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July 1, 2024Information hallMobile Security / Spyware A threat actor known as Transparent tribe continued to release malware-laden Android apps as part of a social engineering campaign targeting people of interest. “These APKs continue the group’s trend of embedding spyware into select video viewing apps with a new extension targeting mobile gamers, gun enthusiasts, and TikTok fans,” SentinelOne Security Researcher Alex Delamotte. said in a new report shared with The Hacker News. A company called CapraTube was outlined for the first time by a cybersecurity company in September 2023, in which a hacking group used weaponized Android apps that mimic…
Plaza Premium Group (PPG), the award-winning global airport hospitality services provider and InJourney Aviation Services (IAS), the leading provider of aviation services in Indonesia, announced a strategic partnership that will deploy PPG’s technology innovations to elevate airport hospitality services in Indonesia. This collaboration aims to integrate global standards and innovations from Plaza Premium Group through their premier lounge brand, Plaza Premium Lounge, into lounge service operations at Indonesia’s airports. The initial stage will potentially include five airport lounges managed by IAS, including airports in Jakarta (CGK), Bali (DPS), Balikpapan (BPN), Makassar (UPG), and Medan (KNO), the companies said. They expect that…
JAKARTA, May 18 (Bernama) — Indonesia’s Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) has guaranteed the smooth and safe organisation of the 10th World Water Forum from today until May 25, protecting it from radioactive and nuclear threats. The agency is tasked with carrying out initial mapping of environmental radioactivity and detection around the event venues with assistance from the Presidential Security team. “BAPETEN is securing the forum as a major public event to prevent any misuse of radioactive substances for terror purposes,” said its director of technical support and nuclear emergency preparedness, Zulkarnain. He said in a statement that security arrangements…
A cybercrime group is demanding $8 million after compromising Indonesia’s national data center — an amount the government is refusing to pay.More than 200 government agencies have been disrupted by the cyberattack since June 20, according to Samuel Abrijani Pangerapan, director general of informatics applications with the Communications and Informatics Ministry. He told the Associated Press that these agencies are at both the regional and national levels, and though some of them have returned to operations (such as immigration at airports), others are still not yet operational. According to Herlan Wijanarko, Indonesia’s director of network and IT solutions, the threat actors are holding…
ContentsKey Takeaways 1Introduction. 4How Data Flows and Digital Technologies Drive Economic Growth. 6What’s at Stake for Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Vietnam. 7Bangladesh. 8Hong Kong. 8Indonesia. 9Pakistan. 9Vietnam. 9How Each Country Succumbs to the Allure of Data Localization. 11Bangladesh: Buying Into All of Data Localization’s False Promises 11Hong Kong: Openness Threatened by Mainland China’s Drive for Control 13Indonesia: Simultaneously Taking Steps Forward and Backward. 14Pakistan: Broad Political and Security Concerns Fuel a Drive to Control Data. 14Vietnam: Trying to Balance Digital Openness and Strict China-Like Controls 16Previous Research on the Consequences of Data Localization. 17How ITIF Modeled the Economic…
HO CHI MINH CITY — Internet crackdowns from Vietnam to Bangladesh cause self-inflicted economic harm by raising the cost of doing business and risk cutting trade by up to 9% in some of Asia’s investment destinations, a think tank says.Countries that force companies to store data on local servers — an increasingly common policy among Asian governments — are chasing a “false allure of data nationalism” that only increases import and other business expenses, says a report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation released on Monday. Source link
July 1, 2024Information hallSupply Chain / Software Security A trio of security flaws were discovered in the CocoaPods dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects that can be used to orchestrate attacks on software supply chains, putting downstream customers at serious risk. The vulnerabilities allow “any malicious actor to claim ownership of thousands of unsolicited packages and inject malicious code into many of the most popular iOS and macOS applications,” EVA Information Security researchers Rif Spector and Eran Vaknin note said in a report released today. The Israeli app security firm said three issues have since surfaced patched up…
When compared to GDP, insurance penetration in Indonesia is 1.4%, which is low relative to ASEAN. INDONESIA’S insurance industry is experiencing growth, but the growth of premiums in the conventional insurance sector over the past five years has been relatively modest, averaging only 1.89% per year, as stated by the Financial Services Authority (OJK) in its 2023 report. Despite the growth in Sharia insurance contributions, its market share remains relatively small compared to conventional insurance premiums. Based on the ASEAN Insurance Surveillance Report 2022, when compared to gross domestic product (GDP), insurance penetration in Indonesia is relatively low amongst ASEAN…
JAKARTA (Bernama): Indonesia’s Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) has guaranteed the smooth and safe organisation of the 10th World Water Forum from today until May 25, protecting it from radioactive and nuclear threats. The agency is tasked with carrying out initial mapping of environmental radioactivity and detection around the event venues with assistance from the Presidential Security team. “BAPETEN is securing the forum as a major public event to prevent any misuse of radioactive substances for terror purposes,” said its director of technical support and nuclear emergency preparedness, Zulkarnain. He said in a statement that security arrangements began on May…
June 25, 2024 JAKARTA – The government announced on Monday that a cyberattack using a new variant of ransomware was responsible for data disruptions at two temporary National Data Center (PDN) facilities last week that crippled immigration processing at airports and disrupted other public services, adding that the attackers had demanded US$8 million in ransom. The data failure at the facility in Surabaya, East Java, was first reported on Thursday morning and impacted databases managed by more than 200 central government and regional institutions. As of Monday, the government was still trying to restore the affected public services across the…