Topic: cybersecurity

Gov't to set up cybersecurity body

Gov't to set up cybersecurity body

Michelle Ong, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 11:48 AM

The government will establish this year an official contact point for cybersecurity matters, an official of the Department of Information and Communication Technology said Wednesday. Read more »

Microsoft, Facebook vow not to aid gov't cyber attacks

Microsoft, Facebook vow not to aid gov't cyber attacks

Dustin Volz, Reuters
Posted at Apr 18 09:23 AM

The Cybersecurity Tech Accord, which vows to protect all customers from attacks regardless of geopolitical or criminal motive, follows a year that witnessed an unprecedented level of destructive cyber attacks, including the global WannaCry worm and the devastating NotPetya attack. Read more »

Data security awareness grows in PH as hackers rise

Data security awareness grows in PH as hackers rise

Tarra Quismundo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 02:18 PM

Awareness on cybersecurity and data protection has risen in the Philippines over the last decade, an information security expert said, as he urged the Bangko Sentral to make compliance with international data security standards mandatory.  Read more »

'Parental guidance on internet use needed'

'Parental guidance on internet use needed'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 09:43 PM

Parents needs to carefully watch their children's internet habits to keep them safe from various dangers online, an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Wednesday.  Read more »

How chip flaws Spectre, Meltdown work and what's next

How chip flaws Spectre, Meltdown work and what's next

Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 09:18 AM

Smartphones, PCs and servers across the world have received software updates in recent days to plug security gaps on computer chips that cyber security researchers have described as the most serious threat in years. Read more »

Microsoft says security patches slowing down PCs, servers

Microsoft says security patches slowing down PCs, servers

Eric Auchard and Supantha Mukherjee, Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 08:20 AM

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that software patches released to guard against microchip security threats slowed down some personal computers and servers, with systems running on older Intel Corp processors seeing a noticeable decrease in performance. Read more »

BPI flags fake online banking page

BPI flags fake online banking page

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 02:36 PM

Bank of the Philippines Islands has warned clients over a fake log-in site for its online banking service, as it reminded them to be vigilant against fraud. Read more »

Security flaws put virtually all phones, computers at risk

Security flaws put virtually all phones, computers at risk

Douglas Busvine and Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 09:20 AM

Security researchers on Wednesday disclosed a set of security flaws that they said could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly every modern computing device containing chips from Intel Corp, Advanced Micro Devices Inc and ARM Holdings.   Read more »

China's WeChat denies storing user chats

China's WeChat denies storing user chats

Reuters
Posted at Jan 02 04:38 PM

Tencent Holdings' WeChat, China's most popular messenger app, on Tuesday denied storing users' chat histories, after a top businessman was quoted in media reports as saying he believed Tencent was monitoring everyone's account. Read more »

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