IT News Week 4 Dec 2017

For IT News Week 2 Dec 2017.
  • PR - Dec 21, 2017 - Kaspersky : The New Multi-featured Mobile Trojan Loapi Discovered
  • PR - Dec 21, 2017 - Global Mobile Industry Ready to Start Full-Scale Development of 5G NR
  • PR - Dec 20, 2017 - New InfoWatch-based Department at HSE’s Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics
  • PR - Dec 20, 2017 - Jabra : Sale Begins December 20, 2017 – January 18, 2018
  • PR - Dec 20, 2017 - Microlink Chatbot Set to Disrupt Customer Service
  • PR - Dec 20, 2017 - honor 7X First-day Sales Breaks Three-Year Record
  • PR - Dec 20, 2017 - Transformative Applications the Result of Big Data Analytics
  • PR - Dec 20, 2017 - ECOVACS Brings Christmas Cheer by Inspiring You to #DoMoreOfWhatYouLove
  • PR - Dec 19, 2017 - HEINEKEN Malaysia uses the power of Social Media to advocate responsible consumption
  • PR - Dec 18, 2017 - Canon announces the availability of new Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III
  • PR - Dec 15, 2017 - Seoul - LG Announced Latest Gram Laptops Which Offers All-Round Top Performance
  • PR - Dec 15, 2017 - Enjoy annual cash payouts and guaranteed protection with Zurich's Executive20
  • PR - Dec 15, 2017 - Shopee Birthday Sale was a tremendous success with over 2.5 million orders recorded in 24 hours

PR - Dec 21, 2017 - Kaspersky : The New Multi-featured Mobile Trojan Loapi Discovered

Kaspersky Lab researchers have identified a new intriguing malware with multiple modules, which allows for an almost endless number of malicious features - from crypto currency mining to DDos attacks. Due to its modular architecture, even more functions can be added to it. This unusual and powerful malicious software is called Loapi.

Loapi stands out from the crowd of various single-functional Android malware, including banking Trojans, crypto mining Trojans, etc., because it has a complex modular architecture that allows it to perform almost limitless actions on a compromised device.

The Loapi Trojan is being spread through advertising campaigns under the guise of antivirus solutions or apps for adults. Once installed, applications request device admin rights and then discreetly initiate communications with command and control servers to install additional modules such as the Adware module – used for the aggressive display of advertising on the user's device.

PR - Dec 21, 2017 - Global Mobile Industry Ready to Start Full-Scale Development of 5G NR

Today, the 3GPP TSG RAN Plenary Meeting in Lisbon successfully completed the first implementable 5G NR specification. AT&T, BT, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Huawei, Intel, KT Corporation, LG Electronics, LG Uplus, MediaTek Inc., NEC Corporation, Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, Orange, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Samsung Electronics, SK Telecom, Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Sprint, TIM, Telefonica, Telia Company, T-Mobile USA, Verizon, Vodafone, and ZTE have made a statement in regards to the completion of the first 5G NR standard.

This meeting has set the stage for the global mobile industry to start the full-scale development of 5G NR for widespread trials and commercial deployments as early as 2019. Recently at the Mobile World Congress 2017 held in Barcelona, global mobile industry leaders announced their support for the acceleration of the 5G NR standardization schedule, which introduced an intermediate milestone to complete the first implementable specification for Non-Standalone 5G NR operation.

PR - Dec 20, 2017 - New InfoWatch-based Department at HSE’s Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics

InfoWatch Group and National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)announced the opening of the InfoWatch-based enterprise cybersecurity department as part of the School of Electronic Engineering.

Students from the School of Electronic Engineering of HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE) there showing the support for this announcement.

This department will train university students who have basic theoretical and hands-on knowledge of design, development, and testing of the software aimed to prevent enterprise data leaks and protect organizations against internal cybersecurity threats, targeted attacks, and threats related to the Internet of Things (IoT).

To support the department activities, MIEM HSE will also establish a specialized lab for students to simulate various enterprise cyber threats and master combating techniques.

