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As schools closed and classes moved online during the pandemic, 72% of parents surveyed expressed increased concerns about their children s online safety. 123rf.com
PETALING JAYA: A recent survey has revealed that 36% of Malaysian parents have children who encountered online scams in the last year, as schools closed and classes moved online during the pandemic.
Google user education and outreach manager Lucian Teo explained that these scam encounters resulted in mostly negative outcomes for the children, from having their accounts hijacked to being coerced into giving up sensitive information like credit card details.
He also said that 52% of parents believe their children tend to overshare online.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): Malaysia will launch Southeast Asia’s first 5G Cybersecurity Test Lab a joint effort by national cybersecurity specialist agency, CyberSecurity Malaysia (CSM), Huawei Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd and Celcom Axiata Bhd.
Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said the test lab will be a model for end-to-end cybersecurity, covering a number of scenarios and offering services inclusive of mobile applications and hardware evaluation.
“It will cover a comprehensive 5G test bed ecosystem comprising technologies such as 5G radio access network (RAN), Edge network and also cloud application.
“The test lab will also carry test cases including Internet of Things (IoT) security, telecommunications security and look at improving readiness in responding to 5G-related cyber-attacks,” he said in a virtual speech at a forum hosted by Huawei in conjunction with the Mobile World Congress 2021 (MWC21) in Shanghai.
According to a
news report, a total of 5,697
cases of cyber fraud were reported to CyberSecurity Malaysia, the
national cyber security specialist and technical centre under the
purview of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia,
from January to August 2020.
While cyber fraud cases are often reported, it is not often that
the fraudster is actually caught and brought to justice. This is
unsurprising as the identity of the fraudster is often unknown and
victims may not know what recourse is available against an unknown
person.
All this will now change with the recent decision of the
Malaysian High Court in