PayMaya introduces a new card that will help lower security risks with its innovative and minimalist design. Aside from being equipped with the EMV standard, the new PayMaya card has all personal […]
PayMaya releases latest, more secure EMV card
Kaspersky finds 60% rise in users hit by password stealers in 2019
The use of malware designed to harvest consumers’ digital data, known as password stealers, has seen a significant rise in 2019. According to Kaspersky’s data, the number of users, targeted by the […]
Report: AI-related jobs on the rise
According to Freelancer.com’s latest “Fast 50 Report,” jobs related to emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have become in demand among organizations and job seekers. The report […]
Xiaomi makes Fortune Global 500 list for the first time
Xiaomi Corp. (Xiaomi) announced recently that the company has made it to the Fortune Global 500 list for the first time since its iteration nine years ago. The Beijing-based global technology company […]
Kaspersky: Turla hacking group hides malware in anti-internet censorship software
Kaspersky researchers have discovered that the Russian-speaking threat actor Turla has revamped its toolset — wrapping its famous JavaScript KopiLuwak malware in a new dropper called Topinambour, creating two similar versions in […]
PayMaya ‘Add Money’ now available via BPI online, mobile app for free
Depositors of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) may now instantly Add Money to their PayMaya accounts using the online and mobile banking facility of the bank. This further extends the […]
Disaster management org taps ePLDT’s cybersecurity services
Prompted by its mission to strengthen the country’s resilience against natural calamities, the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF) forged a partnership with ePLDT to enhance its defense against cyberattacks and future-proof its […]
Ericsson: 5G subscriptions now expected to reach 1.9B by 2024
The 5G technology is touted to change the landscape of the industry what with its promise of scalability, reliability, and speed. Its early adoption prompted global technology company Ericsson to forecast an […]
Digital ticketing platform Ticket2Me partners with CCP in time for Cinemalaya
Digital ticketing platform Ticket2Me announced that it has secured a ground-breaking partnership with the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). “The CCP is very excited to have Ticket2Me on board as one […]
Razer, Visa announce partnership to transform payments in Southeast Asia
Razer, a global lifestyle brand for gamers, and Visa, a digital payments company, have announced a first-of-its-kind partnership that will transform payments in the gaming industry by bringing the scale and reach […]
Samsung begins mass production of mobile DRAM for premium smartphones
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. recently announced that it has begun mass producing the industry’s first 12-gigabit (Gb) LPDDR5 mobile DRAM, which has been optimized for enabling 5G and AI features in future […]
PLDT subscribers in Metro Manila will have 8-digit telephone numbers by October
PLDT subscribers in Metro Manila and some nearby provinces will have eight-digit landline numbers starting Oct. 6, 2019. The migration from the existing seven-digit format to eight digits is in compliance with […]
Unilab upgrades cashless ecosystem for employees with PayMaya
Employees of United Laboratories Inc. (Unilab) recently got a more convenient way to pay — whether they are in the office or outside — as the company replaced their RFID card-based payment […]
Sophos discovers 3 guessing password techniques: the Ram, the Swarm, and the Hedgehog
For the last two months the infosec world has been waiting to see if and when criminals will successfully exploit CVE-2019-0708, the remote, wormable vulnerability in Microsoft’s RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), better […]
PLDT Digicon 2019 showcased technology blueprint to future-proof businesses
Groundbreaking digital solutions and innovative ideas take center stage during the Philippine Digital Convention 2019, which gathers together industry leaders and key stakeholders on July 18-19 at the Marriott Grand Ballroom. Organized […]
Kaspersky to support PH ice hockey, tennis reps at 30th SEA Games
Kaspersky signs today a memorandum of understanding with the national teams in ice hockey and lawn tennis pledging a financial incentive project for the athletes’ participation in the 30th edition of the […]
Check Point identifies range of enterprise security challenges in public clouds
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions globally and Cybersecurity Insiders, the comprehensive source for everything related to cybersecurity, have released the results of a global Cloud Security […]
Kaspersky: ‘Fake’ FaceApp application infects victims with adware module
Kaspersky has identified a fake application that is designed to trick users into thinking it is a certified version of FaceApp but goes on to infect victims’ devices with an adware module […]
MediaTek launches AI IoT Platform i700
MediaTek today launched its new AI IoT platform i700, which features high-speed edge AI computation for rapid image recognition. Reinforcing MediaTek’s leadership in edge AI, the i700 platform can be applied in […]
CERES Forum marks first anniversary with 10th country addition
The CERES (CEntral banks, REgulators and Supervisory Entities) Forum, established through the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), an industry consortium dedicated to reducing cyber-risk in the global financial system, […]
Kaspersky extends cooperation with Interpol in joint fight against cybercrime
Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity company, and INTERPOL have signed a new five-year agreement to reinforce their collaboration in the fight against cybercrime around the world. This is the second agreement between the […]
IDC: PC Shipments Up 4.7% Year Over Year in Q2 2019
Preliminary results for the global traditional PC market, inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, totaled 64.9 million units in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19), according to International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide […]
Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance reports cyber incidents cost $45B in 2018
The Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance (OTA), which identifies and promotes security and privacy best practices that build consumer confidence on the Internet, recently released its Cyber Incident & Breach Trends Report. […]
Kaspersky: Silence APT group expands hacking targets, moving activity outside the CIS region
Kaspersky has been monitoring malicious activities from hacking group Silence APT for several years, with the first public report on the threat actor’s tools and techniques being made available in the autumn […]
GCash makes investing made easier and more inclusive
Devoid of the usual heavy paperwork and text-heavy contracts, GCash, operated by Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt), has now made investing inclusive and effortless. With the GCash Invest Money feature, the financial […]
Kaspersky helps eliminate critical vulnerabilities in smart home controller
Kaspersky researchers investigating the control device for an active smart home ecosystem have identified several critical vulnerabilities. These include bugs in the cloud infrastructure and potential remote code execution that would allow […]
Watch out: Waze’s Top 10 accident and flood-prone hotspots
The community-based road navigation app, Waze, in collaboration with Thinking Machines, a data science consultancy, unveiled the 10 most accident- and flood-prone areas in the Philippines that motorists should watch out for, […]
Singapore government announces third HackerOne bug bounty program
HackerOne, the leading hacker-powered security platform, today announced it will partner with the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), to work with hackers from […]
McAfee: 84% of companies experience business acceleration from use of cloud services
McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, released a special edition of its “Cloud and Risk Adoption Report,” focused on the business impact of cloud services and how organizations around the world are addressing […]
Five Iloilo towns are winning the battle for quality education
Two years ago, 1 out of 2 elementary school students in the municipality of Lambunao, Iloilo listed as a frustrated reader — one who could read, yet could not fully understand the […]
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