Sunday Dec 10th

  • Google's approach to further reduce the security burden on users

    Google's approach to further reduce the security burden on users

    October marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month and with online safety being top of mind, Google has launched new products and features to help people everywhere. These releases include in-built features that work around-the-clock to take the security burden off users, and updates to privacy controls that help to easily protect personal information.

    • Dark web report: Users can check if their Gmail address has been exposed on the dark web as well as get guidance on how they can protect themself online by accessing the Dark Web Report in their account menu in the Google App. They just have to sign into the Google App and tap their profile picture to open the menu.
    • Passwordless by Default: Passkeys are a simpler and more secure way to sign into sites online and can be used with the Google Accounts. To make transition to passwordless even easier, Google is offering the ability to set up passkeys for all users — by default.
    • A new requirement to make email safer for everyone:  Gmail recently announced new requirements for large senders to make email safer and more user-friendly for everyone, including enforcing authentication, enabling easy unsubscription, enforcing a clear spam rate threshold. This is in addition to Gmail’s AI-powered defenses, which block more than 99.9% of spam, phishing and malware — that’s 15 billion unwanted emails every day. 
    • Easier access to clear browsing data: Google added an option to quickly delete users’ browsing history in Chrome without interrupting current activities. Users just need to click the three dots in the top-right corner of the Chrome browser and select “Clear browsing data”.
    • Use the Google App as the credential provider for your iOS device: Google Password Manager is built into the Google App and you can already use it to securely save your passwords and sign in faster when you’re using the app. Now, you can set it as your Autofill provider so that the Google App can help you quickly and securely autofill your passwords into any app or website on your iOS device.


    Feel free to read more about the announcements in Google’s blog post.

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  • SecurityHQ’s Cyber Predictions

    SecurityHQ’s Cyber Predictions

    In response to the growing number of breaches, SecurityHQ released their latest white paper to highlight analyst predictions for threats and vulnerabilities in H2 2023.

  • Majority of APAC consumers are willing to sacrifice data security for convenience

    Majority of APAC consumers are willing to sacrifice data security for convenience

    F5's latest Curve of Convenience 2023 report shows data security taking a back seat with APAC consumers, with an increased willingness to save and share personal payment data on multiple platforms.

  • Yahoo and LiveRamp partner to scale addressability across the ad ecosystem

    Yahoo and LiveRamp partner to scale addressability across the ad ecosystem

    LiveRamp and Yahoo announced an expanded partnership to scale addressability and enhance reach and interoperability within the advertising ecosystem.

  • How AI will change the way we work in Asia Pacific

    How AI will change the way we work in Asia Pacific

    Microsoft introduced Microsoft 365 Copilot earlier this year, which will bring powerful new generative AI capabilities to apps millions of people use every day like Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Microsoft Teams and more.

  • Advertisers' awareness of cookieless technologies remains low according to global survey

    Advertisers' awareness of cookieless technologies remains low according to global survey

    Ogury, a global leader in personified advertising, commissioned IDC to conduct a global survey on 1,000 major brand and media agency executives to get their perspective and understanding of the future of digital advertising in a cookieless world.

  • Protecting Data in the Cloud

    Protecting Data in the Cloud

    Organizations in Singapore are increasing their reliance on the cloud. Nearly nine in ten organizations in the country are using cloud services, with about 70% taking a hybrid cloud approach.

  • New Study by MAGNA & Yahoo Urges Marketers to Pair Media Placement with Quality Creative in Order to Drive Stronger Ad Effectiveness

    New Study by MAGNA & Yahoo Urges Marketers to Pair Media Placement with Quality Creative in Order to Drive Stronger Ad Effectiveness

    Media placement and creative work hand in hand when it comes to effective advertising strategies. A new study by MAGNA Media Trials and Yahoo set out to understand the role that creative quality plays in ad effectiveness, and the elements that contribute to quality creative. Creative, the Performance Powerhouse found that while media placement helps marketers find consumers where they are, creative quality was responsible for 56% of purchase intent, illustrating the strong performance of both tactics as they work together. The study suggests that marketers can greatly benefit from making small improvements to their creative in order to optimize ad performance, while also driving brand quality and trust.

  • GSMA report predicts tenfold rise in 5G mobile connections in Asia Pacific by 2030 as digital transformation gathers pace

    GSMA report predicts tenfold rise in 5G mobile connections in Asia Pacific by 2030 as digital transformation gathers pace

    5G will account for over two-fifths (41%) of mobile connections in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region by 2030, up from 4% in 2022, according to the GSMA's Mobile Economy APAC 2023 Report.

