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As cybercrime evolves into a regional industry, defensive strategies require matching coordination, intelligence sharing, and operational discipline. Success in 2026 won't belong to organizations with the most tools, but to those who truly understand attack patterns and execute with unwavering cybersecurity hygiene.

Malaysia’s Ministry of Digital and Microsoft have on Friday announced the launch of Microsoft Elevate, an expanded national artificial intelligence (AI) capacity building initiative to strengthen Malaysia’s AI readiness, aligned with the country’s AI Nation 2030 ambitions.

DBS, in partnership with Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), have on Friday announced an enhanced version of its Spark GenAI program to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) accelerating their artificial intelligence (AI) transformation.

British International Investment (BII), the United Kingdom’s development finance institution and impact investor, has on Thursday launched $1.5 billion new climate initiative for Asia.

Mythos's capabilities are real — Cybench and OpenBSD settle that. The harder problem is how the world gets through the window between a system built on the assumption that vulnerability discovery is expensive and a system in which it isn't, without cascading failures in exactly the infrastructure least able to be rewritten. 

South Korea's SK Innovation plans to develop a 1,500 MW LNG-fired power plant in Vietnam, partly to electrify a AI data center, highlighting the growing link between energy infrastructure and digital development.

Southeast Asia’s private equity market remained subdued in 2025, with total deal value declining about 10 percent year-on-year to $14.3 billion across 84 transactions, according to the "Southeast Asia Private Equity Report 2026" report conducted by Bain & Company.

From energy shocks to food inflation, geopolitical risks are reshaping how capital is deployed across Southeast Asia.

Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Vietnam National Payment Corporation (NAPAS), and South Korea's KEB Hana Bank and GLN International, launched a cross-border QR code payment service connecting Vietnam and South Korea on Thursday.

Indonesia's buy now pay later (BNPL) firm Kredivo now holds a 99.99 percent stake at Timo Vietnam JSC, also known as Timo digital bank by BVBank in Vietnam.