JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israel is on heightened alert and has arrested dozens of Palestinians as its government is grappling with the deadliest string of attacks in years. A woman mourns during the funeral of victims killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Jenin, March 31,...
Amid the recent cyber attacks on several news sites in the Philippines, the National Union of Journalists (NUJP) called on the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the National Bureau of Investigation Cybercrime Division to look into these incidents and hold the...
WAYS-TO-STOP-SMS-SPAM-ON-iPhone-Android-HERES-HOW-1 Spam and phishing attacks tripled from June this year, with the month of November posting the highest number and 600 mobile numbers blocked on a daily average, according to the investigation units of PLDT and Smart Communications Inc....
media Increased cashless payments in Asia Pacific (APAC) during the pandemic made the region a hotspot for banking Trojans, one of the most dangerous malware used to steal money from users’ bank accounts. And the Philippines logged the highest number of unique users attacked in APAC by all...
building-Cisco-Systems Most Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the Philippines, 57 percent, suffered cyber attacks in the past 12 months, each losing from over P25 million ($500,000) to over P50 million ($1 million), a study by an American technology firm showed. The Cisco "Cybersecurity...
Cybercriminals now target mobile banking in the Philippines and Southeast Asia to steal money as the continuing pandemic forces people to pay online. Mobile banking Trojan attacks in the region surged 60 percent in the 2nd quarter of 2021 versus the same period last year, according to global...
Work-from-home computers in the Philippines are now primary targets of cybercriminals, with almost 5 Million attacks, up 98.41 percent in the first half of 2021 versus the same period in 2020, according to the latest Kaspersky report. In the first half of last year, Kaspersky recorded just half the...
Top line (l-r): Jay Ricky Villarante, Secuna President; Iannis Hanen, Secuna Chief Executive Officer; Paulo Paulo del Puerto, Secuna Chief Marketing Officer; AJ Dumanhug, Secuna Chief Information Security Officer Middle Line (l-r): Mark Gorriceta, FPh Trustee; Rob Locke Quad X Chief Technology...
Is "politics" behind the supposed unmerited attacks against the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in connection with findings made by the Commission on Audit (COA) in its 2020 audit report? DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III speaks during the Aug. 19, 2021 virtual press briefing while under...
UNITED NATIONS – The UN Security Council on Tuesday will hold its first formal public meeting on cybersecurity, addressing the growing threat of hacks to countries' key infrastructure, an issue Joe Biden recently raised with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. At their summit earlier...
Malacañang shrugged off the small protest of some members of the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL) against President Duterte, saying the Chief Executive probably does not care about it. Photo of the online convention of the IBP where President Duterte's recorded message was met with some...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has "suspended the departure" of the 400 caregivers who were supposed to be deployed to Israel this month. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) "It will just be about a few days of delay. We just want to be sure they will...
