Cyber Security

Code Exposure: The Vulnerabilities in Your Code & Where They Originate When people ask me if I can code, I often tell them I can write scripts and hello world applications instead of actual coding. In my opinion, writing an application with a positive use is a lot easier than writing an application that handles negative use cases. Compounded by the

A Must Have “Transaction Signing” for All Recently in Singapore, a major bank was facing losses up to S$13.7 million dollars in a month during December 2021 alone. All this was due to phishing. The main culprit was due to victims who fell prey and provided their online banking log in credentials and one time pins to phishing websites thus multi-factor

DevSecOps with Checkmarx Have you ever encountered a situation whereby you are not able to deploy an application due to vulnerabilities in the codes? Remediation measures are generally time consuming and expensive when vulnerabilities are discovered in the later stages of the development cycle. Worst still, having a vulnerable code pushed to production could lead to exploitation causing downtime or data

Going Passwordless! Removing the password effectively removes all password hacks The core concept of security in the enterprise, as well as elsewhere in society, is identity. Are you who you say you are and do you have a right to be here? When it comes to verifying identity, usernames and passwords are universally used log in to websites and applications. The

Vulnerability remediation is often an uphill task for most organisations as they struggle to identify, prioritise and remediate them. In addition, due to the dynamic landscape in vulnerability discoveries by third party vendors. It has made it even more challenging for them to step into this massive area without causing them massive headaches or anxieties. To add on to the complexity

A common misconception people have is that once the user locks their computer with a password, all data is secure and not retrievable. But most users tend to overlook that if an individual learns of this password, all information is immediately readily available at hand. Somebody with malicious intent can easily access these files once the computer has been logged into

Since the tightening of COVID curbs, working from home has been the default arrangement and more and more businesses and organizations have adopted work from home policies. Remote working has since become a new trend in the workplace, and accompanied by its unique cybersecurity challenges. What are the types of threats faced? Remote working is one of the fastest-growing types of