The country’s cybersecurity experts had successfully thwarted hacking attacks against a Philippine government website, an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) reported on Saturday, Feb. 3.
Trend Micro is anticipating a surge in sophisticated cyberattacks through 2024, driven by the widespread availability and improved quality of Gen AI, coupled with the use of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs).
Through Administrative Order No. 150-2023, the SC issued guidelines to be followed on email safety, password security, software and system updates, data backup, safe Internet usage, device security, and suspicious activity reports in order to enhance the courts’ cybersecurity practices, protect sensitive data, and minimize the risk of cyber threats.
Accenture’s research points to the reactive way in which CEOs treat cybersecurity, which results in greater risk of attacks and higher costs to respond to and remediate them.
Saying it is the first such initiative it has undertaken, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) has launched the "Na-leak ba ang PhilHealth Data ko?", a database search portal designed to help individuals verify the status of their personal information in light of the recent hacking incident against PhilHealth.
Sen. Francis Tolentino is seeking the inclusion of a “cyber-attack” provision under the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States, saying that the battlefield now also includes skirmishes in cyberspace as there have reports of so-called “state-sponsored” cyber-attacks.
The survey said in 2022, cybercriminals targeted critical infrastructure with ransomware attacks and they also continued to find new ways to exploit the cryptocurrency boom, hybrid working, and, more recently, unsecured APIs.