(From left: ) Natalya Kaspersky, President of InfoWatch Group and Evgeny Kruk, Director of MIEM HSE, Professor, Dr.Sc. at HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics during the announcement

PR - Dec 20, 2017 - Jabra : Sale Begins December 20, 2017 – January 18, 2018

Heads Up! Giving you more reasons to cheer, Jabra, the global leader in professional communications and sound solutions announces its nationwide super sale with big discounts on several of its world-class, award-winning Bluetooth audio headsets.

Jabra Elite Sport

This is a great time to snap up world-class, top quality, Jabra audio headsets whether for yourself or as gifts for others. For users, who want the best of price, premium audio quality and connectivity and true wireless freedom, this is a not-to-be missed chance. From now till January 18, 2018, tune in to a range of super deals courtesy of the Danish sound expert.

This includes its newly launched Jabra Elite Sport, the world’s most technically advanced true wireless sports earbuds.

To find out which are the participating retail stores offering discounts for your desired Jabra product, visit: https://www.apac.jabra.com/ where-to-buy/retailer-locator

PR - Dec 20, 2017 - Microlink Chatbot Set to Disrupt Customer Service

Microlink Solutions Berhad (‘Microlink’), a local ICT solutions provider specialising in financial solutions, today shares that Chatbot technology is set to redefine how businesses communicate with their customers.

Microlink’s Chatbot is an artificial intelligence (AI) driven bot programme that understands and continuously learns specific human-like tasks to intelligently converse and help solve customer enquiries and problems.

Chia Yong Wei, Microlink, Group CEO
Group CEO of Microlink, Chia Yong Wei shares that, “By using Chatbot, businesses can engage their customers 24-7 and provide immediate and relevant answers for their customers about the business and its services. Think of the Chatbot as a virtual concierge, available all the time to help with basic customer enquiries.”

Chatbot can be used in various industries that require immediate customer service engagement such as healthcare, banking, insurance, F&B and more. It can engage communities to create smarter cities.

PR - Dec 20, 2017 - honor 7X First-day Sales Breaks Three-Year Record

honor Malaysia today proudly announced that its latest product in its flagship honor X-series range, the honor 7X achieved record-breaking sales on its first day of online sales via the official licensed e-store for honor, Vmall – breaking the three year record and claiming its reign to be the bestselling unit on the platform.

The performance rich device, which is honor’s first FullView display flagship was made available on 18 December on Vmall, through its “Fansgiving” sale and has since become the fastest selling model in the region, behind the United States, India, Italy and Russia.

The online sales performances of the honor 7X trails behind the legendary honor 3C which cemented and established the honor brand as an e-brand made for digital natives in the Malaysia market.

From December 22 onwards, the honor 7X will be made available nationwide at the recommended retail price of RM1,099. Customers who purchase the honor 7X will receive a free exclusive Lords Mobile casing, while stocks last.

PR - Dec 20, 2017 - Transformative Applications the Result of Big Data Analytics

MDEC recently organised the fourth National Big App Challenge, which served as a platform to encourage the extensive use of BDA to drive the development of innovative and transformative applications. The Challenge, which kicked off in January with the first hackathon, University App Challenge – MMU, came to an end with the announcement of three winners. Team Ukay Wizards took first place, followed by Team PeGIS and Team D8.


Photo 1: Grand prize winners during the National Big App Challenge 4.0 prize presentation ceremony by Ir. Dr. Karl Ng, Director, Data Economy, MDEC. (from left to right: Razman Yusof Bin Mohd Sarit, Muhammad Hibatullah Rashid bin Razak, Ir. Dr. Karl Ng, and Ikram Syakir Bin Mohd Amin)



Photo 2: : First runner up during the National Big App Challenge 4.0 prize presentation ceremony by Ir. Dr. Karl Ng, Director, Data Economy, MDEC. (from left to right: Faiezah Bt Mahamat, Noorhaizarinie Binti Zaini, Siti Majidah Binti Mohd Tayib and Ir. Dr. Karl Ng)



