Malaysia Explorer

By Edwin Yapp

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Archives for August 2009

Is censorship the answer?

Friday, August 21 2009 02:40 PM

Mention the "c" word in Malaysia these days and all hell breaks loose. Censorship is indeed a highly charged word today, given that the country has gone through another iteration of what appears to be an attempt to censor the Internet.

Two weeks ago, news reports emerged that Malaysia was at the Read more ť

Tags: Censorship, Cybersecurity, Malaysia, child pornography, conspiracy theory, identity theft, Net, Internet, Government, hacking

Internet security is everyone's business

Sunday, August 09 2009 09:41 PM

About a month ago, a friend of mine revealed that his bank account had been compromised and that an unknown person or persons had conducted a foreign telegraphic transfer to wire a significant amount of cash he had deposited in one of the country's leading banks into a foreign account.

My heart went out to him as he had no inkling..... Read more ť

Tags: Cybersecurity, Security, Malware, Internet User, SSL, Internet Security, Internet, researcher, bank, computer

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Edwin Yapp

An engineer by training, Edwin first cut his teeth as a cellular radio frequency optimization engineer in one of Malaysia's largest telcos. After more than five years, he hung up his radio engineering boots to try his hand at technology reporting at The Star, Malaysia's leading English daily, where he won several awards for Best Online Technology reporting. He left to start his own editorial consultancy and is now a freelance journalist for several publications, including ZDNet Asia. A self-confessed gadget geek, Edwin hopes his blog contributions will stir up deeper discussions within the Malaysian technology scene.