Cybercrime War

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Malaysia is moving up the target list of theworld’s cyber criminals, says cybersecurity company Symantec Corporation. Due to the increased of 140% mobile penetration and the easy access of mobile social apps, make mobile even more attractive for cyber attackers to targets. As most of the Malaysian are now giving out their personal information in social media such as Facebook, and many of them are now giving out their bank account through messaging apps for money transferring. While many smartphone users are willing to share information about their location, access to photos, contact lists and fitness information as an exchange free mobile apps. Also, most of the users do not read through the terms and conditions which listed before installing the apps into smartphone, causing cybercrime even easier to carry out in Malaysia.

By Gan Jing Hui

Image source from : by luc legay via Flickr

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