Olympic app security questioned; Singapore warns against crypto and ad scams

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ZDNet Week in Review - Asia January 20, 2022

IOC disputes Citizen Lab's security concerns about Chinese Olympics app Controversy has swirled around China's MY2022 Olympics app due to privacy and security vulnerabilities. READ FULL STORY Singapore must clamp down on security inertia before digital banking era can take off READ FULL STORY Singapore busts network hawking contraband e-vaporisers via Telegram READ FULL STORY Singapore cautions against marketing of cryptocurrency services to public READ FULL STORY Singapore police warns of ad scams targeting Google search users READ FULL STORY Sony Xperia 5 III, hands on: Cut-down flagship doesn't quite cut it READ FULL STORY Toshiba expands Elera commerce platform with AI vision, IT microservices, more READ FULL STORY Samsung Galaxy Book Odyssey review: A laptop meant for work and play READ FULL STORY Samsung begins mass production of Exynos 2200 smartphone processor READ FULL STORY Security The International Olympic Committee has defended China's MY2022 Olympics app following a report from Citizen Lab that found serious privacy issues with the platform. Meanwhile, hackers from North Korea stole nearly $400 million worth of cryptocurrency in 2021 through at least seven attacks and most of it was Ether or ETH rather than Bitcoin, according to blockchain analysis firm, Cainalysis. Read more about Security › Tech Industry TSMC has announced that strong demand for its 5nm chips contributed to a 21% year-on-year revenue increase to NT$438 billion -- $16 billion -- during the 2021 fourth quarter. At the same time, Rackspace Technology has announced it will be expanding its professional services footprint in the Asia Pacific and Japan region with the acquisition of Singapore-based AI data analytics firm Just Analytics. Read more about Tech Industry › For security alone, we could try paying open source projects properly Instead of running around like headless chooks because a widely used piece of open source software is maintained by volunteers and has a massive hole in it, imagine paying someone to look after such software properly. READ FULL STORY More News from ZDNet Most Popular Downloads

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