Marlet Salazar is an IT journalist who developed a unique interest in cybersecurity. She previously worked as a writer at the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Follow @marletds
As its response to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) call for financial inclusion, GCash is now making it easy for its users to transfer funds to over 30 banks nationwide. The BSP-regulated […]
Just in time for love month, Kaspersky Lab released its findings of a spike in phishing activities taking advantage of the hype of Valentine’s Day. The cybersecurity firm said “the total number […]
IDC Philippines predicts that by 2020, 30 percent of organizations in the country have achieved “digital determination” by transforming businesses to adapt to the digital landscape and many of them looking forward […]
In photo. Last year’s winner: Second Alert by Horacio Canales Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company has launched its annual education and hackathon event, “AWS Hackdays 2019: Hack for Good,” […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms to individuals, companies, and governments, on a paid subscription basis, recently introduced its new wave of capabilities. “The […]
New technologies mean new attack methods for cybercriminals, which might explain the 13-percent decline in the overall number of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks compared from the past year, as Kaspersky […]
In its report “Mapping the Future: Dealing with Pervasive and Persistent Threats” cybersecurity solutions firm Trend Micro predicts cybercriminals will still use tried-and-tested attacks but with increased effectiveness and will employ “more […]
Even if the global economy is “softening” and organizations are experiencing a certain level of pressure in its technology budgets, industry analyst IDC predicts worldwide ICT spending on hardware, software, services, and […]
Security firm Sophos said it was able to track 96 samples from malware that has been operating since 2016 and comes from the Matrix ransomware family. The ransomware is infecting computers using […]
There have been efforts to promote internet safety among the digital natives from the public and private sectors. Parental controls and filters proved to be not so effective as many hoped. With […]
Just before Apple reported a decline in sales, the International Data Corp. (IDC) released its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker where smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.4 million units during the […]
Experts at cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab (Kaspersky) revealed that two threat actors who, apparently speak Russian, used the same servers at the same time. GreyEnergy, which according to Kaspersky is believed to […]
Mitsubishi Electric Corp., a Japanese car manufacturing and electronics company, unveiled a cyber-attack detection technology meant to thwart any attacks on cars. The company takes into consideration the threats on using cloud […]
Considered as one of emerging technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) may soon become new normal as adoption grows, according to Gartner’s 2019 CIO Survey. Organizations that have implemented some form of AI grew […]
News of data breaches can spread chills to anyone who has an online presence. The news last week of Collection #1 where more than 700 million unique email addresses and 1.1 billion […]
