Editorial Cyber-criminals who defraud and steal money from bank customers will be arrested, prosecuted and jailed. Thus declared the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) through its president Arnulfo Veloso as he announced the imminent signing of a memorandum of agreement with the...
Smart_500x500 In just 30 days (Oct. 21 to Nov. 20), Smart Communications, Inc. blocked up to 15,000 mobile numbers related to SMS hoax and spam, as well as 40 domains and Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that online scammers use, the telco reported Nov. 23, 2021. The move came after a sudden spike...
Many are waiting for Enchong Dee's reaction relating to the cyber libel case filed in court against him by Rep. Claudine “Dendee” Bautista-Lim. The actor, usually very vocal on social media, has made himself scarce, though. In any case, Claudine has finally come out to explain the reason behind...
Enchong Dee is in hot water. Congresswoman Claudine Diana Bautista-Lim, party-list representative of Drivers United for Mass Progress and Equal Rights or DUMPER, has filed a cyber libel case at the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor in Davao Occidental against him. This was allegedly due to...
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...
Senator Manny Pacquiao filed a P100-million libel and cyber libel case with the Makati City Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday (Sept. 14) against religious sect leader and self proclaimed " Appointed Son of God" and "Owner of the Universe" Pastor Apollo Quiboloy who is also the spiritual adviser of...
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...
A Manila court has dismissed a cyber libel case filed by a professor against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and journalist Rambo Talabong over an article about an alleged corruption in a university. 13062025_MARIARESSA_ROMERO-1024x683 Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 24 issued an order in open...
A rare, wide-scale, cyberespionage malware now targets users in Southeast Asia, mostly in the Philippines. Already, the advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign victimized 1,400 users in the Philippines, some of which were government entities, according to experts of cybersecurity firm Kaspersky....
The escalation of cyber attacks against critical infrastructure in the United States was brought up by President Joe Biden with President Vladimir Putin in their Geneva summit last month raising the profile of what has emerged as a major global security concern. The New York Times reports that...
EDITORS DESK A famous doctor's Facebook account was used by cybercriminals to solicit funds for a supposedly sick relative, a well-known religious leader. The doctor's friends trusted that he messaged them on FB Messenger and sent money without verifying. His account was taken over because he...
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...
