Businesses to be cautious with cyberattacks, says Symantec


KUALA LUMPUR: Symantec Corp (M) Sdn Bhd, a security firm urges companies to be cautious by cyber attacks, as attackers have stepped up their game by tricking companies into infecting themselves via software updates.

“In Malaysia, five out of every six large companies with more than 2500 employees were targeted with cyber attacks in 2014,” Symantec country director of Malaysia and Thailand Nigel Tan said in a press release on Friday.

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