Sophos tracks WannaCry evolution with 4.3M infection attempts
An analysis of around 2,000 WannaCry samples from 2018 shows they were adapted to bypass the famous ‘kill switch,’ but unable to encrypt data
Kaspersky’s Stephan Neumeier recognized for outstanding leadership at ACES 2019
Stephan Neumeier, Managing Director for Asia Pacific (APAC) at Kaspersky was awarded the “Outstanding Leaders in Asia” title at this year’s Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards (ACES) 2019 on…
Study: Kids in SEA use internet for music, video streaming
Kaspersky further uncovers the rise of e-commerce use, decline of adult content interest among children in the region Children in Southeast Asia today use the internet increasingly for video and…
PayMaya launches new campaign ‘Don’t Pay Cash. PayMaya!’
Filipinos now have more reasons to go cashless as PayMaya launches its “Don’t Pay Cash, PayMaya!” brand campaign promoting a more convenient and rewarding payment experience for all Filipinos nationwide.…
Infor delivers Coleman AI platform
Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, today announced the general availability (GA) of its Infor Coleman AI (Artificial Intelligence) Platform for embedded machine learning models.…
Sophos taps Wordtext Systems to strengthen reach in PH
Sophos, a company focused on network and endpoint security, has appointed Wordtext Systems, Inc., (WSI) as a distributor in the Philippines. WSI is one of the country’s leading distributors of…
ePLDT business solutions arm partners with Acumatica to boost ERP
AGS, the business management solutions arm of ePLDT, partners with Acumatica to solidify its portfolio of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solutions. ERP solutions help enterprises become more self-aware by linking…
Smart, TNT boost social media capabilities of TPC
Smart and TNT conducted a social media workshop for Muenchen Corp., Telepreneur Corp., and Powerherbs Solutions employees. PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) recently conducted a social media workshop…
Report: 84% of parents worried about child internet safety
Concern does not translate into action. This is what the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky’s latest global research revealed. Even if 84% of parents expressed concern for their children’s internet safety, they…
Schneider Electric launches first HyperPod data center in PH
Installation of containment solution HyperPod can bring businesses CAPEX savings of up to 16%
Lenovo launches new IdeaPad, YOGA ultrabooks in PH
Headlining the new Lenovo devices are the IdeaPad S540, YOGA S740, and IdeaPad C940 — three premium ultrabooks that run on 10th Generation Intel Core processor
Tammie Tham is Ensign InfoSecurity’s new CEO
Industry veteran and Ensign founding team member Tammie Tham takes over from interim CEO Yeoh Keat Chuan to continue business expansion Ensign InfoSecurity (Ensign), one of Asia Pacific’s largest pure-play…
Survey: 80% of breaches caused by privileged credential abuse
Privileged Access is supposed to add stringent layers of data protection. And yet, according to Forrester PIM Wave 2018 Report presented by Forrester Research Inc., a staggering 80% of data…
Smart leads in Opensignal’s independent analysis of PH mobile experience
PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) delivers the best video experience across the Philippines and in 18 regions and provinces, based on the latest independent report from mobile analytics…
Samsung Galaxy Note10 first smartphone to be Wi-Fi Certified Wi-Fi Alliance
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. recently announced that the Galaxy Note10 has been named by Wi-Fi Alliance as the first smartphone to be certified for a new standard in connected technology,…
Chinese-speaking cyberespionage group APT10 slides into SEA
Kaspersky researchers detected new infection attempts from APT10 against organizations in Southeast Asia (SEA) after closely monitoring the activities of what it tags as Chinese-speaking cyberespionage group. The global cybersecurity…
Yahoo unveils latest Mail app version, revamps interface
Yahoo unveiled a new version of its Mail app with a more organized feature giving users control of their inboxes. Yahoo Mail introduces an innovative experience that groups people’s messages…
Kaspersky gains leader status in Forrester evaluation of endpoint security suites
Kaspersky has been named a Leader in the Forrester Wave Endpoint Security Suites 2019 evaluation. Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is cited among the top 5, scoring in both the…
Ensign says Emotet emerging cyber threat in Singapore
First detected by cybersecurity researchers in 2014, Emotet was created as a Trojan virus to steal financial data for illicit monetary gain. Today, Emotet is becoming a significant threat as…
IDC: Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul lead in IoT readiness in APAC
IDC Future City Internet of Things Readiness Index in the Asia Pacific (APAC – excluding Japan), says that due to heterogeneity in economic landscape and technological preparedness and maturity, different…
Ateneo wins at ASEAN Data Science Explorers Philippines 2019
The ASEAN Foundation and SAP SE recently announced that teams from Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU), and Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP), have been…
Sophos: Companies must create strong cybersecurity culture
Sophos, a company focused on the next-generation endpoint and network security, released its report “The Future of Cybersecurity in the Asia Pacific and Japan–Culture, Efficiency, Awareness,” which highlights that companies…
Kaspersky: 37.8% of smart buildings targeted by malicious attacks in H1 2019
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky’s study of smart building threat landscape shows that almost 4 in 10 (37.8%) computers used to control smart building automation systems were subjected to some kind of…
PayMaya, NHMFC strengthen partnership for convenient housing finance system
In support to the government’s mandate to make public service more convenient and accessible to Filipinos, the National Home Mortgage Finance Corp. (NHFMC) expanded its partnership with PayMaya to allow…
Social media enables senior social workers serve fellow seniors
From walking messengers to Facebook Messenger, community development worker Corazon Constantino has seen first-hand how changes in technology have improved the lives of government workers like her. “Gone are the…
PH joins APEC privacy system
The Philippines has formally joined the Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System, a move seen to expand its trading opportunities within the Asia-Pacific region by eliminating data-flow barriers when transacting with…
Kaspersky: Socmed users willing to trade online privacy over fun quiz
Results of Kaspersky’s survey reveal online users in the Asia Pacific appear to be willing to share their private information in exchange for various personal gains from social media, even…
Marketers: Care About My Data
By Praveen Kumar, General Manager, Asia Pacific, ASG Technologies Like many of you, I have a lot of interesting content emailed to me, but many of those emails tend to…
Fortinet shares security-driven network strategies at cybersecurity conference
Cybersecurity solutions firm Fortinet holds anew its annual Fortinet 361° Security conference this year across multiple cities in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. The 2019 iteration explores innovative ways to…
ICTjob.ph: High-level IT jobs salary increased by 85%
With strong demand for information on the net, HTML/CSS Developers also experienced a 71.69% increase in their salaries
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