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…
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…
What Every Security Leader Needs to Know – Maintaining a Successful Security Program
By Miju Han, Director of Product Management at HackerOne As a Director of Security, it’s your responsibility to create an environment that encourages security, making the day-to-day measures much easier.…
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…
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…
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…
GCash aims to entice prepaid market to participate in digital economy
GCash, operated by Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt), is enticing the prepaid mobile subscriber market in the Philippines to participate in the digital economy through its e-money platform, as it…
IDC: Earwear, watches expected to drive wearables market at a CAGR of 7.9%
The market for wearable devices is on track to reach global shipments of 222.9 million units in 2019, growing to 302.3 million units in 2023 with a compound annual growth…
Kaspersky: 38% would give up social media to guarantee lifetime data privacy
Kaspersky’s recent report “The true value of digital privacy: are consumers selling themselves short?” has revealed that 4-in-10 (38%) consumers would give up their social media accounts to guarantee their…
Smart underscores environmental protection at SarBay Fest
As part of efforts to support environmental protection, PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications piloted its #PlanetSmart initiative at the recently concluded SarBay Festival, a summer beach festival held every year…
GCash leads in building a connected future
GCash, operated by Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt), has taken a bolder step to bring its digital financial services closer to more Filipinos, aiming to marry the Filipino’s tech-savvy lifestyle…
IDC: Shipments of PCs and tablets to continue slow decline through 2023
The worldwide market for personal computing devices (PCDs), inclusive of traditional PCs and tablets, is expected to decline 3% in 2019 with shipments reaching 392.5 million units, according to the…
Keysight accelerates design workflows with new software suite
Keysight Technologies Inc., a technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced PathWave Design 2020, which includes the latest releases…
Smart lends tech support to Church heritage conservation
In one of the centuries-old stone churches in Cebu, the parish priest once had the images of the Virgin Mary and three archangels repainted in the same color as the…
The DNA of a Systematic Automotive Failure
By Matan Scharf, Senior Security Solutions Manager, Synopsys Software Integrity Group With so many exaggerated Hollywood depictions of car hacking scenarios, it’s easy to become absorbed — to imagine a…
Cybercriminals use smartphone calendars to distribute scam offers
Kaspersky experts have detected multiple cases of a sophisticated scam targeting users through fraudulent, unsolicited Google Calendar notifications and luring them into giving away their personal information. The attacks happened…
Nexusguard: DDoS-for-hire websites make a comeback despite FBI crackdown
DDoS attacks “for hire” made a comeback at the beginning of the year, with booter-originated attacks rebounding to more than double their amounts in Q4 2018, according to Nexusguard’s “Q1…
LinkedIn: Rising skills signal tech transformation in industries in the Philippines
Professional network LinkedIn launched the Future of Skills 2019 Report, which identifies the top 10 rising skills of LinkedIn members in the region over the last five years, by looking…
IDC: 42.6 billion IoT devices to generate 79.4ZB of data in 2025
The number of devices connected to the internet, including the machines, sensors, and cameras that make up the Internet of Things (IoT), continues to grow at a steady pace. A…
The three types of digital scams you can avoid
Philippine banks have been ramping up their digitization efforts to serve clients faster and make banking simpler and secure. However, this improvement isn’t without risks. As banks innovate and enhance…
Nokia phones move data collection center to Europe to reinforce commitment to data security
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones recently announced a partnership with consultancy firm CGI and Google Cloud to move and store phone activation and performance data at the Google…
Platinum is back: Hacking group uses steganography to fly under security radar
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a highly sophisticated cyberespionage campaign aimed at stealing information from South Asian diplomatic, government and military entities. The campaign lasted almost six years and had ties…
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