What SEO companies Focus in For an Efficient On-Page Optimization 2018 With about 644 million active websites, the World Wide Web has been a platform for people or corporations to share and gain information in the easiest way. One of the most convenient methods to communicate, the internet has been an ideal place for people…
Second Software Bug Resulted from Facebook Glitch in Less Than a Month At least 800,000 users of Facebook have been experiencing yet another glitch in the company’s network. Such glitch temporarily removed the block function from users between 29 May and 5 June. This Facebook glitch is nothing new, as the company has experienced its…
Expert Says Singapore SMEs Are Vulnerable to Potential Malicious Entry and Data Breach Recently, SingHealth’s IT system was hit by one of the biggest security breaches in the history of the country. According to Kurt Wee, President of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, many Singapore SMEs (small and medium enterprises) are vulnerable to…
Delays Ruining Push by Members to Comply with the New EU Privacy Law Google is leaving some firms open to fines by delaying its entry into a consortium of advertising technology companies. These delays are causing problems for members who are pushing to comply with the European Union’s regulations. This EU privacy law could tremendously…
How Can the “Big Tech” Threat Significantly Influence the World Economy? Amazon, Google, and Alibaba are some of the “Big Tech” firms which could see as much as US$12 trillion in wealth. That is if they decide to offer wealth management as part of their services. More than 50% of global High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs)…
Simple Printing Errors Lead to Data Breach: Too Unconventional, Yet Possible Did you know that careless handling in printing would lead to a data breach? Often, we heard of data breaches due to insiders’ jobs or cyber-attacks. Little do we know that printing errors can lead to unintentional data disclosure and data leaks, too. Whether…
Hackers Steal Millions of Patients’ Personal Information: How Does Singapore React? The personal information of 1.5 million SingHealth patients, including Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and a few other ministers, has been stolen in one of the country’s most serious cyber attack incidences. SingHealth is Singapore’s largest group of healthcare institutions. It comprises of…
HTTP to HTTPS: What Can We Expect from this Massive Google Update? From July 2018 onward, all sites that do not use the HTTPS encryption will automatically be flagged by Google’s Chrome browser. According to reports, this is in line with the launch of Chrome 68, which at the moment is the most recent edition…
What Are the New Domain Policy and Procedures to About ICANN’s WHOIS Verification? The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”), is an international non-profit corporation that plays one important role in the internet governance ecosystem. Moreover, this ranges from the Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol identifier assignment, generic (gTLD) and country…
Another Incident of a Malware Attack Potentially Compromising Private Information A malware attack has reportedly hit an outsourced Australian-based vendor in Singapore. Consequently, it may have compromised confidential information of applicants for public-service jobs. According to reports, the main victims were users of the Careers@Gov online portal, where vacancies are listed and applicants invited for…
