CHENNAI/BANGKOK, Nov 3 — Indian engineer Stephen Wesley was puzzled when he was asked to take a typing test during an interview for a graphic design job in Thailand — but put it out of his mind when he got the role.

By Zareef Muzammil SELAYANG, Sept 12 — The Selangor government is implementing more cybersecurity programmes for next year, to combat the worrying trend of online fraud cases in the state. Menteri Besar Dato' Seri Amirudin Shari said the state government is also ready to cooperate with the...

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, Aug 25 — A total of 4,608 cases of cybercrime were reported in Selangor from January to July this year, said state executive councillor for consumer affairs Mohd Zawawi Ahmad Mughni. He said the scamming activities resulted in a high value of losses and must...

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, Aug 24 — The Selangor government has entered into a partnership with an information technology (IT) company Gogolook to combat cybercrime in the state. State executive councillor for consumer affairs Mohd Zawawi Ahmad Mughni said under the initiative consumers...

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 11 — Malaysia recorded over 20,000 cyber crime cases last year with losses amounting to RM560 million, said deputy secretary-general (Security) of the Home Ministry Datuk Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — A total of 11,367 cases of cybercrime were reported from January to July this year compared to 18,510 cases of commercial crime in the same period, said Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) deputy director (cybercrimes and multimedia) Senior Assistant Commissioner Victor Sanjos.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 — The payment system remains most targeted by financial phishing attempts in Malaysia with March 2022 recording the highest detections of the threat at 41.09 per cent, Kaspersky said.

SHAH ALAM, March 1 — Police are seeking the cooperation of banks to take measures in improving online Internet banking security systems offered to the public so that they could not be hacked by cybercriminals following an increasing trend in online fraud and cybercrime cases.

CYBERJAYA, July 3 — Some 3,906 complaints were lodged to the Cyber999 Help Centre during the movement control order (MCO) period from March 18 to June 30, an increase of more than 90 per cent compared to the same period last year.