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The terms “virtual server” and “physical server” do not refer to a state of tangible or intangible existence but rather to the way the machines are structured.

All digital data and systems have to exist and be hosted somewhere in the real world. A platform that runs on the cloud, your personal accounts, a company website you visit online, or an app on your phone can all be traced back to where they are hosted: a real machine.

With that said, let’s look at two short standard definitions of both terms before we dive into the technology behind them.

• Physical server: A physical server is a hardware device that is used to…

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The terms “virtual server” and “physical server” do not refer to a state of tangible or intangible existence but rather to the way the machines are structured.

All digital data and systems have to exist and be hosted somewhere in the real world. A platform that runs on the cloud, your personal accounts, a company website you visit online, or an app on your phone can all be traced back to where they are hosted: a real machine.

With that said, let’s look at two short standard definitions of both terms before we dive into the technology behind them.

• Physical server: A physical server is a hardware device that is used to…

SINGAPORE — The number of phishing scams in Singapore jumped from 16 cases in 2017 to 5,020 last year, said Minister of State of Home Affairs Desmond Tan in Parliament on Tuesday (15 February).

Overall, there were 23,931 cases of scams reported in 2021, a four-fold jump from 5,147 cases in 2017, Tan added.

Tan was delivering the Ministerial Statement on behalf of the Home Affairs Minister on strengthening enforcement and publication education in the aftermath of the OCBC phishing scam.

A total of $13.7 million was lost in scams involving SMSes impersonating OCBC Bank, and affected 790 customers, which started…