Four weeks on, the threat continues to evolve rapidly and has now extended its target geography to include Europe and the Middle East, adding a phishing option for iOS devices and PC crypto-mining capability.
Before the end of 2018, Kaspersky Lab products and threat detection rule databases (AV databases) will start to be assembled and signed with a digital signature in Switzerland, before being distributed to the endpoints of customers worldwide.
Top regional IBM officials have stressed that with the onset of the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital living, any industry is now vulnerable to attacks and therefore data security is imperative at every level.
The National Privacy Commission has ordered Jollibee to suspend the operations of its online delivery site and all other websites open to the public after the fastfood giant submitted a data breach report last December 12, 2017.
Kevin Mitnick, the famed American hacker who has parlayed his notoriety into a successful career as a security professional, said human frailty is still the weakest link in the security chain.
The relatively unknown coin-mining Trojan "Rarog" has been linked to over 166,000 infections worldwide ? the majority of which are in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Russia.
Although the Philippines is still considered an emerging economny, a security solutions company has warned the country remains an attractive target for online criminals.