The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Wednesday, March 12, warned of a potential surge in deepfake technology and cyber attacks in 2025, urging the public and private sectors to strengthen their digital defenses. (Photo from Unsplash) The CICC raised concerns about...
Cyber incidents pose the greatest threat to businesses in the Philippines for 2025, driven by the rising frequency and severity of data breaches and IT disruptions, according to a new report by Allianz. The German insurer's Allianz Risk Barometer 2025, released Wednesday, Jan. 15, revealed that...
Over 200,000 cyberattacks on telecommunications infrastructures have been recorded in the Philippines daily, an official from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said in a State-run presser. Pixabay In a press conference hosted by the Philippine Information Agency...
The financial industry remains a prime target for cyberattacks, despite the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) new framework to enhance cyber resilience, a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company has warned. Kaspersky, a cybersecurity firm, reported that the finance sector...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Saturday, May 4, cautioned the public regarding the No Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP) cyber attack. With this, the actors approached their victims, claiming they violated the NCAP and directing them to settle the alleged...
President Marcos has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to strengthen the country's cyber security systems amid rising cybercrimes in the last quarter of 2023. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PPA/Jonathan Cellona) Marcos said it must be done by further...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), an attached agency to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday, Feb. 5, expressed willingness to participate in the "urgent meeting" to be initiated by the House of Representatives (HOR). CICC "Pwede...
After amassing more than 123 million indicators of compromise to combat cyber-attacks, PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. last year foiled over 182 million attempts to breach the group’s digital infrastructure. The human factor is a major contributor to cybersecurity incidents, according to...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, January 15 urged the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to conduct a investigation on the possibility that a cyber attack caused the airport fiasco on New Year’s Day. Gatchalian pointed out that during the Senate hearing on the incident last...
The number of mobile malware attacks in the Philippines, one of the world’s biggest mobile-using countries, dropped sharply in the past two years but users should not drop their guard, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky warned this week. Among Southeast Asian countries, the pattern of declining mobile...
Local telcos are blocking more than double the number of cyber attacks to date as Filipinos continue to shift most of their activities online due to the pandemic. PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. combated more than double the number of ‘smishing’ (text messages that aim to steal the...
More than 20,000 attempted attacks on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) website have been prevented and blocked by the Department of Communications and Technology (DICT), Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco disclosed, Saturday, May 14. “Marami pong sumubok na i-attack ‘yung...
