Borneo Sees Spike in Cyber Crime
Borneo saw 7,404 reported incidents of cyber crime in the first half of 2011 – a 147 percent increase compared to the same period last year, Bernama reports. Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Datuk Fadillah Yusuf said as more people begin using the Internet, issues and threats — ranging from spam to identity [...]
The executive branch of Malaysia’s government has decided to sign a memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom to work together to battle cross-border crime, including web-based ones, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is expected to sign the MoU during his official visit to the [...]
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The Malaysian specialist center for cybersecurity has lined up five projects under the 10th Malaysia Plan to fight the increasing cyber crime threat in the nation, according to Bernama. Among the new projects CyberSecurity Malaysia has already realized includes Cyber999, a public service that provides emergency response to cybersecurity-related emergencies as well as assistance in [...]
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Law enforcement in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur plans to open a one-stop center to fight commercial crimes, with a particular focus on cyber offenses, according to Malaysian news agency Bernama. Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department head Datuk Wira Syed Ismail Syed Azizan said the agency would be shaped after the successful Taiwan Cybercrime Prevention and [...]
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has warned Southeast Asian nations of the increasingly sophisticated cyber criminals who pose risks to countries and governments around the world. Speaking at last week’s ASEAN Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, the minister urged members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to beef up their [...]
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A Malaysian computer expert who allegedly hacked into the Federal Reserve’s network and had more than 400,000 credit-card numbers in his possession has been indicted. Lin Mun Poo was arrested at a Brooklyn diner selling some of the stolen card numbers shortly after landing at the John F. Kennedy Airport on Oct. 21. He is [...]
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CyberSecurity Malaysia, the Malaysian specialist center for cybersecurity, will be organizing Cyber Security Malaysia Awards, Conference and Exhibition 2010 in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 25-29. Bernama reports Chief Executive Officer and retired Lt. Col. Husin Jazri said the event, themed “Securing Our Digital City,” was held with the vision to create a cyber-secured community that [...]
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A federal communications commission in Malaysia is reporting an increase in the number of websites being hacked, with 262 sites compromised compared to previous month’s 168, according to Bernama. In a statement issued yesterday, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission noted how the number of websites hacked this month had increased drastically, and urged Malaysian website [...]
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