ISOG forum emphasizes strengthening of cyber defenses
The Information Security Officers Group (ISOG) successfully held the first forum of the I AM SECURE 2023 on June 22 at the Makati Diamond Residences. Following the overarching theme of…
Sophos recognized as Gartner Customers’ Choice for Network Firewalls again
Sophos, a cybersecurity service provider, has been named a Customers’ Choice in the May 2023 Gartner Voice of the Customer for Network Firewalls report. This is the second consecutive year…
Keeper Security: Poor password practices increase risks of hacking
Poor password management increases the vulnerability of users to hacking, according to the latest study from Keeper Security, a provider of zero-knowledge security and encryption software. Keeper Security assessed the…
Small and medium businesses: Remember — your own employees might cause cyber compromise
By Adrian Hia, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at Kaspersky Many small or medium businesses (SMB) think they can do without a cybersecurity solution since they believe they cannot fall…
Kaspersky joins IoT association to boost cyber resilience in SEA
Kaspersky, a cybersecurity solutions company, has become a member of the Malaysian Internet-of-Things Association (MyIoTA) to enhance cyber resilience among IoT (Internet of Things) companies in Southeast Asia (SEA). MyIoTA…
Kaspersky: Malware downloader installs crypto-stealing browser extension
Kaspersky, a cybersecurity solutions provider, found that threat actors are using Satacom downloader to install malicious extensions for the Chrome, Brave, and Opera browsers. This undetected extension is used to…
Forrester: Software is key driver of tech spending in Asia in 2023
According to Forrester, a research and advisory company, tech spending in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region will remain robust expecting a growth of 5.8% in 2023, despite the softening of…
Trend Micro: Cybercrime groups adopt corporate-like setup
The scale at which the types of cybercrime are progressing could mean that the market is growing. Trend Micro, a cybersecurity solutions provider, found that cybercriminals may be operating like…
Kaspersky uncovers new mobile APT campaign vs iOS devices
Security researchers of Kaspersky, a cybersecurity solutions company, have detected a previously unknown malware that launched (advanced persistent threat) APT campaign targeting iOS devices. According to Kaspersky, the “Operation Triangulation”…
Palo Alto Networks: Cybercriminals spread malware via PDF files
Sent as an attachment to emails, portable document format (PDF) files are now utilized to deliver malware to end users devices, this is according to the latest data from Palo…
Sophos: Scammers dupe users with fake ChatGPT apps
Scammers are riding the hype over ChatGPT, a chatbot capable of creating human-like conversations using natural language processing (NLP), as Sophos, a company that provides cybersecurity-as-a-service (CaaS), discovered several fake…
Kaspersky discovers GoldenJackal APT spies on gov’t organizations
Kaspersky, a cybersecurity solutions company, discovered that the elusive (advanced persistent threat) APT group GoldenJackal has been targeting government and diplomatic organizations in the Middle East and South Asia. According…
AI in cybersecurity: Friend or foe?
Cybersecurity companies have long been using artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning to enhance visibility and detect security threats. The introduction of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a chatbot capable of creating human-like…
Alibaba Cloud, IBM co-develop security solution to offer to businesses
Alibaba Cloud, a cloud computing company and a subsidiary of the Alibaba Group will soon be offering security solutions to businesses in partnership with IBM, an American technology company. The…
ISOG kicks off cybersecurity campaigns with first event of the year
Information Security Officers Group (ISOG), a professional information security organization in the Philippines, kicked its annual event “I AM SECURE” cybersecurity campaign with a shoot fest held on May 18…
Fortinet: Unmanaged devices remain a security risk for companies
Hybrid work may be convenient in some aspects but the latest report from Fortinet, a cybersecurity company, shows that unmanaged devices pose security risks. As per the survey conducted by…
Microsoft: Hackers’ use of BEC leads to spike in cyber attacks
The fourth edition of Cyber Signals, Microsoft’s cyberthreat intelligence brief spotlighting security trends, saw a 38% increase in Cybercrime-as-a-Service utilizing business email compromise (BEC) between the 2019 and 2022. Cybercriminals…
Sophos: APJ posts slight dip in ransomware attacks in 2022
The latest data from Sophos, a company that offers cybersecurity as a service, showed that there was a slight decline in ransomware attacks from 72% in 2021 to 68% last…
Google offers new cybersecurity course certificate
Built by experts at Google and vetted by employers, the new Google Career Certificate in cybersecurity was developed to help organizations upskill their employees. This new course is also aimed…
Dell enhances storage software to boost security
Dell Technologies, a technology company, enhanced the security of its storage portfolio. These advances in PowerStore, Dell’s intelligent all-flash data storage offerings, are available at no additional cost to existing…
Kaspersky warns of risks in selling verified e-wallets
Kaspersky, a cybersecurity and digital privacy company, has warned digital wallet users that they can fall prey to scammers should they decide to sell their personal information. Users take the…
PLDT, Smart ready to work with defense dep’t in boosting cybersecurity
PLDT Inc. and its wireless arm Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) hope to work with the Department of National Defense (DND) to bolster the country’s cyber defense or cybersecurity. “The PLDT…
Kaspersky foils 1.5 million cyber attacks vs PH companies in 2022
Kaspersky, a cybersecurity company, has prevented 1,585,384 security threats against businesses in the Philippines in 2022. The total number of security incidents in the Southeast Asian region is 49,042,966, a…
Kaspersky: Securing digital wallets is a shared responsibility
By Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky The recent multi-million incident involving a top digital wallet provider in the Philippines shows two things: (1) that cybercriminals…
BPI teams up with GMA Network to launch anti-scam campaign
Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), GMA Network, and GMA New Media Inc. developed a series of anti-scam short videos aimed at raising public awareness of scams via SMS and…
PLDT, Smart warn internet users against embedded malware
PLDT, a network provider, and Smart Communications (Smart), its wireless subsidiary, remind internet users to continue to take caution against malicious software (malware) embedded in websites. Embedded malware, which can…
Reinforcing security strategies by outsourcing cybersecurity services
A recent study by Sophos, a cybersecurity services provider, found that an alarming 93% of organizations surveyed find it challenging to execute threat detection and response. Considering the increasing number…
Kaspersky discovers Trojan automatically subscribes users to apps
Researchers of cybersecurity solutions provider Kaspersky have recently uncovered a new Trojan family called Fleckpe that specifically targets users on Google Play. Since its discovery in 2022, Fleckpe has infected…
South-Korean firm develops quantum encryption for digital security
Norma, a quantum-safe solution company based in South Korea, developed post-quantum cryptography (PQC) technology called Q Care Connect Series to ensure that digital security will be able to meet the…
Sophos: Cyber defense impacts insurability
A new study by cybersecurity services provider Sophos shows that organizations with proper cyber defense in place are more likely to have effective cyber insurance. This report sheds light on…
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