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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to the United Kingdom, Lithuania, and Indonesia, July 9-15, 2023. Secretary Blinken will travel to Jakarta, Indonesia, to participate in the annual U.S.-ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and ASEAN Regional Forum. At each meeting, the Secretary will emphasize the United States’ commitment to ASEAN centrality and support for the ASEAN-U.S. Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. He will address economic cooperation, the global fight against climate change, the ongoing crisis in Burma, the situation in the South China Sea, and Russia’s war against Ukraine. The Secretary will also participate in…
July 17, 2024Information hallCyber espionage / threat intelligence A Chinese-related threat called APT17 was spotted attacking Italian companies and government organizations using a variant of a well-known malware called the 9002 RAT. The two targeted attacks took place on June 24 and July 2, 2024, Italian cybersecurity firm TG Soft said in an analysis published last week. “The first campaign used an Office document on June 24, 2024, and the second campaign contained a link,” the company said in a statement. noted. “Both companies invited the victim to install the Skype for Business package on an Italian government domain link…
(Photo: State Dept. / Budi Sudarmo) Deputy United States Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia on July 17-18, 2023. Ambassador Bianchi used this visit to discuss the importance of reaching a high standard agreement under the Trade Pillar of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). (Photo: State Dept.) In Jakarta, Ambassador Bianchi met with Indonesian government officials, including Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan, Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs Vice Minister Edi Pambudi, and Vice Minister of Trade Jerry Sambuaga. During these meetings, Ambassador Bianchi thanked Indonesia for their continued support and engagement in IPEF negotiations…
By Stanley Widianto HT Image {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} JAKARTA – Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion in Indonesia to empower the Southeast Asian country with cloud services and artificial intelligence, including by building data centres, visiting chief executive Satya Nadella said on Tuesday. Explore Crickit, your go-to platform to catch the game, anytime, anywhere. Click here! Jakarta is Nadella’s first stop on his trip to Southeast Asian countries as the U.S. company promotes its generative AI technology to bolster growth. He is due to visit Malaysia and Thailand later this week. Microsoft will expand its investment in data centres and…
Indonesia is shaking up its immigration policy to attract foreign investors and draw global entrepreneurs. Bali, the nation’s most iconic destination, is already a hub for countless digital nomads and creative thinkers. Now, officials have confirmed they are gearing up to launch the ‘golden visa’ by the end of the year. Sandiaga Uno, Indonesia’s Minister for Tourism and Creative Economies, revealed details about this exclusive visa in a press conference this month. A few policy tweaks and administrative twists have nudged the launch date. Uno told reporters, “Our aim is to make the Golden Visa enticing for foreign tourists, inviting…
July 17, 2024Information hallCybercrime / Ransomware The infamous cyber crime group known as Scattered spider ransomware strains such as RansomHub and Do it in its arsenal, Microsoft showed. Scattered spider designation given to a threat actor known for sophisticated social engineering schemes to compromise targets and create resilience for subsequent exploitation and data theft. It also has a history of targeting VMWare ESXi servers and deploying BlackCat ransomware. It overlaps with clusters of activity tracked by the wider cyber security community under the aliases 0ktapus, Octo Tempest and UNC3944. Last month it was reported that a key member of the…
Elon Musk travelled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Sunday to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation, Associated Press (AP) reported. Musk was greeted at a community health clinic in Denpasar, the provincial capital of Bali, where he launched the Starlink service alongside Indonesian ministers. During the ceremony, Musk took a speed test of the Starlink internet service with several health workers in Indonesia’s remote regions, including Aru, one of Indonesia’s unserved and outermost islands in Maluku province. Musk said the availability of the Starlink service in Indonesia would help millions in far-flung parts…
BNPB Indonesia mandates evacuation zones at natural attractions for tourist safety during Eid holidays, in response to disaster risks. JAKARTA, INDONESIA – The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) of Indonesia has taken a proactive measure to ensure the safety of tourists visiting natural attractions during the highly anticipated Eid holidays. In a significant move, the BNPB has issued a directive for the creation of designated evacuation zones at these sites, aiming to significantly reduce the risks associated with natural disasters. A Unified Effort for Disaster Preparedness Lilik Kurniawan, BNPB Deputy for Logistics and Equipment, announced the dissemination of a circular…
July 17, 2024Information hallVulnerability / Data Security Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently discovered critical security flaw affecting Apache HugeGraph-Server that could lead to remote code execution attacks. Tracked as CVE-2024-27348 (CVSS score: 9.8), art vulnerability affects all software versions prior to 1.3.0. This has been described as a remote command error in Gremlin Graph traversal language API. “Users are advised to upgrade to version 1.3.0 with Java11 and enable the authentication system, which fixes the problem” – Apache Software Foundation noted at the end of April 2024 “Also, you can enable the “Whitelist-IP/port” function to increase the security…
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai met Indonesian Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan during the Gala Dinner of the ASEAN Economic Minister Meeting, Sunday, August 20, 2023 at Sam Poo Kong Temple, Semarang. (Photo: State Dept.) Press ReleaseOffice of the United States Trade RepresentativeAugust 18, 2023 WASHINGTON – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel to Semarang, Indonesia and Jaipur and New Delhi, India from August 20-26, 2023. On August 20-22, Ambassador Tai will be in Semarang, Indonesia for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Economic Ministers’ (AEM)-USTR Consultations. Ambassador Tai will highlight the unprecedented level of cooperation between the…