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Jan 4, 2010
Red Alert for .sg websites
By Tan Weizhen
A global study on the security of 104 web domains by online security software firm McAfee ranked Singapore sites as 10th worst in the world last year. -- PHOTO: AFP
SINGAPORE websites are becoming increasingly risky to visit because they expose their users to virus attacks and malicious software. A global study on the security of 104 web domains by online security software firm McAfee ranked Singapore sites as 10th worst in the world last year. It is a significant leap up a roll of dishonour: Singapore sites were collectively ranked 67th most risky in 2008, and 63rd the year before. The 10th ranking puts Singapore sites among those of Cameroon and China, with those registered in Japan and Australia being among the world's safest. McAfee's red-flagging Singapore as having the biggest jump in number of risky sites in the past year could tarnish the island's image as a business hub and a nation at home with e-transactions. Online security specialist Aloysius Cheang, the president of the Special Interest Group in Security and Information Integrity, a non-profit IT security society, said: 'This could reduce trust and the probability of Singapore as a platform to build e-commerce.'
Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Jan 4, 2010
Red Alert for .sg websites
By Tan Weizhen
A global study on the security of 104 web domains by online security software firm McAfee ranked Singapore sites as 10th worst in the world last year. -- PHOTO: AFP
SINGAPORE websites are becoming increasingly risky to visit because they expose their users to virus attacks and malicious software. A global study on the security of 104 web domains by online security software firm McAfee ranked Singapore sites as 10th worst in the world last year. It is a significant leap up a roll of dishonour: Singapore sites were collectively ranked 67th most risky in 2008, and 63rd the year before. The 10th ranking puts Singapore sites among those of Cameroon and China, with those registered in Japan and Australia being among the world's safest. McAfee's red-flagging Singapore as having the biggest jump in number of risky sites in the past year could tarnish the island's image as a business hub and a nation at home with e-transactions. Online security specialist Aloysius Cheang, the president of the Special Interest Group in Security and Information Integrity, a non-profit IT security society, said: 'This could reduce trust and the probability of Singapore as a platform to build e-commerce.'
Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
