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Bangkok Post
6 days ago
- Bangkok Post
NCSA boosts cyber defence amid rising border tensions
The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) is reinforcing the resilience of critical infrastructure in preparation for potential cyberattacks, while the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) has warned against artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes in information warfare—particularly amid escalating tensions at the Thailand-Cambodia border. NCSA has increased preparations for critical infrastructure—mainly in energy, telecom, finance and electricity—to prevent cyber warfare amid the rising tensions between Cambodia and Thailand, AVM Amorn Chomchoey, NCSA secretary-general, told the Bangkok Post on Thursday. 'We will closely monitor the situation with relevant agencies on a 24/7 basis, as the alert level has been raised from Yellow to Red,' said AVM Amorn. He added that the agency has stepped up preparations over the past two months, as several Cambodia-based hacker groups have allegedly engaged in periodic cyber warfare and disinformation campaigns. Moreover, AI-generated deepfake images are being used to fabricate scenes of a Thai F-16 jet being shot down, aiming to boost the morale of Cambodian soldiers. Sak Segkhoonthod, senior advisor of ETDA, warned media and online users to verify information before sharing during this intense period. In another development, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) ordered mobile phone service operators to increase cellular signal strength along the Thailand-Cambodia border to a normal level to support military communications in the area, according to Trairat Viriyasirikul, NBTC acting secretary-general. Earlier, the NBTC had directed telecom operators to reduce signal strength in the region to prevent cross-border signal spillover, which could be exploited for cybercrime or by call centre scams.
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Edmonton business association opposes plan to turn Beverly Motel into transitional housing
An old motel in Edmonton's Beverly neighbourhood, once known as a problem property, could become transitional housing on 118th Avenue — if it can overcome the pushback. Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA) received a permit to convert the former Beverly Motel into a transitional housing project with 17 units. Now, it faces an appeal from the Beverly Business Association and must go to Edmonton's Subdivision and Development Appeal Board later this month. In a letter to the SDAB, the business association said the project will make the street less safe, less walkable and less attractive to the public and investors. "We strongly feel that a supportive housing project for persons escaping addiction will directly and significantly damage the important work that our association is undertaking to revitalize 118th Avenue," the letter says. Converting the building into housing also bars the business association from collecting a levy from the property, the letter said. "It stems more from fear than facts," Blake Jackman, NCSA's director of housing, told CBC News. Jackman described the appeal as unfortunate. The area has a lot of Indigenous people experiencing homelessness, he said, and the NCSA has been in talks with the business association about the project since its early stages. "It's between people remaining unhoused in their community and their alleys, in their parks, in their streets, or living safely in a supportive, recovery-oriented and professionally-managed environment until they can secure permanent housing," he said. The former motel has been newly renovated and the NCSA plans to run an abstinence-based program that allows people to stay for up to six months. The project received funding from the federal and provincial governments. The NCSA, which operates other transitional and supportive housing in Edmonton, has a track record of being good community members, Jackman said. "I know some neighbourhoods do feel like they're taking on more of the burden than other neighbourhoods are — and I'm not saying that's untrue," he said. "But we do believe that the Beverly community is in need of services to support them, with the encampments they have." In a statement to CBC News, Beverly Business Association executive director Alex Bosker said the organization would like to see the project go elsewhere. "Our board feels our business district is not the appropriate location for such a project, and that it would be more suitable to open their program outside of a specially levied business area," Bosker said. Beverly resident Chani Sunley said the former motel was "an eyesore" when she first moved into the area. But from she has heard, the housing project would greatly improve the motel site. Homeless people are living in the neighbourhood, and Sunley would rather see them living under a roof, with access to support, she said. "Right now, it's so hard, because where do people go? You just shuffle them along," she said. "We know that's what's happening." The Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, an independent municipal tribunal, will consider the business association's appeal at a hearing on July 24.
