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An Internet ransomware virus 'Akira' that steals vital personal information and encrypts data leading to extortion of money from people has been reported in the cyberspace, the country's federal cyber security agency has said in a latest…

“In past months, there have been incidents of shellings in Belgorod, drone attacks in Moscow, and a bombing in St Petersburg,” MFA said, adding that Singaporeans in Russia should avoid inter-state travel for the time being. Given the…

SINGAPORE: Singapore has offered condolences to Turkey and Syria over the deadly earthquake that struck the two countries on Monday (Feb 6). The death toll from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake had topped 2,300 by Monday evening Singapore…

SINGAPORE: There are currently no reports of any Singaporeans affected by the bombing in Istanbul, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Monday (Nov 14), as it extended its condolences to those affected.  Six people were…

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Tuesday (Oct 25) advised Singaporeans to defer all travel to six regions of Russia amid the heightened security level in those areas. MFA also reiterated its advisory against travel to…

The US security agency FBI has issued a warning against a relatively new ransomware operation named BlackByte. The operation is targeting PCs that run on Microsoft Windows. FBI issued the new warning after the BlackByte ransomwaregang…

"A new world order is being born and ... the moment of delivery is actually the most dangerous. So, will we have a more divided, less prosperous and less peaceful world? "Or instead, can we strengthen multilateralism and the UN to deal…

SOVA Trojan is a kind of virus that can hold Android devices to ransom by secretly encrypting them, rendering the users helpless. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team(CERT-In) recently reported that a new type of mobile banking…

A reverse-proxy Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS) platform, named -- EvilProxy is reportedly assisting novice hackers to steal authentication tokens that will help them to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) on major websites like Apple, …

On a recent visit to the MFA Boston, work and pleasure collided for me in front of one of the museum’s new acquisitions, Tailleur pour dames, a surrealist masterpiece by Remedios Varos from 1957. It’s easy to get lost in this strange…