Comparison Overview

Telekom Malaysia

VS

Zain Group

Telekom Malaysia

Jalan Pantai Baharu, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, MY, 50672
Last Update: 2025-11-24
Between 700 and 749

TM is the national connectivity and digital infrastructure provider and Malaysia’s leading integrated telco; offering a comprehensive suite of communication services and solutions in fixed (telephony and broadband), mobility, content, WiFi, ICT, Cloud and smart services. TM is driven by stakeholder value creation in a highly competitive environment and places, emphasis on delivering an enhanced customer experience via continuous customer service quality improvements and innovations, whilst focusing on increased operational efficiency and productivity. As the enabler of the nation’s Digital Malaysia aspiration, TM has been at the forefront of every telecommunications technology evolution in the country and will continue to do so. It provides the communications backbone of Malaysia with the widest connectivity and convergence network. TM remains committed to expanding its network with a comprehensive digital infrastructure. Moving beyond connectivity services, TM is developing new value-added digital services to cater to a more digital lifestyle and society, digital businesses, and digital government, striving to make “Life and Business Easier, for a better Malaysia.” For further information on TM, visit www.tm.com.my. . SSM: 128740-P

NAICS: 517
NAICS Definition: Telecommunications
Employees: 10,490
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

Zain Group

Airport Road, P.O. Box 22244, Safat, 13083, Kuwait, KW
Last Update: 2025-11-27
Between 750 and 799

Zain Group is a leading provider of innovative ICT technologies & digital lifestyle communications operating in 8 markets across the Middle East & Africa, serving 50.9 million active customers as of 30 June 2025. Zain provides mobile voice, data and B2B services in: Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and South Sudan. Headquartered in the UAE, ZainTECH, the Group’s one-stop digital and ICT solutions provider, is playing a key role in the digital transformation of enterprise and government clientele across the MENA region. Also UAE based, Zain Omantel International (ZOI) is revolutionizing the international telecommunications wholesale landscape as the premier wholesale powerhouse serving regional operators, international carriers, and global hyperscalers. In Morocco, Zain has a 15.5% stake in ‘INWI’, through a joint venture. Zain is listed on the Boursa Kuwait (stock ticker: ZAIN). We recommend the Investor Community to download the “Zain Group Investor Relations” Mobile App. For more, please email [email protected]

NAICS: 517
NAICS Definition: Telecommunications
Employees: 15,982
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Telekom Malaysia
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Zain Group
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Telekom Malaysia
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Zain Group
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Telecommunications Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Telekom Malaysia in 2025.

Incidents vs Telecommunications Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Zain Group in 2025.

Incident History — Telekom Malaysia (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Telekom Malaysia cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Zain Group (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Zain Group cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Telekom Malaysia
Incidents

Date Detected: 12/2022
Type:Data Leak
Blog: Blog
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Zain Group
Incidents

Date Detected: 6/2021
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: Exploitation of Public-Facing Application (CVE-2025-53770), DLL Side-Loading, Privilege Escalation (CVE-2021-36942), Living-off-the-Land (LotL) Tools
Motivation: Espionage, Credential Theft, Persistent Access
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Zain Group company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Telekom Malaysia company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Telekom Malaysia and Zain Group have experienced a similar number of publicly disclosed cyber incidents.

In the current year, Zain Group company and Telekom Malaysia company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Zain Group company nor Telekom Malaysia company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Neither Zain Group company nor Telekom Malaysia company has reported experiencing a data breach publicly.

Zain Group company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Telekom Malaysia company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Telekom Malaysia company nor Zain Group company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Telekom Malaysia nor Zain Group holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Zain Group company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Telekom Malaysia company.

Zain Group company employs more people globally than Telekom Malaysia company, reflecting its scale as a Telecommunications.

Neither Telekom Malaysia nor Zain Group holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Telekom Malaysia nor Zain Group holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Telekom Malaysia nor Zain Group holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Telekom Malaysia nor Zain Group holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Telekom Malaysia nor Zain Group holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Telekom Malaysia nor Zain Group holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1, there is a XSRF token leakage via protocol-relative URLs in angular HTTP clients. The vulnerability is a Credential Leak by App Logic that leads to the unauthorized disclosure of the Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) token to an attacker-controlled domain. Angular's HttpClient has a built-in XSRF protection mechanism that works by checking if a request URL starts with a protocol (http:// or https://) to determine if it is cross-origin. If the URL starts with protocol-relative URL (//), it is incorrectly treated as a same-origin request, and the XSRF token is automatically added to the X-XSRF-TOKEN header. This issue has been patched in versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1. A workaround for this issue involves avoiding using protocol-relative URLs (URLs starting with //) in HttpClient requests. All backend communication URLs should be hardcoded as relative paths (starting with a single /) or fully qualified, trusted absolute URLs.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft deep ASN.1 structures that trigger unbounded recursive parsing. This leads to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) via stack exhaustion when parsing untrusted DER inputs. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Integer Overflow vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures containing OIDs with oversized arcs. These arcs may be decoded as smaller, trusted OIDs due to 32-bit bitwise truncation, enabling the bypass of downstream OID-based security decisions. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. Prior to versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2, working with large buffers in Lua scripts can lead to a stack overflow. Users of Lua rules and output scripts may be affected when working with large buffers. This includes a rule passing a large buffer to a Lua script. This issue has been patched in versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2. A workaround for this issue involves disabling Lua rules and output scripts, or making sure limits, such as stream.depth.reassembly and HTTP response body limits (response-body-limit), are set to less than half the stack size.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions from 8.0.0 to before 8.0.2, a NULL dereference can occur when the entropy keyword is used in conjunction with base64_data. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2. A workaround involves disabling rules that use entropy in conjunction with base64_data.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H