Cybersecurity in April 2021
The April 2021 cybersecurity news round-up covers items across a range of datasec and privacy-related themes including 5G security in the Indo-Pacific, Samsung’s moves into quantum cryptography, the LinkedIn database hack, India’s trusted technology providers and more.
Links below provide a snapshot of cybersecurity headlines reported across the month, pulled from Startup News Asia’s daily feeds; each cybersec headline is hyperlinked to the article behind it – free-to-read, in full, online. This gives technology enthusiasts 2 things immediately:
- instant reference on cybersecurity issues from the past month; and
- 1-click access to the datasec-related articles of most interest.
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- 2021 Cyber Attack Statistics, Data, and Trends: “…34% of organizations suffered from security incidents involving malware last year.”
- Check Point Software’s 2021 Mobile Security report finds 46% of organisations had at least one employee who downloaded a malicious mobile application
- Cybersecurity: A collection of the cybersec, datasec and privacy-related news headlines and reports from the past month
- Download: Nation States, Cyberconflict and the Web of Profit – “… a 100% rise in ‘significant’ nation state incidents between 2017-2020…”
- ICYMI: US Federal Reserve chairman states “…the risk that we keep our eyes on the most now is cyber risk”
- ICYMI: Hackers scraped data from 500M LinkedIn users – about two-thirds of the platform’s entire user base – and have posted it for sale, online
- Singapore: “We need to consider cybersecurity as a common good which is managed in the interest of the public and is beneficial to all of us…”
- Indo-Pacific 5G Survey: “…a hyper-connected world…is ripe for cyberattacks at a scale never seen before, from simple household IoT devices to electricity grids and healthcare delivery…”
- Australia: Gov’t launches International Cyber and Critical Technology Engagement Strategy
- Download: Cambodia vs Hackers – Balancing Security and Liberty in Cybercrime Law (pdf)
- 2021 Cyber Attack Statistics, Data, and Trends: “…34% of organizations suffered from security incidents involving malware last year.”
- India: National Cyber Security Coordinator finalizes criteria for identifying trusted sources, communicating to key telcos, chipmakers and multinational vendors
- India: Upstox online stockbroking platform warns clients of data breach, exposing connection info and KYC details for an estimated 2.5M users
- South Korea: New Samsung Galaxy Quantum 2 uses quantum cryptography to secure apps with built-in random number generator chip, creating a new level of consumer security
- Big tech: “…it’s not the IT office that needs to deal with technology; it’s mainstream foreign and security policy. Too few countries get that.”
- Romanian gov’t approves bill barring Huawei, and China, from 5G networks, citing national security concerns and ‘protecting Romania’s future generations’ personal data’
- 4 Indian startups selected for NetApp Excellerator, working in digital manufacturing, HR technology, AI and cybersecurity
- Malaysia edition of Cyber Security Asia 2021 event set for July 5-6, with Cambodia edition set for October 25-26
- ICYMI: German lawmakers pass IT Security Law 2.0, providing tougher 5G legislation and requiring security policy to match those of NATO and allies
- Australia launches International Cyber and Critical Technology Engagement Strategy, alongside announcing 3 joint cyber projects with India
- ICYMI: Google’s advertising tech FLoC, an alternative to cookies in user tracking, hits another obstacle, with Brave, Safari, Firefox and other browsers declining to implement it
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