More than 30 Malaysians fall prey to cyber crime daily

SERDANG: As many as 30 Malaysians fall victim to cyber crime daily, with fraud and intrusion cases being the most common.

And the worst part is that Malaysia’s national cyber security specialist agency believes those numbers are just scratching the surface, as many more cases may have gone unreported or unnoticed by victims.

Viruses could be laying dormant in smartphones or computers waiting to copy banking passwords, social media accounts connected to public WiFi maybe vulnerable to hacking, while others are still falling for old tricks in the cyber-scamming book.

“The weakest link in cyber security is people,” said CyberSecurity Malaysia chief executive officer Dr Amirudin Abdul Wahab.

He said that Malaysians have become relatively tech-savvy, but their understanding on how to protect themselves online was still lacking. For the full article click here 

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