Indonesia chalked up the highest number of financial phishing incidents (208,238). Vietnam comes as a second close with 172,694, and Malaysia recorded 120,656. Thailand logged 101,461 phishing attempts related to finances, followed by the Philippines with 52,914, and Singapore with 22,109.
Newly released insights from cybersecurity company Kaspersky have revealed its users in the Philippines received repeated attacks from threats through removable drives and infected websites in 2022 compared to 2021.
Kaspersky’s global research, conducted among 834 IT decision-makers from APAC, shows a loss or exposure of corporate and customer information because of a data breach is a major headache for companies.
More than one in ten top managers here admit they have never heard of cybersecurity terms like DecSecOps (10%), SOC (10%), Pentesting (10%), and ZeroTrust (6%).
In a bid to further strengthen its position as a single-vendor Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) provider, Fortinet has committed to double its investments in data centers to ensure that the user experience of customers onboarded to its cloud-native platform ‘FortiSASE’ remains uncompromised.
Sophos said the commercialization of cybercrime drove an uptick in nearly all types of cyberattacks in 2022 and the result is a booming malware economy where no organization is immune to cyberthreats.
Google Philippines reinforced its commitment to growing the awareness of Filipinos on digital responsibility by organizing a ‘Safer Internet Day’ outreach campaign in its headquarters and shedding light on the emerging trends on cyberthreats and online safety.
The National Cybersecurity Plan (NCSP) for 2023-2028 is expected to promote the formulation of updated cybersecurity guidelines for ICT systems or networks, and the adoption of internationally-recognized policies and frameworks.
