The Singapore police, on Wednesday, issued an advisory about a new variant of Android malware scams, where scammers would initiate a factory reset on infected devices after the malware executes unauthorized transactions on the phone’s i-banking app.

According to a Twitter post by threat intelligence platform FalconFeeds.io, a seller had advertised the sale of source codes, encryption keys, database and backend access logins for Razer and its products in a hackers’ forum on Saturday.

Names, bank account numbers, property transaction amounts, as well as identity card numbers were extracted from outdated database servers of the real estate firm by a cybercrime group in 2021.

The United States-Singapore Cyber Dialogue, as it is called, will bring together senior government officials from the cyber operational, technical, and policy units of various agencies on both sides.

Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone has confirmed that its US subsidiary had suffered a ransomware attack, just weeks after suppliers of automaker Toyota Motor reported similar attacks.

The data accessed may have included customers’ personal information such as name, address, email, phone number, and Clarins loyalty program status, the cosmetics company added.

Personal data stolen from wind turbine maker Vestas by hackers in a so-called ransomware attack last month has been made public, the wind turbine maker said late on Wednesday.

Customer data that may have been compromised was limited to name and contact details, said the company, adding that no credit card information and passwords were exposed.

A new ASEAN regional cybersecurity training centre that will see ASEAN member states work together to conduct research, share knowledge and train to respond to cyber threats.

An investigation was launched to assess if the data held in the network could be compromised. OT Group said its preliminary investigations showed that there was a breach of data security.