The Philippines ranked 12th globally for malicious codes in 2015, third in Asia Pacific and Japan in social media scams with a total of 46,377 in the same year, seventh in the region for ransomware attacks (6,356), and 14th in Asia Pacific and Japan for spear-phising, targeting wholesale trade.
What some consider to be the first email ? the first electronic message sent between two computers ? was transmitted 47 years ago, on October 29, 1969.
Analyst firm ABI Research forecasts the enterprise segment of the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) market will cross $1 billion this year as the industry sets its sight on bridging the security gap between employee authentication and corporate system security.
Intel Security noted that since online threats are being launched at a very fast pace these days, the security industry and the community of nations should also come together and work quick enough to keep up -- if not faster -- with the attackers.
In just 40 seconds, 21-year old digital artist Vince Serrano aims to provide encouragement to emotionally-burdened people through the help of his animated digital video ?Companion?, a story of a lonely boy who almost succumbed to the lure of death but received a second chance at life from a beacon of hope.
Hospitals around the world, including in the Philippines, must put together a strong cybersecurity platform because cyber criminals have been targeting the healthcare industry, medical institutions included, to extort money.
The Philippines -- having the 12th largest population in the world with over 100 million people ? has a big chance of being attacked and infected due to the large number of smartphone and computer users.
