WAYS-TO-STOP-SMS-SPAM-ON-iPhone-Android-HERES-HOW-1 Cybercriminals now target job hunters, according to local telcos. “The recent SMS spamming activities are specific to job hiring," says Angel Redoble, PLDT and Smart Communication Inc.’s Chief Information Security Officer. He likened 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...
Senator Win Gatchalian on Friday, Nov. 19 made a renewed call for the inclusion of additional security measures involving telecommunication companies to ensure consumer protection in light of a recent scam utilizing sim cards. Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Sherwin T. Gatchalian Gatchalian,...
To fight for fair and pro-people elections in 2022, members of the academic community from various public and private institutions on Wednesday, Nov. 17, launched an anti-disinformation and anti-fraud group. (Image from ABKD) Dubbed ABKD or “Akademya at Bayan Laban sa Disimpormasyon at Dayaan,”...
Belleza Nacional Cuba, franchise holder of the Miss Intercontinental Cuba, took to social media recently to apologize to those offended by the accusations made by their representative to this year’s edition of the pageant, Yeniffer Marin. They posted on Instagram (published as is): “Good...
The chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts lauded on Thursday, Oct. 7 the decision of the Commission on Audit to suspend action on complaints against 2022 election candidates that may require the creation of fraud or special audit teams. 905CB334-6AE9-4BDC-A191-62BD3755A77A Probinsyano...
President Duterte has warned friends and foes alike not to make the mistake of messing up the elections in his final year in office. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte, in the latest episode of "Talk to the People" on Monday night, Oct. 4, said he wants Filipinos to experience...
Singapore-based insurtech firm Igloo has clinched the deal to underwrite GCash users when they transact using the e-wallet. igloo2019-768x768 Already, fraudsters have targeted 44 percent of digital consumers as of end-March 2021. Specifically, fraudsters targeted 44 percent of Gen Z and 39 percent...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, Sept. 20 urged the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a “fraud audit” on all the contracts entered into by the government through the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp....
Never too young to publish a book There are some who think that storytelling and writing stories are simple tasks. Then there are those who subscribe to the belief that every person has one good novel in them. But the truth is, having that good novel inside you and actually writing it are two very...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo If what is coming out of the Commission on Audit’s (COA) findings of potential fraud on the part of various public agencies is proven true, this is nothing but betrayal of public trust. Fraud involving the misuse of public funds exceeding P50 million...
Amid the detection of the first case of the Lambda variant in the country, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said strict community quarantine protocols and adherence to public health standards are still the best protection against any variant of the...
