Contact tracing considerations for organizations
By Sumit Bansal, Managing Director, Sophos, Asean Contact tracing is a key pillar in the efforts of many countries to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, along with mass testing and patient…
FortiGuard Labs finds COVID-19 exploit dominates cyber threat landscape in 1H20
According to the latest Global Threat Landscape Report, a semiannual report by Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, phishing and business email compromise schemes, nation-state backed campaigns, and ransomware attacks increased significantly from…
Digital-first businesses quick to pivot during pandemic
Professional network platform LinkedIn sought the thoughts of startup founders and business owners who were able to wade through the pandemic and reverse what could have been an economic disaster…
Digital life insurer Singlife now available on the GCash app
Digital life insurer Singlife Philippines has partnered with GCash to offer “simple and flexible” insurance products at affordable prices to help Filipinos protect themselves during the pandemic. Singlife said it…
Google Philippines launches site of COVID-19-related terms in Filipino, Cebuano
Google Philippines is marking Buwan ng Wika (Language Month) with the launch of “Isang Gabay sa mga Salitang Kaugnay ng COVID-19 (Related Words/Terms on COVID-19)”. The diksyonaryongcovid19.com initiative recognizes how…
Kaspersky: 1.6M more phishing almost infected SEA SMBs in H1 2020
Phishing is on the rise with more than 1.6 million attempts to transfer users to phishing pages via links within emails blocked from January to June, showing small and medium…
Kaspersky says DDoS attacks tripled YoY in Q2 2020
The Kaspersky Q2 2020 DDoS attacks report has revealed that the number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in the second quarter of 2020 increased three-fold in comparison to…
Alibaba Cloud powers research organization’s free AI COVID-19 virtual screening
Powered by Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, the Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI) launched a Free AI Virtual Screening Service for COVID-19 in…
SAS offers free use of analytics tools that provide real-time pandemic data
As nations loosen stay-at-home orders and businesses reopen, protecting vulnerable populations and the public at large from the COVID-19 virus is paramount. To help fuel better decisions, analytics company SAS…
Fujitsu shares security tips when deploying remote work setup
Remote work setup is a security nightmare for many organizations but with the current situation brought about by the effects of the pandemic, it can’t be helped. According to security…
PLDT Enterprise ready to support businesses in ‘accelerated’ digital adoption
The effects of COVID-19 practically threw outside the window all the business strategies and plans crafted last year. The new reality is something that nobody has foreseen — and it’s…
Net addition of IoT devices to experience 18% drop in 2020
The Internet of Things (IoT) will be integral to the long-term recovery plans of the post-COVID-19 economy worldwide, yet some facets of the IoT itself will be negatively impacted in…
Apple, Google exposure notification API now available to support public health agencies
Technology giants Google and Apple are making their jointly developed Exposure Notifications System available through software updates. With these updates, public health agencies (PHAs) around the globe can begin to…
Manulife PH extends free COVID-19 insurance to 25K delivery riders
As the community quarantine remains enforced in various parts of the country, Manulife Philippines (Manulife) has announced that it will extend its free insurance coverage to 25,000 active two-wheel riders…
Contactless payment card issuance to reach 2B in 2020 due to COVID-19
Before COVID-19, the contactless transaction was just an option, today it is much preferred for safety and health reasons. Because of this, market advisory firm ABI Research sees that globally,…
How to ensure business continuity amid health crisis
Across industries, organizations are now relying on telecommuting more than ever because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While it has its short-term benefits, business leaders are expected to leverage technology in…
Google, Dashboard PH partner to bring real-time info on COVID-19
Access to important information and the latest news updates is just as crucial in helping suppress the curve of the pandemic. With this, Google has provided Cloud and Maps services…
PSF, Smart launch Text-to-Donate drive for COVID-19 health workers, frontliners
The PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF) and PLDT mobile subsidiary Smart Communications Inc. have launched a Text-to-Donate drive for COVID-19 frontliners that enables Smart, TNT, and Sun customers to contribute using their…
Financial risk company shares virtual team management tips
Managing remote teams can be challenging even for the best managers in large organizations especially now that many companies are operating in remote work arrangements. To help businesses rise up…
PLDT-Smart enables free access to StaySafe.ph
In line with its continuing support for digital COVID-19 response initiatives, PLDT Inc. through its Enterprise Group is providing Smart, TNT and Sun subscribers with free access to StaySafe.ph, a…
Apple, Google team up on COVID-19 contact tracing tool
The global health crisis brought together governments, the medical community, and technology companies together with the main objective of addressing, understanding, and combating COVID-19. Two of US’ technology giants come…
PH Red Cross launches mobile app in fight against COVID-19
The Philippine Red Cross (Red Cross) launched an app that uses the wireless, geo-location, and sensory capabilities of mobile phones to trace contact events among people. Called RC143, the mobile…
NPC tells gov’t units to limit data collection during relief operations
Food packs distribution and providing financial aid during the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon in the Philipines required verification of recipients and residents of each household. Local government officials collect…
PH developers build apps for fight against COVID-19
Filipino developers are pitching in to help mitigate the spread of coronavirus that causes COVID-19 by building relevant apps that would help in monitoring personal health and information dissemination. Below…
PLDT helps COVID-19 frontliners with free communications support
With the number of COVID-19 cases steadily rising, PLDT Inc. through its Enterprise Business Group is providing vital communications support to increasingly hard-pressed healthcare workers, soldiers and policemen, and other…
How to manage stress during the quarantine
Feeling extra-stressed these days? Staying glued to screens — whether it’s your smartphone, laptop or TV — for minute-by-minute updates on the global COVID-19 emergency can add to coronavirus-related stress,…
Cybercriminals continue to use COVID-19 as bait in attacks on businesses via email
Cybersecurity solutions provider Kaspersky discovered how cybercriminals continue to exploit the panic amid the pandemic by actively using the topic of spreading malware such as backdoors and spyware in the…
Alibaba Cloud offers AI, cloud services to medical personnel dealing with COVID-19
The enormous amount of data the current COVID-19 pandemic can overwhelm health authorities. Unstructured data would make it extremely difficult to address the problem from various perspectives. To make it…
IBM’s 2020 Call for Code Global Challenge takes on COVID-19
As one of its responses to addressing the pandemic that is COVID-19, technology company IBM announced that it is expanding the 2020 Call for Code Global Challenge to address the…
UP-PGH launches 155200 hotline number for COVID-19 Bayanihan Operations Center
The University of the Philippines Manila Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) launched today a dedicated 24/7 hotline number, 155200, for its COVID-19 Bayanihan Operations Center Through the hotline service, UP PGH…
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