Singapore organisations urged to step up cyber security following cyber attacks on Ukraine

SingCert warned organisations to be on the lookout for ransomware attacks, which are one of the most common attacks. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Feb 27 (The Straits Times/ANN): Organisations here have been urged to strengthen their cyber security following warnings of increased cyberthreats globally arising from recent cyber attacks on Ukraine following the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

In a post on its website on Sunday (Feb 27), the Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team (SingCert) advised companies to strengthen their cyber security, vigilance and online defences to protect themselves from cyber attacks such as Web defacement, distributed denial of service (DDoS) and ransomware. DDoS attacks swamp targets with traffic and disable their IT systems.