Warning of heightened cybercrime activity during the Christmas season, the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Monday, Nov. 17, rolled out its nationwide Holiday Watch PH 2025 campaign to raise public vigilance against the Top 12 Scams of Christmas. CICC Executive Director...
Senator Grace Poe urged relevant government agencies and stakeholders to develop innovative solutions to the persisting problem of call and text scams. This, as Poe raised concern over the "dramatic increase" in scam calls during the first quarter of 2025 despite the existence of the SIM Card...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Rep. Villafuerte's office) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep LRay Villafuerte believes newly-installed Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)...
Malacañang has called on banks and financial institutions in the country to strengthen their cybersecurity policies following a reported increase in cyberattacks that resulted in P5.8 billion in losses last year. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro (RTVM) Communications Undersecretary...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) Chairman and CEO Ramon S. Ang (left), and International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) Chairman Enrique K. Razon Jr. (right) Top Philippine business leaders have warned the public about a surge in sophisticated online investment scams that falsely use...
Mayor Abby Binay Makati City Mayor and senatorial aspirant Abby Binay has called on the national government to further strengthen the capabilities of the police and other law enforcement entities in the country to effectively combat the proliferation of fake news and online scams. Speaking...
Senator Grace Poe has called for a review of the SIM Registration Law as the number of spam and scam messages surge again even after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive formally banning the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators or POGOs. Poe said it is imperative that lawmakers grill...
Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro is pushing to make the registration of SIM cards onsite instead of online amid perceived loopholes in the law that supposedly allow the resurgence of text scams. File photos In a press briefing in Malacañan on Thursday, Feb. 27,...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said he will pursue stronger cybersecurity laws that would impose harsher penalties to scammers and other cybercriminals. Pimentel made the call as he echoed Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas’ statement against scammers,...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) President and Chief Executive Officer Ramon S. Ang has issued a public warning about a deepfake video that falsely depicts him endorsing an investment opportunity. Ang on Monday, Feb. 17, took to Facebook to denounce the fraudulent video, explaining that scammers used...
Scammers are out in full force this holiday season. With Filipinos engrossed in holiday shopping and celebrations, they become easy targets for online scams. Amid the holiday frenzy, leading finance super app GCash continues to fortify its security efforts. On top of providing advanced in-app...
A resolution seeking an official investigation on the recent spate of unauthorized transactions, scams and other irregulariteis involving GCash and other mobile financial services has been filed in the Senate. Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros, in filing Senate Resolution No....
