While security vendors are increasingly embedding AI into their platforms to speed up threat detection and reduce analyst workloads, attackers are using the same technology to automate phishing campaigns, generate malware, and enhance social engineering tactics.
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Tuesday, June 23, ordered the temporary blocking of the online game GoreBox following a school shooting in Tacloban City that killed three students and injured 20 others.
About six in 10 Filipino users of digital devices experienced at least one cybersecurity incident in 2024, according to the latest findings of the Philippine Statistics Authority's (PSA) National Information and Communications Technology Household Survey (NICTHS).
In its “State of Identity Security 2026” report, Sophos surveyed 5,000 IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries and found that organizations suffered an average of three identity-related incidents during the period. Five percent of respondents reported six or more breaches.
Telecommunications firms Converge and Smart said they blocked billions of cyber threats and scam-related activities on their networks as online fraud, phishing, and child exploitation continue to grow in the Philippines.
Filipinos remain among the most heavily targeted victims of digital fraud in Asia, with phishing attacks continuing to dominate as fraudsters exploit the country’s growing dependence on mobile and online transactions, according to a new report by TransUnion Philippines.
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said Philippine banks should use the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)’s new cybersecurity self-assessment requirement to address weaknesses in their systems instead of treating it as a compliance exercise.
Organizations across the Asia Pacific region are struggling to keep pace with increasingly complex cybersecurity threats, according to a new study commissioned by Fortinet and conducted by Forrester Consulting.
Under the partnership, VERA Files will act as a fact-checking partner for the CICC’s nationwide campaign against misleading and false content, particularly posts linked to online criminal activity. The media group will designate a focal person to handle urgent verification requests referred by the CICC.
The Philippines and South Korea have signed an agreement to establish a National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), a project backed by a $25.6-million grant from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) announced.
