PETALING JAYA: Just like any online data, the account information of Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributors is vulnerable to cyber attacks. By extension, it is highly possible that account holders who have applied to withdraw their money under the i-Sinar initiative can potentially lose their savings. This weakness was made evident in a recent fraudulent attempt…
PETALING JAYA: There is a need for a revision of legislation covering personal data if security breaches are to be avoided, or at the very least minimised, cyber security experts told theSun. Assoc Prof Dr Selvakumar Manickam of Universiti Sains Malaysia said data breaches can be extremely damaging, citing the leak involving Malaysian telcos in 2016,…
PETALING JAYA: Close ties with politicians are enabling crime kingpins to obtain honorific titles and run their illegal activities unhindered. Former inspector-general of police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said enormous political funding by drug lords, loan sharks and gambling kingpins has led to these crooks rubbing shoulders with politicians. He said favours such as the recommendations…
A criminologist has called for the police to review their training procedures on the use of firearms by the force in the country. Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Assoc Prof Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy said the one principle of policing that must be understood is “your actions must not endanger you and others in the immediate vicinity.”…
PEOPLE are still falling prey to scams despite the high number of reports on the topic being disseminated every day. The scams usually involve “finding love” online or conning the elderly to hand over their life savings. Universiti Sains Malaysia Criminologist Assoc Prof Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy said it was shocking that people still fell…
PETALING JAYA: Targeting the status conscious who seek instant glory, doctorate mills are making offers openly to those bent on putting the “Dr” prefix before their names. A group sent out such offers via email recently, offering honorary doctorate degrees on behalf of a foreign-based university. The group claimed that it was opening nominations for the…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians should be wary of websites that use questionable methodology which paints the country as highly crime-prone. Cybersecurity expert Assoc Prof Dr Selvakumar Manickam from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) said the crime rate in the country has always been low in general. Malaysia was placed fourth as a country with the highest crime…
PETALING JAYA: Advertisements popping up on the screen while you are surfing the internet or trying to send a message is a mild irritation. Most people live with it as the price of having the convenience of an online communications platform. But it becomes a problem when it also opens a way for the service provider…
