MyCert issues cybersecurity best practices alert for Merdeka holiday

The unit under CyberSecurity Malaysia said a total of 4,693 incidents have been reported through its Cyber999 service from January to July this year. — Internet security photo created by wirestock - www.freepik.com

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysia Computer Emergency Response Team (MyCert) has issued an alert to remind system administrators and users to secure their systems and networks before the Merdeka holiday.

The unit under CyberSecurity Malaysia said a total of 4,693 incidents have been reported through its Cyber999 service from January to July this year. Its statistics showed that a majority of the reports were for fraud with 3,062 cases followed by malicious codes (650), intrusion (476) and spam (354).