investors Association (Singapore) has discovered a data breach that happened five years ago.
July 25, 2018
In print this week
Does Facebook's data breach spell the beginning of the end for digital advertising?
SINGAPORE (May 4): Advertising on social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook may come under threat in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
May 04, 2018
Tech
Is Singapore falling behind in the race for cyber security?
SINGAPORE (July 19): Asia Pacific companies may be loosening their purse strings on cyber security, but this may not necessarily yield the desired results, according to a new report by security company Palo Alto Networks.
July 19, 2017