Security News

Singapore fingers deported fraudster for leak of list of thousands of HIV+ people
2019-01-29 13:20

Accuses suspect of other stuff too, such as faking HIV status to get a work permit. Wait, what? The government of Singapore is once again apologising for a serious breach of citizens' privacy:...

Singapore Imposes $740,000 Fines Over Major Cyber Attack
2019-01-17 00:25

Singapore's privacy watchdog Tuesday imposed fines of Sg$1 million ($740,000) on a healthcare provider and an IT agency over a cyber-attack that saw health records of about quarter of the...

Lessons From Report on Massive Singapore Healthcare Hack
2019-01-10 20:48

Analysis of SingHealth Attack Offers Recommendations That Could Be Applied WordwideA variety of security weaknesses contributed to a massive 2017 health data security breach in Singapore,...

Singapore Government Announces Second Bug Bounty Program
2018-12-21 17:09

The government of Singapore this week announced plans to launch a second bug bounty program in collaboration with hacker-powered security platform HackerOne. read more

Singapore Signs Cybersecurity Agreements With US, Canada
2018-11-19 13:32

Singapore last week signed cybersecurity-related agreements with both Canada and the United States as officials from both countries visited Singapore for the 33rd ASEAN Summit. read more

Facebook monetizes 2FA, Singapore monetizes hacker, and ransomware creeps monetize US Democrats
2018-09-29 09:01

BBFC gets a side job shilling shoes Roundup One or two things happened this week on the security front, like the elimination of the White House cyber czar, the massive leak of code from Aeroflot ,...

Massive Singapore Healthcare Breach Possibly Involved Contractor
2018-07-30 05:41

Researchers have come across two Pastebin posts that could shed more light on the data breach that resulted in the health records of 1.5 million Singaporeans getting stolen by hackers. read more

State-Actors Likely Behind Singapore Cyberattack: Experts
2018-07-23 04:00

State-actors were likely behind Singapore's biggest ever cyberattack to date, security experts say, citing the scale and sophistication of the hack which hit medical data of about a quarter of the...

Hackers Grab 1.5 Million Patients' Details in Singapore
2018-07-20 17:03

'Deliberate' Attack Targeted Prime Minister's Medical Details, Authorities SaySingapore's largest healthcare group has suffered a hack attack that exposed 1.5 million residents' personal details....

Prime Minister's data stolen in Singapore hack, showing risk of connect health systems
2018-07-20 14:03

A major cyberattack on Singapore's government health database compromised 1.5 million people's personal information, including the Prime Minister.