Kuala Lampur, Sept. 5 -- Imagine looking for a home cleaning service online and finding an offer at an unusually low price. After making a booking, you are asked to download an application for payment or confirmation. Without realising it, the application may not be official. If malicious, it could give scammers access to information on your device or other sensitive data.

This illustrates how digital scams can affect even everyday services. As Malaysia celebrates its 69th National Day, the challenges facing society have evolved alongside technology. Today, some threats appear silently through smartphone screens, including online scams, information theft and misuse of digital transactions.

One major development is mobile commerce (m-com...