Mobile & Network Security

The Malaysian Government is considering making the MySejahtera app mandatory at premises nationwide. The move have raised privacy concerns.

Forbes raised concerns that, Xiaomi, a Chinese smartphone maker is collecting private data from its user's smartphone phone. Xiaomi denied the claims.

Twitter security incident involved "high volume of requests coming from individual IP addresses located within Malaysia," among other countries.

Malaysia Police (PDRM) has the power to check your smartphone, intercept/record all you communications including voice calls, SMS and Internet.

A user took 13 minutes to create a 3D printed fingerprint, managed to trick the new Samsung Galaxy S10, supposedly the most advanced fingerprint reader.

Fortinet reminds Malaysian consumers to be more vigilant when shopping online this Christmas and New Year holiday season.

About 60,000 personal data of Astro-Maxis IPTV customers are on sale online. Astro has lodged two police reports regarding the matter.

Researchers found that anyone who controls WhatsApp/Signal servers can covertly add new members to any private group, allowing them to spy on group conversations, even without the permission of the Whatsapp Group admin.

Quann Malaysia said buyers can anonymously purchase 46.2 million Malaysian mobile users data for merely RM32,000 (estimated, after currency conversion).

The personal data of millions of Malaysians has reportedly been listed for sale online- potentially be the biggest information leak in the country.