  • Meltwater Brings Powerful New Enterprise Suite to APAC

    Meltwater Brings Powerful New Enterprise Suite to APAC

    Meltwater, a global leader in media intelligence and data analytics, today announced the availability of Meltwater Enterprise Intelligence Suite, a comprehensive offering that promises vital insights and transformative impact to enterprise clients.

  • Enhanced Google Play Protect real-time scanning for installation of sideloaded apps

    Enhanced Google Play Protect real-time scanning for installation of sideloaded apps

    Google is making Google Play Protect’s security capabilities even more powerful with real-time scanning at the code-level to combat novel malicious apps. Google Play Protect will now recommend a real-time app scan when installing apps that have never been scanned before to help detect emerging threats.

  • Comprehensive protection measures a must to prevent data leaks and theft

    Comprehensive protection measures a must to prevent data leaks and theft

    Remote work, home office or hybrid work, have become the norm in today's business world and that most likely will stay that way. But the more employees work remotely, the greater the company's risk of falling victim to a cyberattack, making a sophisticated and multi-layered security concept the more essential for any company.

  • Artificial Intelligence key in analyzing trends in fraudster behavior

    Artificial Intelligence key in analyzing trends in fraudster behavior

    A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that the greatest merchant losses to fraud will be via remote physical goods purchases, with losses reaching $5.1 billion across emerging markets in 2028, up from $1 billion in 2023.

  • With new brand identity. LG aims to actively communicate with customers beyond generations and locations

    With new brand identity. LG aims to actively communicate with customers beyond generations and locations

    LG Electronics (LG) unveiled a new brand direction and visual identity, which will shed more light on the value of Life's Good with a more dynamic and youthful look across all physical and digital customer touch points.

This week's highlights

Black Friday Online Shopping Safety Checklist

Category: Oct–Dec 2023 - Omnichannel Marketing
Vigilance is urged during this 2023 Black Friday and Cyber Monday, as “AI generated scams enhance the threat to this year’s festive shoppers, as it’s revealed over 7 in 10 British
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SentinelOne enhances cloud security with Snyk

Category: Oct–Dec 2023 - Omnichannel Marketing
Prioritizing which vulnerabilities to fix is a challenge for software developers, and the complexities of modern apps and the software supply chain have only made things more difficult. SentinelOne, a
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Cybersecurity in the age of digital currency

Category: Oct–Dec 2023 - Omnichannel Marketing
Cryptocurrencies can be notoriously volatile. With prices fluctuating rapidly and without warning, a single tweet can shift a token price by 40%, only to see the price plummet in a matter of hours. Wh
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Previous articles

Pirate streaming and torrent sites provide real cybersecurity harms for Philippine consumers

Category: July–Sep 2023 - Security in Marketing
Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA), with Dr Paul Watters of Cyberstronomy, have released a new report, Consumer Risks from Piracy in the Philippines, that once again highlights the possible danger
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Bilateral 5G roaming agreements will push global losses to $8 billion by 2028

Category: July–Sep 2023 - Security in Marketing
A new study from Juniper Research has found losses from global roaming fraud are anticipated to exceed $8 billion by 2028, driven by the increase in bilateral roaming agreements for data-intensive use
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SecurityHQ’s Cyber Predictions

Category: July–Sep 2023 - Security in Marketing
In response to the growing number of breaches, SecurityHQ released their latest white paper to highlight analyst predictions for threats and vulnerabilities in H2 2023.
Read more...
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Previous month's highlights

A whole new way to work thanks to Microsoft 365 Copilot

Category: Jan–Mar 2023 - Digital Media Trends & Predictions

Earlier this month Microsoft announced Dynamics 365 Copilot as the world's first AI Copilot in both CRM and ERP to bring the next-generation AI to every line of business. And now, Copilot is coming to all Microsoft productivity apps — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, Microsoft Viva, Power Platform and more.

HubSpot’s native integration of WhatsApp helps businesses create more connected, seamless customer experiences

Category: Jan–Mar 2023 - Digital Media Trends & Predictions

HubSpot presented its native integration for WhatsApp available to all Marketing Hub and Service Hub customers at the Professional tier and above.

In 2023, media agencies will have to break new ground with AI to survive

Category: Jan–Mar 2023 - Digital Media Trends & Predictions

Last year was stressful for the media industry which had declining margins and was understaffed and overworked. For those reasons, media agencies must break new ground with AI this year to tackle the situation and thrive to survive.

Communication service providers need to overhaul their investment and go-to-market strategies before network-as-a-service opportunities become mainstream

Category: Jan–Mar 2023 - Digital Media Trends & Predictions

Communication service providers (CSPs) have made large strides over the last few years as they look to leverage their underlying infrastructure to climb the digital value chain by delivering cloud-enabled integrated network services.

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