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…
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.…
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…
beep reloading now available via BPI Online and BPI Mobile App
You can now reload beep cards straight from your BPI account as AF Payments Inc. announced that a reloading option is now available via BPI Online and the BPI Mobile…
Power Mac Center opens online store
As Power Mac Center officially launches its online store in celebration of its 25th anniversary. The online store offers the same comprehensive list of products but transformed into a fresh…
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…
Student support boosts disaster readiness in Southern Leyte
The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) in Southern Leyte continues to work with various institutions and organizations to strengthen the knowledge of and preparedness for calamities across…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Industry 4.0: Advanced technologies key to unlock competitiveness in manufacturing but security plays a crucial role
By Yeo Siang Tiong, general manager, Kaspersky Southeast Asia In business, growth is achieved either by buying or building. These are the traditional approaches. In the 21st century though, another…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Business leaders must put cybersecurity protection first
By Chandramouli Dorai, ManageEngine The pace of connectivity from businesses moving critical files to the cloud and the volume of cybersecurity threats has put security teams under significant pressure to…
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…
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