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10 new technologies coming in next five years with far-reaching impact on people’s daily lives

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2022

The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) on Tuesday unveiled 10 technologies that people have to keep an eye on in the next five years.

NSTDA president Sukit Limpijumnong said many technologies were developed over the past 10 years.

“The Covid-19 crisis accelerated technology development in order to enable people to survive,” he said

The 10 technologies that will play important role in daily lives in the next five years cover facilities, transportation, energy storage, environment preservation, foods and healthcare.

The 10 technologies are:

1. Brain-computer interface: This technology will enable people to command artificial intelligence (AI) by using their brainwaves instead of using keyboard, making it easier to control.

“Brain-computer interface will benefit people with disabilities and gamers a lot,” Sukit said, adding that this technology will become more complex in the future.

2. Generative AI: This AI can generate people’s faces, portraits and map layouts using information given by users. In addition, it can simulate landscape between daytime and nighttime, and change sepia pictures into coloured ones.

“Many generative AI technologies have been developed in Thailand, such as Z-Size Ladies, an application that simulates women’s bodies when they pregnant,” Sukit said.

3. Connect and autonomous vehicle (CAV): This technology will help convey traffic information to drivers to ensure their safety while travelling. It can even operate a vehicle on its own to prevent accidents caused by drunk or sleepy driving.

“In 2040, 80 per cent of CAVs are expected to be autonomous compared to 15 per cent in 2030,” Sukit said.

He added that the NSTDA is developing its CAVs in the Eastern Economic Corridor for Innovation in Rayong’s Wangchan Valley.

4. Long duration storage: This energy storage technology troubleshoots pain points of solar panels and wind turbines that cannot generate electricity when there is no sunlight or wind.

Meanwhile, many types of batteries were developed to troubleshoot a lithium ion one that has high cost and toxicity, and may trigger an explosion if its size is too big, such as sodium and magnesium ion batteries.

5. Solar panel recycle: This technology has emerged as some solar panel parts, especially mirror, cannot be recycled by using previous methods, resulting in an impact on the environment.

Sukit expected 78 million tonnes of solar panels worldwide will be disposed of in 2050, of which 400,000 tonnes would be from Thailand.

“Up to 80 per cent of solar panel parts can be recycled using new methods, including broken mirror,” he said.

6. Carbon measurement and analytics: This technology is playing an important role in environmental conservation as carbon dioxide is a component of greenhouse gas that causes climate change.

“Carbon credit becomes an important thing to encourage factory operators to reduce carbon dioxide emissions,” Sukit said.

He added that technology to check forests’ carbon dioxide absorption capability is also available.

7. Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS): This technology will capture carbon dioxide for storage underground or recycle into other components to increase product value.

“This technology is a key for Thailand to achieve its carbon neutrality and net zero targets by 2050 and 2065, respectively,” Sukit said.

8. Next generation of telehealth: Telehealth has grown exponentially amid the Covid-19 crisis, as it enables people to access medical treatment without going to hospitals.

“The number of telehealth users increased by 50-175 times amid the Covid-19 crisis,” Sukit said.

He added that AI, Internet of Things, virtual reality, augmented reality, robotics and sensor can be applied to telehealth to boost service efficiency.

9. Synthetic biology: This technology is an integration of science and engineering to create high value products and services, such as artificial meat and cell therapy.

“Thailand has an advantage in synthetic biology as the country is one of the most biodiversity-rich countries,” Sukit said, adding that the Thai government is supporting this technology.

10. Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy: This technology of coating CAR on white blood cells can treat cancer effectively, including lymphoma which is hard to treat.

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Phishing attacks in Southeast Asia see sharp increase

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022

Phishing attacks in the first six months of 2022 exceeded the total number of attacks recorded in Southeast Asia last year.

Global cybersecurity solutions provider Kaspersky has urged organisations to be on their toes, as most advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks infect enterprises and governments through targeted phishing.

Phishing incidents continue to skyrocket in Southeast Asia (SEA). The latest data from global cybersecurity company Kaspersky revealed that it only took six months for cybercriminals to exceed their phishing attacks last year against users from the region. 

From January to June 2022, Kaspersky’s Anti-Phishing system blocked a total of 12,127,692 malicious links in SEA. It is 1 million more than the total number of phishing attacks detected here in 2021 – 11,260,643.

Phishing, a type of social engineering attack, remains one of the key methods used by attackers to compromise their targets – both individuals and organisations. It works as it is done on a large scale where cybercriminals send massive waves of emails purporting to be legitimate companies or personalities to promote fake pages or infect users with malicious attachments. 

The end goal of a phishing attack is to steal credentials – particularly financial and login information – to steal money or worst to compromise an entire organisation. 

More than half of the H1 2022 detections were targeting Kaspersky users in Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Four out of six countries from SEA – Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam – recorded more phishing emails during the first six months of this year compared to their total number of incidents in 2021.

“The first half of 2022 is eventful in good and bad ways. On a personal level, we went through the seismic shift of trying to regain our lives post-pandemic, forcing companies and organisations to welcome remote and hybrid work. The travel sector, including airlines, airports, travel agencies, and more, has also been overwhelmed by the influx of tourists wanting to travel with borders now open. Behind these shifts are networks and systems that needed to be updated and secured hastily. On the other hand, cybercriminals are all ears and with their ability to tweak their messages and infuse them with believable urgency. As a result, we’ve seen real, unfortunate incidents of victims losing money because of phishing attacks,” comments Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky.

Aside from individual’s loss of money, Kaspersky’s elite researcher recently sounded the alarm that most of the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups in the Asia Pacific including SEA use targeted phishing to enter into a highly-defended network. 

As the name “advanced” suggests, an APT uses continuous, clandestine, and sophisticated hacking techniques to gain access to a system and remain inside for a prolonged period of time, with potentially destructive consequences. 

Because of the level of effort needed to carry out such an attack, APTs are usually leveled at high-value targets, such as nation states and large corporations, with the ultimate goal of stealing information over a long period of time, rather than simply “dipping in” and leaving quickly, as many black hat hackers do during lower level cyber assaults.

Noushin Shabab, Senior Security Researcher for Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky, revealed in a recent presentation that targeted phishing, also known as spear phishing, is the preferred infection vector of APT groups operating in the region.

“We did a report this year which found that majority (75%) of executives here are aware and even anticipate an APT attack against their organisations. With phishing incidents hitting the roof in just the first six months of the year, enterprises, public entities, and government agencies should understand the impact of one wrong click on their critical networks and systems. We, humans, remain the weakest link and it is time to look beyond training and awareness. Backup security plans – like incident response capabilities – should be in place to stop a phishing email from becoming the launch pad of a damaging attack to your organisation,” adds Yeo.

Traditional security often doesn’t stop spear phishing attacks because they are so cleverly customized. As a result, they’re becoming more difficult to detect. One employee mistake can have serious consequences for businesses, governments, and even nonprofit organizations.

With stolen data, fraudsters can reveal commercially sensitive information, manipulate stock prices or commit various acts of espionage. In addition, spear phishing attacks can deploy malware to hijack computers, organising them into enormous networks called botnets that can be used for denial of service attacks.

To fight spear phishing scams, employees need to be aware of the threats, such as the possibility of bogus emails landing in their inbox. Besides education, technology that focuses on email security is necessary. Kaspersky recommends installing protective antiphishing solutions on mail servers as well as on employee workstations.

For enterprises and organisations, Kaspersky suggests building incident response capabilities that will help manage the aftermath of an attack and to incorporate threat intelligence services to have in-depth knowledge of the evolving threat and tactics of active APT groups.