With the rapid rise of malicious and high-risk mobile apps in a game-loving nation like the Philippines, security firm Trend Micro has gathered mobile game developers from around Asia to set up the Safe Gaming Alliance, signifying its new focus on the mobile gaming industry built upon its experience in the mobile and social networking space.
Be forewarned that many of the websites that claim to be World Cup streaming services will harm the system and can steal credit card information, if users will let them.
DDoS attacks are designed to infiltrate websites by flooding the site's origin server with bogus requests, often from multiple locations and networks, resulting in slow page loads or a complete blockage of legitimate site traffic.
Smart Communication?s official Twitter account was reportedly breached around 3:30 in the afternoon on Monday, June 23, but the company was able to wrest control of its social media account immediately.
The BSP first released Circular 808 in August 2013, which sought to put in place a comprehensive guideline on IT risk management for banks and other financial firms in the country.
The app will reveal which of those hundreds of followers are genuine fans, who reposts and comments most of all in a user?s circle of friends, as well as highlighting threats to social network users, and how to keep personal information secure.
Unlike in the past when it simply admonished Filipino hackers to cease their attacks and observe restraint, the Philippine government said this week that it will go after those responsible for attacking Chinese government and commercial websites.
Security software company Trend Micro said it advised local firms to migrate to a newer OS even as it informed them that it can provide protection against various threats while they are still in the migrating process.
While financial cybercrime becomes ever more entrenched through a consolidating demand and supply chain, the report said the hacktivist landscape is more turbulent, vacillating constantly in tandem with geo-political turmoil.
The latest Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) from Internet security firm Symantec has revealed that the number of e-security threats in the Philippines increased as the country?s ranking went up to 32nd in 2013 from 36th place in 2012.
