Infuriated by the alleged P1-billion scam perpetrated by lawmakers and businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles from the Malampaya fund, local hackers attacked the online site of the foundation connected to the gas fund.
Sunnyvale, California-based Good Technology recently marked its entry into the Philippines market, following the signing of an Asia-wide master distributor agreement with Westcon Solutions, part of the Westcon Group.
Asean member-countries and Japan have vowed to enhance the cybersecurity cooperation among them, saying cybersecurity has a crucial role to play in promoting economic activities and strengthening connectivity in the region.
The discovery was made after virus experts investigated for over the last three months how the Obad.a Trojan, a malicious app for Android, is distributed.
As with similar scams in the past, cybercriminals are known to leverage hot topics to lure and unsuspecting users, but this time, it targets Southeast Asian users.
Software with unresolved bugs or flaws, called vulnerabilities, are a common target of cybercriminals. In most cases, vulnerabilities serve as a starting point for malicious schemes.
