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10 Oct 2016 Strategy underscores Singapore’s commitment to build a resilient and trusted cyber environment for all Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today launched Singapore’s Cybersecurity Strategy at the opening of the inaugural Singapore International Cyber Week (“SICW”). The Strategy outlines how Singapore will continue to strengthen the resilience of Continue Reading

Published on Friday, 14 July 2017 16:33 BackgroundApache Struts is a popular, free, open-source web application framework for developing Java web applications. Struts is well-known for its extensible “plug-in” architecture. On 9th July 2017, the Apache Software Foundation announced that a high-risk security vulnerability (S2-048) was discovered in its Apache Continue Reading

10 Jul 2017 INTRODUCTION The Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) would like to invite the public to provide feedback on the draft Cybersecurity Bill. SCOPE OF CONSULTATION 2          Cyber-attacks are getting increasingly frequent, sophisticated and impactful. Globally, we have also seen Continue Reading

10 Jul 2017 The Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) invite the public to provide feedback on the proposed Cybersecurity Bill. The public consultation exercise will run from 10 July to 3 August 2017.  Fast-evolving cybersecurity landscape  Cyber-attacks are getting increasingly frequent, Continue Reading

Published on Saturday, 08 July 2017 22:03 BackgroundBerkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is a DNS implementation solution developed by the Internet Software Consortium (ISC) that is widely used in Unix and Linux operating systems. A Domain Name System or Service or Server (DNS) acts like yellow pages for the Internet. Continue Reading

06 Jul 2017 Singapore and Germany today signed a Joint Declaration on strengthening cybersecurity cooperation in conjunction with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s official visit to Berlin, Germany.  The Joint Declaration was signed by Mr David Koh, Chief Executive, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), and Dr. Thomas Fitschen, Director Continue Reading

Published on Wednesday, 28 June 2017 22:07 BackgroundOn 27th June 2017, SingCERT was alerted to the occurrence of a Petya variant also known as Petna, which has impacted organisations in Ukraine and other parts of Europe. Petya/Petna works by modifying Window’s Master Boot Record (MBR), causing the system to crash. Continue Reading

Published on Wednesday, 28 June 2017 00:30 [SingCERT] Alert on global spread of Ransomware Petya Backgroundon 27th June 2017, SingCERT was alerted to the global spread of a ransomware inspired by WannaCry, identified as Petya.Petya is more dangerous and intrusive as its behaviour is to encrypt the Master File Tree (MFT) Continue Reading

Published on Friday, 23 June 2017 14:51 BackgroundRecently, SingCERT has noted an increase in the number of reports on phishing emails sent from fake logistics companies.   Phishing is one of the simplest and more effective ways of obtaining sensitive information from users. The information includes passwords, bank account details Continue Reading