Ransomware Malaysia figures from the Brandefense ATLAS tracker put 177 Malaysian organisations on ransomware leak sites as of 7 November 2026, ranking the country 24th of 184, with 16 organisations listed in October alone, the heaviest month of the year so far. Those are the groups' own claims, compiled by...
Bank Rakyat Hack: The Bank And The Minister Disagree
The Bank Rakyat hack became a matter of public record on Saturday, 7 November, when Communications Minister Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil told reporters in Doha that the bank had reported its third-party-managed website hacked, with the damage confined to web defacement. The bank itself, in a statement on Facebook the...
Zero Trust Malaysia: What MACC’s 90,000 Daily Attacks Should Change At Your SME
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission detects and foils between 80,000 and 90,000 cyberattack attempts every day. That figure, given by the commission's own records and information management director, is the most useful number an SME will see this month, and not because a small company faces anything like that volume. It...
CTOS Down: Score And CCRIS Reports Still Unavailable For SMEs
CTOS down is not a rumour and it is not temporary in the way most outages are. CTOS Digital Bhd disclosed a cybersecurity incident on 23 September 2026, and in a Bursa Malaysia filing on 13 October 2026 it said CTOS Score and CCRIS-related reports remain unavailable, that Bank Negara...
Biometrics in Cybersecurity: 3 Reasons Why It Is Better
Discovering the Superiority of Biometrics in Cybersecurity: The Ultimate Defense! Cybersecurity threat is a constant concerns for internet users who are looking to safeguard their presence online. With the arising digital breaching happening all around the world, the questions on whether or not biometrics can solve this issue starts to...