Sen. Ralph Recto issued the appeal after a 23-year-old information technology fresh graduate who was arrested for hacking the website of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reportedly admitted to the crime and claimed he did it out of boredom.
According to a study by Internet security firm Kaspersky Lab, people are still recklessly sharing private information over the Internet in risky situations.
TrendMicro said the Comelec breach may surpass the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hack last 2015 that leaked sensitive personal identifiable information (PII), including fingerprints and social security numbers (SSN) of 20 million US citizens.
A new survey carried out by Intel Security has revealed that the Philippines is the highest ranked country in the Southeast Asian region when it comes to enhancing controls for Internet of Things (IoT) security.
A survey from Kaspersky Lab, with more than 1,000 Filipino respondents, has found that almost a third (30%) of social network users share their posts, check-ins, and other personal info with everybody who is online ? not just their friends.
A study carried out by security firm Kaspersky Lab showed a great majority of Filipino Internet users are vulnerable to phishing attacks online as only 11% or 1 out of 10 netizens can identify a safe Web page.
Intel Security has recently released its McAfee Labs Threats Predictions Report, which predicts key developments on the cyber threat landscape in 2016, and provides insights into the expected nature of that landscape through 2020, as well as the IT security industry?s likely response.
As the holiday shopping season kicks off, DDoS mitigation service provider IPC has warned enterprises, especially e-commerce and financial institutions, to be on full alert for cyber attacks.
The Philippines has experienced a rapid rise in detected malware infections in the third quarter of 2015, according to the latest security report from Kaspersky Lab.
