Security Briefing

When it comes to IT security, the most common vulnerabilities are also the simplest to safeguard

- Jamie Tan

As long as we have the internet, cyber security will never cease to be an issue. In fact, with modern economies going paperless and cashless, there has never been a more important time to keep our digital selves secure, lest an untimely attack causes life to grind to a halt. As individuals, we’re largely powerless to stop cyberattacks on organisations and critical infrastructure, like the SingHealth episode in 2018. We can, however, keep ourselves safe.

To learn more, we spoke to Samuel Eng, a senior security engineer at ByteDance who doubles as a white hat hacker in his free time. Going by his bug bounty record and ranking on HackerOne, a global online community of hackers, Eng is among Singapore’s top white hat hackers. He highlighted some key points that may seem like commonsense, but are anything but.

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