The last few months have left Malaysian businesses to deal with unprecedented levels of tech disruption, resulting from an exponential increase in Internet usage and changes in the way we work and live. On the infrastructure end, it has revealed gaps in data centres’ business continuity planning. IT leaders have come to realise the new normal will require more than just preparations designed for isolated, short-term emergencies. We speak with Xavier Surentherathas, to find out how Park Place Technologies are using their tech to help out in the current situation.

The last few months have left Malaysian businesses to deal with unprecedented levels of tech disruption, resulting from an exponential increase in Internet usage and changes in the way we work and live. On the infrastructure end, it has revealed gaps in data centres&rsquo; business continuity planning. IT leaders have come to realise the new normal will require more than just preparations designed for isolated, short-term emergencies. We speak with Xavier Surentherathas, to find out how Park Place Technologies are using their tech to help out in the current situation.

Where would your business be in 10 years time? How about 5 years from now? Or even tomorrow? Chances are, you’re already in the age of a digital business. Tech Talk is the programme that gives you access to the minds that are shaping the world of tomorrow. Hear from global and regional experts and analyst, record breaking developers, the dark-web hackers and the “crazy ones” as they give you an insight to how the world will change. Tech Talk helps you to breakdown the geeky jargons and complex codes that many often would fear. Also find out what are some the latest consumer offerings like smartphones, drones, robots, cameras, video games that are best in the market and quirky insight to a mind of a digital pop culture technology advocater, Richard Bradbury.

Where would your business be in 10 years time? How about 5 years from now? Or even tomorrow? Chances are, you’re already in the age of a digital business. Tech Talk is the programme that gives you access to the minds that are shaping the world of tomorrow. Hear from global and regional experts and analyst, record breaking developers, the dark-web hackers and the “crazy ones” as they give you an insight to how the world will change. Tech Talk helps you to breakdown the geeky jargons and complex codes that many often would fear. Also find out what are some the latest consumer offerings like smartphones, drones, robots, cameras, video games that are best in the market and quirky insight to a mind of a digital pop culture technology advocater, Richard Bradbury.

Tech Talk

How does the Internet work? To be honest we don't know either. But on Tech Talk, we deconstruct the relationship between humans and technology and understand how it shapes our business and life.

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Cybersecurity has hit a crisis of speed. In 2025, the average e-crime breakout time plummeted to 29 minutes, a 65% increase in speed from 2024, with the fastest recorded intrusion occurring in a staggering 27 seconds. Fabio Fratucello, Field CTO World Wide at CrowdStrike, joins Tech Talk to break down how "cloud-conscious" adversaries are exploiting trusted identity flows and supply chains to bypass traditional defenses. From a 563% surge in malicious fake CAPTCHA pages to the targeting of Malaysian logistics, we audit the tactics of nation-state actors and the necessary shift toward autonomous, agentic security operations.



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The 29-Minute Average: Why the speed of e-crime increased 65% from 2024, with the fastest recorded breach taking only 27 seconds.


The CAPTCHA Trap: Why fake verification pages saw a 563% surge as a way to trick users into executing code without triggering malware alerts.


AI-Powered Phishing: Why AI-generated social engineering is now more successful and authentic than human-written lures.


Identity as a Key: Why 82% of detections are now malware-free, as adversaries use "digital keys" to log in undetected.


Targeting Malaysia: Why the global (including Malaysia) logistics sector saw an 85% spike in attacks, alongside a 30% increase in telecommunications.


China Nexus Threats: Why nation-state adversaries in APAC are shifting toward long-term intellectual property theft rather than quick ransomware gains.


Cloud Consciousness: Why intrusions into cloud environments rose 37% as adversaries specialize in abusing SAS integrations.



Tech Talk is brought to you by Maxis Business. Building Tomorrow's Business Today.

Cybersecurity has hit a crisis of speed. In 2025, the average e-crime breakout time plummeted to 29 minutes, a 65% increase in speed from 2024, with the fastest recorded intrusion occurring in a staggering 27 seconds. Fabio Fratucello, Field CTO World Wide at CrowdStrike, joins Tech Talk&nbsp;to break down how "cloud-conscious" adversaries are exploiting trusted identity flows and supply chains to bypass traditional defenses. From a 563% surge in malicious fake CAPTCHA pages to the targeting of Malaysian logistics, we audit the tactics of nation-state actors and the necessary shift toward autonomous, agentic security operations.Tune In To Find Out:The 29-Minute Average: Why the speed of e-crime increased 65% from 2024, with the fastest recorded breach taking only 27 seconds.<ul><li>The CAPTCHA Trap: Why fake verification pages saw a 563% surge as a way to trick users into executing code without triggering malware alerts.</li><li>AI-Powered Phishing: Why AI-generated social engineering is now more successful and authentic than human-written lures.</li><li>Identity as a Key: Why 82% of detections are now malware-free, as adversaries use "digital keys" to log in undetected.</li><li>Targeting Malaysia: Why the global (including Malaysia) logistics sector saw an 85% spike in attacks, alongside a 30% increase in telecommunications.</li><li>China Nexus Threats: Why nation-state adversaries in APAC are shifting toward long-term intellectual property theft rather than quick ransomware gains.</li><li>Cloud Consciousness: Why intrusions into cloud environments rose 37% as adversaries specialize in abusing SAS integrations.</li></ul>Tech Talk is brought to you by Maxis Business. Building Tomorrow's Business Today.

