Perpetrators usually get in touch with prospective victims online via chat or dating websites. After constantly communicating online for several weeks or even months, the perpetrators would send a message to their victims through e-mail, promising to send gifts ranging from luxury bags, jewelry, laptop computers and other electronic gadgets via international door-to-door parcel. They would be sent a tracking number and invoice for the purported shipment.
The number of medals won by the Philippines from international science and mathematics competitions reached 447 in 2013, setting a new mark in Philippine history. The previous record was 308 in 2012.
The top three winners, along with the 17 other PMO finalists, will get the chance to compete in the 55th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) to be held in Cape Town, South Africa on July 3-13, 2014.
Kaspersky Lab, which famously uncovered the US-made cyber-weapon Stuxnet that was used against Iran, has announced the discovery of ?The Mask? (aka Careto), an advanced Spanish-language speaking threat actor that has been involved in global cyber-espionage operations since at least 2007.
Technology bellwether Cisco has formally announced the appointment of Mario Luis "Louie" Castaneda as the company?s country manager for the Philippines.
After wiping out the classroom backlog, the government should focus on math and science education, an area where it grapples with low test scores, lack of science laboratories, and poor global ranking.
It is common for IT security experts to recommend that users regularly update their antivirus solutions, and that is something that cybercriminals tried to take advantage of in 2013.
A survey conducted by software maker Microsoft among its 2,017 partners in 11 countries in Asia Pacific showed that those in the Philippines are most worried on the lack of privacy when using the cloud. Also included in the top five of their concerns on the cloud are: that it is not secure, has no ownership, less productive, and not yet mature.
The Comet, a zero-percent emission city shuttle that is targeted to replace regular jeepneys in Metro Manila, is being tested in the Philippines through the cooperation of Global Electric Transportation (GET), Gawad Kalinga (GK), and drivers group Pasang Masda.
Dubbed ?Program the Future: The Accenture Technology Campus Challenge?, the new university student competition was launched in December as a venue where IT, computer science, and engineering students can design and develop mobile applications and solutions that can help improve the country?s education system.