CBC
07-07-2025
- Business
- CBC
Edmonton business association opposes plan to turn Beverly Motel into transitional housing
An old motel in Edmonton's Beverly neighbourhood, once known as a problem property, could become transitional housing on 118th Avenue — if it can overcome the pushback. Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA) received a permit to convert the former Beverly Motel into a transitional housing project with 17 units. Now, it faces an appeal from the Beverly Business Association and must go to Edmonton's Subdivision and Development Appeal Board later this month. In a letter to the SDAB, the business association said the project will make the street less safe, less walkable and less attractive to the public and investors. "We strongly feel that a supportive housing project for persons escaping addiction will directly and significantly damage the important work that our association is undertaking to revitalize 118th Avenue," the letter says. Converting the building into housing also bars the business association from collecting a levy from the property, the letter said. "It stems more from fear than facts," Blake Jackman, NCSA's director of housing, told CBC News. Jackman described the appeal as unfortunate. The area has a lot of Indigenous people experiencing homelessness, he said, and the NCSA has been in talks with the business association about the project since its early stages. "It's between people remaining unhoused in their community and their alleys, in their parks, in their streets, or living safely in a supportive, recovery-oriented and professionally-managed environment until they can secure permanent housing," he said. The former motel has been newly renovated and the NCSA plans to run an abstinence-based program that allows people to stay for up to six months. The project received funding from the federal and provincial governments. The NCSA, which operates other transitional and supportive housing in Edmonton, has a track record of being good community members, Jackman said. "I know some neighbourhoods do feel like they're taking on more of the burden than other neighbourhoods are — and I'm not saying that's untrue," he said. "But we do believe that the Beverly community is in need of services to support them, with the encampments they have." In a statement to CBC News, Beverly Business Association executive director Alex Bosker said the organization would like to see the project go elsewhere. "Our board feels our business district is not the appropriate location for such a project, and that it would be more suitable to open their program outside of a specially levied business area," Bosker said. Beverly resident Chani Sunley said the former motel was "an eyesore" when she first moved into the area. But from she has heard, the housing project would greatly improve the motel site. Homeless people are living in the neighbourhood, and Sunley would rather see them living under a roof, with access to support, she said. "Right now, it's so hard, because where do people go? You just shuffle them along," she said. "We know that's what's happening."
Qatar Tribune
02-06-2025
- Qatar Tribune
NCSA president receives AICTO award in Egypt
Tribune News Network Doha President of the National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA), Engineer Abdulrahman bin Ali Al-Farahid Al Malki received an award during the ceremony for countries that excelled in cybersecurity at the CAISEC 2025 conference. The award was received from the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization (AICTO) for Qatar's classification among leading countries in cybersecurity in the model country category of the International Telecommunication Unions of the GCI. The conference was held in Egypt, and the award ceremony was attended by a number of ministers from Egypt, the League of Arab States, and heads of cybersecurity agencies.
United News of India
14-05-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
Bangladesh interim govt intensifies attacks against Awami League, social media pages may be blocked
Dhaka, May 14 (UNI) Bangladesh's National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) has requested the country's Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to immediately block or remove all websites and social media pages affiliated with the Awami League party and like-minded organisations, following its official ban by Chief Advisor Mohammed Yunus' interim government. The NCSA, in a letter, also requested the BTRC to ask platforms such as Meta (Facebook), X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, and TikTok, to block all social media handles linked to the ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina – led party, according to The Daily Star. The move comes after the government banned all activities of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations until the end of ongoing trials against its members at the International Crimes Tribunal. Regarding the ban, the party earlier wrote on its X: 'The ban on Awami League is no isolated crackdown—it's a strategic erasure. Under Yunus's interim regime, the state is being re-engineered: opposition silenced, electoral history rewritten, and institutions reshaped to cement authoritarian control.' In addition, the party has also accused the Mohammed Yunus government of sabotaging the country's economy, promoting rampant Islamisation, and destroying Bangladesh's socio-political structures, citing the deterioration of law and order, and the inability of the Yunus government to tackle the ongoing social instability. Additionally, the Election Commission of Bangladesh has suspended the Awami League's registration as a political party, barring it from participating in the national polls. The move comes as a severe blow to the country's history and its once secular-pluralistic socio-political fabric, as the Awami League is the country's oldest party, predating its very formation and also having led the 1971 Liberation War. UNI ANV RN
