The PNP-ACG recorded an increase of 113% in cybercrime statistics from 288 incidents in 2013 to 614 incidents in 2014. According to the senator, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported 2,872 cases of ATM fraud during that period.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has decided to adopt a proposal of Department of National Defense (DND) secretary Voltaire Gazmin calling for the establishment of a cyber security group in the region.
Earlier, security firm Symantec revealed that a Philippine bank has been attacked by the same hacker group which took $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank.
An Internet security firm has revealed that a Philippine bank has been attacked by the same hacker group which took $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank and attempted to steal over $1 million from the Tien Phong Bank in Vietnam.
An Internet security firm has warned online users, particularly from the Philippines, of another scam campaign on Facebook that spreads a malicious browser plug-in via social engineering techniques.
The campaign website of presidential candidate Grace Poe was discovered hacked at around noon on Wednesday, April 27. The site's administrator, however, was able to restore the site immediately.
Banks and other financial institutions should empower their clients with greater user controls over their accounts in light of increasing incidents of data breaches globally, including the recent Commission on Elections (Comelec)-related data leak allegedly exposing personal sensitive information of more than 55 million voters in the Philippines.
The Comelec has been given 24 hours to respond, after which a formal complaint will be filed against the poll body before the National Privacy Commission.