Photo 3: Second runner up during the National Big App Challenge 4.0 prize presentation ceremony by Ir. Dr. Karl Ng, Director, Data Economy, MDEC. (from left to right: Somasundaram Nagappan, MDEC, Ho Chin Chee, Kevin Loh Khai Khoon and Ir. Dr. Karl Ng)

PR - Dec 20, 2017 - ECOVACS Brings Christmas Cheer by Inspiring You to #DoMoreOfWhatYouLove

This holiday season, ECOVACS ROBOTICS is celebrating Christmas with gifts to help you do more of what you love. For the month of December, ECOVACS is giving away three units of DEEBOT M81 Pro worth RM1,499 each.


With its “Do More Of What You Love” campaign dedicated to its lucky Facebook followers, ECOVACS is encouraging people to enjoy life and work less with the DEEBOT M81 Pro, an intelligent floor-cleaning robot built to bring convenience and to save time for its users to do more of what they love as the robot can be controlled wherever you are at any time, just with a tap of the button on your smartphone.

Enjoy life, work less with ECOVACS #DoMoreOfWhatYouLove

The Do More Of What You Love campaign is right on the official ECOVACS ROBOTICS Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ ecovacs.my/. It will run from now on until 24 December 2017, and the winners will be announced on the ECOVACS ROBOTICS Facebook page on 25 December, Christmas Day. Gather your friends and get a Christmas gift for this special season!

PR - Dec 19, 2017 - HEINEKEN Malaysia uses the power of Social Media to advocate responsible consumption

HEINEKEN Malaysia, through its platform Drink Sensibly (DS), has launched a new campaign to remind and reward revellers to celebrate safely this festive season. ‘Get Party Ready’ is the latest initiative of the brewer to encourage responsible consumption, a consistent commitment which has already reached over 8 million people since 2014.


‘Get Party Ready’ is a digital driven campaign which uses the power and reach of Social Media to engage and educate millennials through gamification, reminding the 5 tips to drink sensibly: EAT, MOVE, HYDRATE, PACE and TAXI HOME.

Starting this week until January 7th 2018, the campaign aims to raise awareness on the importance of drinking sensibly. Those who participate in the weekly interactive quizzes of the Drink Sensibly Facebook page will be able to win vouchers for ZALORA and GRAB, a double-win for revellers to dress festive-worthy and reach their destinations safely. The company will be giving away up to RM40,000 in prizes.

PR - Dec 18, 2017 - Canon announces the availability of new Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III

Canon Marketing (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd recently announced the availability of the PowerShot G1 X Mark III, the newest addition to its range of compact cameras, to Malaysians. It is the first Canon compact camera equipped with Dual Pixel CMOS AF and an APS-C sized CMOS sensor, the largest imaging sensor in its compact camera lineup. This latest addition marks a new technology milestone.

With water proof casing

Equipped with DIGIC 7 image processor, the PowerShot G1 X Mark III raises the bar in imaging technology, and is the perfect companion for adventure seekers and underwater photographers alike, weighing only 399g (CIPA compliant).

PR - Dec 15, 2017 - Seoul - LG Announced Latest Gram Laptops Which Offers All-Round Top Performance

At CES 2018, LG Electronics (LG) will announce its latest LG gram laptops that deliver superior portability, enhanced powerful performance and convenience features. Since the incredibly lightweight laptop line debuted in 2014, LG has consistently surprised consumers by maximizing portability without sacrificing performance. The impressive successor to its previous lineup, the LG 2018 gram laptops push the boundaries of portable computing with improved mobility and durability, as well as upgraded processors and more versatile functionality. Altogether, the gram series offers an excellent workstation for those wishing to work, study more effectively or enjoy media content for extended periods in any environment.



