According to Viettel Cyber Security’s Q3 2025 Cyber Threat Landscape Report, the country saw a 49% increase in data breaches from the previous quarter, with more than 52 million user credentials exposed between July and September 2025.
Extortion and ransomware accounted for more than half of all cyberattacks worldwide in the past year, according to Microsoft’s latest Digital Defense Report, which highlights a dramatic rise in financially motivated cybercrime and the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) by both attackers and defenders.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) placed government networks on heightened alert after its National Computer Emergency Response Team (NCERT) received “credible intelligence” about a coordinated mass cyberattack targeting government-owned agencies and institutions.
In its latest report, the CICC’s Threat Monitoring Center (TMC) identified 1,007 unauthorized gambling sites operating without accreditation from Pagcor. At least 146 of these were linked to illegal online sabong, which remains banned by the government.
Anonymous PH denies role in Sept. 21 protest violence, blames CPP-NPA, but gov’t cyberattacks spike as hacktivists escalate website defacements and breaches.
Thousands of Filipinos took to the streets over the weekend to demand accountability in government infrastructure spending, with their calls for transparency and reform echoed online by hacktivist groups that defaced nearly 20 government websites in a show of digital protest.
The platform, called MaxiSafe, combines a content delivery network (CDN) with AI-driven protection tools to help organizations manage growing risks linked to cloud adoption.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said it is investigating a hacking incident on the Anti-Red Tape Authority’s (ARTA) Policy Reform, Innovation, and Streamlining Management (PRISM) platform that occurred on the evening of September 16, 2025.
The global education sector is showing progress in its fight against ransomware, with institutions reporting shorter recovery times, fewer ransom payouts, and lower overall costs.
