On TikTok, a prank where people call their friends using an automated answering machine voice to tell them that a large amount of money is about to be debited from their account is gaining popularity. Kaspersky experts warn that this trend is a real fraud scheme, called vishing, and is actively used by cybercriminals. Kaspersky researchers detected an increase in the number of vishing emails in June (almost 100,000 total) and collected approximately 350,000 vishing emails between March and June 2022. They also explained how vishing works and how to avoid falling into this trap of cybercriminals.

Vishing (short for voice phishing) is the fraudulent practice of convincing individuals to call cybercriminals and reveal personal information and bank details over the phone. Like most phishing schemes, it starts with an unusual e-mail from a large online-store or a payment system. For example, it could be a letter from a fake version of PayPal telling you that they have just received a request to withdraw a large amount of money from your account. 

PETALING JAYA, 17 July 2022 – Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad (“Malaysian Genomics” or “the Group”; Bursa: MGRC, 0155), a leading genomics and biopharmaceutical specialist, announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with United Doctors Hospital (“UDH”) for collaboration in genomics and cell therapies.

UDH, located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is accredited by the Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions. UDH has also won numerous awards for social responsibility, including the King Khalid Award for Social Responsibility in 2018, and is certified with the SA8000, the world’s leading social certification programme, by Social Accountability International (formerly known as Social Accountability Accreditation Services), a United States-based charitable organisation, in 2016.

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 JULY 2022 - Celebrated and all-rounder woman entrepreneur Dr Jezamine Lim, CEO & Co Founder of Cell Biopeutics Resources received the Distinguished Woman Entrepreneur Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Women Economic & Business Summit organised by KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific yesterday.

Dr Jezamine Lim was conferred the award by YB Datuk Hajah Zuraida Kamaruddin, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities along with a few other inspirational and successful female leaders from various backgrounds and industries such as Tiara Jacquelina, Founder of Enfiniti Group, Surina Shukri, AirAsia Group Board and 32 other awardees.