The new models continue to be the most easy-to-carry laptops available on the market today.1 Their ultra-thin bodies feature a highly efficient 72Wh battery which allows longer work time without plugging in, lasting up to almost a full day on a single charge.2 And the compact design allows the LG gram’s smaller form factor to feature wider screens. The 14-inch model 14Z980 is the same size as a conventional 13-inch laptop but still offers a wider display with a minimized bezel.

Equipped with the latest 8th Intel® CoreTM i7 and i5 processors and SSD storage, the newest LG gram devices are even more efficient and significantly faster. Users can boost work efficiency as high as 40 percent while booting time now comes in under 10 seconds. Unlike other compact laptops that achieve lower weight or smaller size by minimizing interior space, LG’s gram series offers a second SSD drive slot for even more internal storage for those large video files.

PR - Dec 15, 2017 - Enjoy annual cash payouts and guaranteed protection with Zurich Executive20

Zurich Takaful Malaysia Berhad (ZTMB) has recently introduced its latest family takaful plan – Executive20, which offers customers guaranteed protection as well as annual cash payment benefits for a coverage term of 20 years or 30 years.

Philip Smith, Executive Director of ZTMB and Chief Executive Officer of ZIMB, Salim Majid Zain, Chief Executive Officer of ZTMB, Mukesh Dhawan, General Manager of Life Insurance, ZIMB introducing Executive20, ZTMB’s latest family takaful plan.

Executive20 provides guaranteed takaful coverage to its participants up to age 90 years. Anyone between the ages of 30 days old to 65 years old is eligible to participate, on the condition that the applicant is at least 16 years of age.

Key benefits and features of Executive20 include:
  1. Guaranteed Takaful Coverage
    - Guaranteed death benefit up to age 90 and guaranteed total permanent disability (TPD) benefit up to age 75.
  2. Annual Cash Payment of up to 6% of Basic Sum Covered
    - Earn annual cash payouts from the Participant Risk Investment Account (PRIA) from the end of second certificate year and annually thereafter until certificate maturity with the options to choose from 2%, 4% or 6% of the basic sum covered.
  3. Maturity Benefit
    - Upon certificate maturity, participants will receive maturity benefit equal to the Participant Investment Account (PIA) value.
  4. Enhanced Coverage with Supplementary Benefits
    - Participants have the option to optimise their protection against unexpected events such as critical illnesses (CI), death or TPD by attaching additional riders which includes payor benefit, level term and waiver of contribution for CI.
  5. Conversion to other Family Takaful plans
    - Participants are able to extend and convert their protection to other selected Zurich Takaful plans upon certificate maturity without having to present any medical evidence.
PR - Dec 15, 2017 - Shopee Birthday Sale was a tremendous success with over 2.5 million orders recorded in 24 hours

Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, recorded 2.5 million orders across the region within 24 hours on 12 December, a five-fold increase compared to last year’s performance.

12 Things You Need to Know about Shopee Malaysia’s 12.12
  1. The total orders for this year’s 12.12 is 15 times higher than that of last year
  2. It took only 1 hour 6 minutes for the number of orders to surpass last year’s record
  3. Top performing brands are PETRONAS Mesra e-Shop, Nestle and Watsons 4) Meanwhile for a single product, the PETRONAS fuel card recorded the highest number of orders, with over 3,100 units sold within 24 hours 5) The largest transaction made by one buyer was RM15,000
  4. The first product sold on 12.12 was a Canvas Messenger Bag, while the last product sold was a Power Bank
  5. Facial Masks were the top selling product among females, with almost 7,000 mask packs sold. ROREC proved to be very popular, with over 700 ROREC Natural Essence Facial masks snapped up within a minute
  6. Data cables were the top selling product among males, with over 1,200 units sold
  7. Fastest time for a flash sale to be sold out was 49 seconds on Shopee’s Shocking Sale
  8. The fastest time for a purchase to be made was 1 second, which comprised a pair of silk pyjamas retailing at RM20
  9. The furthest shipping distance for an order is over 4,500km - from Goseong Gun, Korea to Johor Bahru, Johore
  10. The average number of chats taking place per minute was 538

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