Industry targets

Ransomware: Why industrial networks make an appealing target for cyber extortion Watch Now More hacking groups than ever before are targeting industrial environments as cyber attackers attempt to infiltrate the networks of companies providing vital services, including electric power, water, oil and gas, and manufacturing. Threats include cyber-criminal groups looking to steal information or encrypt systems with ransomware , as well as nation-state-backed hacking operations attempting to determine the potential disruption they could cause with cyberattacks against operational technology (OT). More on privacy Microsoft to apply California's privacy law for all US users Mind-reading technology: The security and privacy threats ahead How to replace each Google service with a more privacy-friendly alternative Cyber security 101: Protect your privacy from hackers, spies, and the government According to cybersecurity researchers at Dragos , … [Read more...] about These four new hacking groups are targeting critical infrastructure, warns security company

SINGAPORE: The Government unveiled the Singapore Green Plan 2030 on Wednesday (Feb 10), a “whole-of-nation movement” to advance the national agenda on sustainable development. The plan, which is spearheaded by the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ministry of National Development (MND), the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE), the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and the Ministry of Transport (MOT), charts Singapore’s green targets over the next 10 years. It also strengthens Singapore’s commitments under the United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Paris Agreement, said the five ministries in a joint media release on Wednesday. The plan also positions Singapore to achieve its long-term net-zero emissions goal “as soon as viable”. In a Facebook post, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that while Singapore might be a small country lacking in natural resources, it can still press on with tech and policy solutions for sustainable development. … [Read more...] about Singapore unveils Green Plan 2030, outlines green targets for next 10 years

JAKARTA: It has been about seven months since Indonesian Arumi Marzudhy returned to her hometown Blitar in East Java province, after working in Singapore as a domestic helper for about four years. She had been planning to go back to Indonesia since October last year, but her employer asked her to extend her tenure. But when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a pandemic last March, she decided to return to Indonesia a month earlier than initially planned. “The pandemic broke out and the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs appealed to Indonesians to return home immediately, so I decided to go back a month earlier than initially planned,” Mdm Marzudhy told CNA. Upon returning, the 32-year-old decided to work on her family’s small business selling snacks which was previously run mainly by her mother. READ: Timeline - How former maid Parti Liyani was acquitted of stealing from Changi Airport Group chairman's family Although she is grateful to be … [Read more...] about ‘We don’t have fixed income’: Returning migrant workers in Indonesia call for targeted aid

SINGAPORE: On a day when attention was focused on the short-term challenges to Singapore in the shape of the COVID-19 outbreak , and with DPM Heng Swee Keat also outlining the Government’s philosophy in financing long-term spending needs , another speech also sought to outline Singapore’s longer-term plans for economic transformation. In his speech spelling out the Government’s Long-Term Emissions Development Strategy (LEDS), Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean announced the goal of capping Singapore’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, halving it 20 years after that, and in the latter half of the century, achieving net-zero emissions . These goals are potentially game-changing. In moving the entire structure of the Singapore economy towards meeting these objectives, the Government has painted the picture of a vastly different Singapore for our children and their children. SHARPENING THE NARRATIVE ON MITIGATION The evolution of Singapore’s ambitions in climate … [Read more...] about Commentary: Why Singapore’s new ‘absolute’ climate mitigation targets could be an absolute game changer

SINGAPORE has called on the Vietnamese authorities to restore calm at the Sembcorp-run industrial parks in Binh Duong province urgently, after a wave of anti-China protests on Tuesday caused widespread damage to the facilities of a number of foreign-owned companies there. "Singapore views this issue very seriously given our close economic cooperation with Vietnam," a Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman said in a statement released on Wednesday. "The Singapore Embassy in Hanoi and the Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City have separately requested the relevant Vietnamese authorities to restore order urgently." The site of the protests - the Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) I and II in Thuan An district in the southern Binh Duong province, is run by Singapore's Sembcorp Industries, a public-listed energy, water and marine group. VSIP is a flagship project initiated by the Vietnamese and Singapore governments to encourage investment flows to Vietnam, and it now houses many … [Read more...] about Singapore urges Vietnam to restore order at industrial parks hit by anti-China protests