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Future cyber security threats and challenges: what the Internet Society’s 2017 report warned of

October 31, 2026 by Marcus Lee
Future cyber security threats and challenges: Are you ready for what's coming?

The Internet Society’s 2017 Global Internet Report, Paths to Our Digital Future, warned of state attacks, a security divide and IoT risk. Its cyber security findings.

Categories Cybersecurity Tags Cyber security, Global Internet Report, Internet Society, IoT security, Paths to Our Digital Future, Security divide

What you need to know about the Singapore Cybersecurity Bill, 2018

October 30, 2026 by Marcus Lee
What you need to know about the Singapore Cybersecurity Bill

Singapore’s 2018 Cybersecurity Bill set duties, penalties and licensing for critical information infrastructure owners. What it required and how it was amended since.

Categories Cybersecurity Tags CII, Compliance, Cyber Security Agency, Cybersecurity Act, Singapore Cybersecurity Bill, Synopsys

iPhone Security Flaw 2010: Using a PIN Won’t Help You, Researcher Warned

October 30, 2026 by Marcus Lee
Iphonesecurity flaw using pin wont help you

In May 2010 a researcher reported that a four-digit PIN did not protect data on the iPhone 3GS from someone with physical access, a concern for business users.

Categories Cybersecurity Tags Apple, Bernd Marienfeldt, Data protection, iPhone 3GS, Mobile security, PIN security

Asia-Pacific security landscape: old and new threats side by side

October 28, 2026 by Marcus Lee
Asiapacific security landscape shows mix oldand new threats

How Asia-Pacific security threats mixed long-standing risks with newer cyber-insecurity around 2012, based on regional policy research from Japan and CSIS.

Categories Cybersecurity Tags ASEAN, Asia-Pacific security, Cyber warfare, Cyber-insecurity, Regional security

Should You Fear the Reaper (IoTroop) Botnet?

October 28, 2026 by Marcus Lee
Should You Fear the Reaper?

In October 2017 Check Point and Qihoo 360 Netlab warned of Reaper, also called IoTroop, an IoT botnet that exploits device flaws rather than default passwords.

Categories Cybersecurity Tags Check Point, IoT botnet, IoTroop, Mirai, Qihoo 360 Netlab, Reaper

Microsoft acknowledges Linux threat to Windows client in annual filing

October 20, 2026October 13, 2026 by Marcus Lee
Microsoft acknowledges Linux threat to Windows client

In its 2009 annual report to the SEC, Microsoft for the first time named Linux vendors Red Hat and Canonical as competitors to its Windows client business, citing netbooks.

Categories Cybersecurity Tags Canonical, Linux, Microsoft, Netbooks, Red Hat, Windows client
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