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Facebook and Google this week announced the decision to postpone this year's BountyCon bug hunting conference due to health risks. "Out of an abundance of caution, we've decided to postpone BountyCon due to evolving public health risks related to coronavirus. While this was a difficult decision to make, our priority is the health and safety of our attendees," Facebook says.
Leading mobile payments company WorldRemit has appointed seasoned digital executive Scott Eddington to lead the Asia Pacific business as it positions itself to help even more customers make secure, quick and affordable cross border payments. Scott will be responsible for accelerating WorldRemit's mobile payments service in Asia Pacific, which currently allows customers to send from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Interpol announced on Wednesday that it has coordinated an international operation aimed at removing illegally installed cryptocurrency miners from routers located in Southeast Asia. The operation was launched in June 2019 and participants worked over a five-month period to identify compromised routers, alert victims, and install patches that would prevent cybercriminals from controlling the devices.
Facebook and Google this week announced that they will partner again next year for the second edition of BountyCon, their Asia-Pacific bug hunting conference. read more
Almost one in five business organizations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region experienced more than six security breaches in the past two years, a new ESET enterprise cybersecurity survey has...
Unit 42 Researchers Describe Malware Attacks That May Have Ties to ChinaThreat actors that may have connections to China has been using a variety of malware in a series of information-gathering...
Attacks conducted by a suspected Chinese threat actor on technology companies in Southeast Asia employ a version of the open-source PcShare backdoor, BlackBerry Cylance security researchers warn. read more
The China-linked threat actor tracked by Symantec as Thrip has continued to target entities in Southeast Asia even after the cybersecurity firm exposed its operations. read more
Vietnam emerges as the country affected the most by Microsoft SQL Server attacks that leverage malicious jobs, a new report from Kaspersky reveals. read more
Vectra announced that it has established business operations in the Asia-Pacific region to arm enterprise organisations and managed detection and response providers with a platform to stop...