29-Minute Breaches, Fake CAPTCHAs, & AI Phishing

AI-generated junk is flooding feeds, harvesting eyeballs and minting money in the process. 



Kishan Sivaswamy and Matt Armitage look at the business of brainrot and slop; the cheap, displosable machine-generated content that is increasingly dominating our social and streaming platforms. And ask a simple question: can we survive the slop?

AI-generated junk is flooding feeds, harvesting eyeballs and minting money in the process. Kishan Sivaswamy and Matt Armitage look at the business of brainrot and slop; the cheap, displosable machine-generated content that is increasingly dominating our social and streaming platforms. And ask a simple question: can we survive the slop?

MSP360. Surviving The Slop

In 2026, the AI narrative has shifted from basic prompt-and-response to Agentic AI, multi-step, autonomous systems that are finally narrowing the gap between technological promise and financial reality. Duncan Stewart, Director of TMT Research, Deloitte Canada, explains why the global CapEx surge to $1 trillion is a rational enterprise play, driven by "token maxing" and the race for sovereign compute.



From the "Search Cliff" threatening web referral traffic to the "RAMageddon" memory shortage fueled by a Persian Gulf helium crisis, we dive into the high-stakes forces reshaping the regional and global tech landscape.



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The Narrowing Gap: Why the investment-to-revenue ratio is dropping from 100x to 10x as AI monetisation hits the $100 billion mark.


Agentic vs. Generative: The move from simple prompts to autonomous, multi-modal code-writing systems for enterprise optimisation.


Token Maxing: Why software engineers are now burning $250,000 a year in tokens to drive a 5x to 10x productivity gain.


The Search Cliff: Why media and retail sites are facing a 50% to 80% sudden drop in referral traffic as AI overviews take over search.


Sovereign AI: Why nations are spending $100 billion on local data centers to prevent total dependency on US and Chinese infrastructure.


RAMageddon: Why memory prices have spiked 400% and why the shortage could last up to five years.


The Helium Factor: How the conflict-driven force majeure on Persian Gulf helium is threatening Asian chip and memory manufacturing.


Jevons Paradox: Why making AI tokens cheaper will actually lead to an explosion in consumption, not a reduction.



Tech Talk is brought to you by Maxis Business. Building Tomorrow's Business Today.

In 2026, the AI narrative has shifted from basic prompt-and-response to Agentic AI, multi-step, autonomous systems that are finally narrowing the gap between technological promise and financial reality. Duncan Stewart, Director of TMT Research, Deloitte Canada, explains why the global CapEx surge to $1 trillion is a rational enterprise play, driven by "token maxing" and the race for sovereign compute.From the "Search Cliff" threatening web referral traffic to the "RAMageddon" memory shortage fueled by a Persian Gulf helium crisis, we dive into the high-stakes forces reshaping the regional and global tech landscape.Tune In To Find Out:<ul><li>The Narrowing Gap: Why the investment-to-revenue ratio is dropping from 100x to 10x as AI monetisation hits the $100 billion mark.</li><li>Agentic vs. Generative: The move from simple prompts to autonomous, multi-modal code-writing systems for enterprise optimisation.</li><li>Token Maxing: Why software engineers are now burning $250,000 a year in tokens to drive a 5x to 10x productivity gain.</li><li>The Search Cliff: Why media and retail sites are facing a 50% to 80% sudden drop in referral traffic as AI overviews take over search.</li><li>Sovereign AI: Why nations are spending $100 billion on local data centers to prevent total dependency on US and Chinese infrastructure.</li><li>RAMageddon: Why memory prices have spiked 400% and why the shortage could last up to five years.</li><li>The Helium Factor: How the conflict-driven force majeure on Persian Gulf helium is threatening Asian chip and memory manufacturing.</li><li>Jevons Paradox: Why making AI tokens cheaper will actually lead to an explosion in consumption, not a reduction.Tech Talk is brought to you by Maxis Business. Building Tomorrow's Business Today.</li></ul>

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