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Japan orders Facebook to improve data protection

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 22 09:37 PM

The Japanese government on Monday ordered Facebook to improve protection of users' personal information following data breaches affecting tens of millions of people worldwide. Read more »

Third telco bidders must pledge 'not be national security threat,' DICT says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 12:15 PM

Department of Information and Communications Technology officer-in-charge Eliseo Rio told a Senate hearing that the assurance from the companies "will come with some actionable demonstration." Read more »

Facebook launches ‘war room’ to combat manipulation

Julie Charpentrat, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 09:38 PM

Facebook's "War Room" is a nondescript space adorned with American and Brazilian flags, a team of 20 people monitors computer screens for signs of suspicious activity. Read more »

Malicious login attempts spike worldwide, says cloud service provider

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 11:41 PM

Akamai recorded more than 30 billion malicious login attempts from November 2017 to June 2018, with hackers using botnets and stolen login credentials. Read more »

Apple tells US Congress it found no signs of hacking attack

Joseph Menn, Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 08:07 AM

Apple Vice President for Information Security George Stathakopoulos wrote in a letter to the Senate and House commerce committees that the company had repeatedly investigated and found no evidence for the main points in a Bloomberg Businessweek article. Read more »

Apple, Amazon deny Bloomberg report on Chinese hardware attack

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 04 10:27 PM

Apple Inc and Amazon denied a Bloomberg report on Thursday that their systems contained malicious computer chips inserted by Chinese intelligence, statements from the tech companies released separately by Bloomberg showed. Read more »

ALAMIN: Paano mapoprotektahan ang Facebook account?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 09:13 PM

May payo ang National Privacy Commission at isang cybersecurity expert para mapaigting ang seguridad ng mga online account, lalo na sa social media site na Facebook. Read more »

Australian teen sparks FBI action after hacking Apple -media

Reuters
Posted at Aug 17 10:13 AM

An Australian teenager has pleaded guilty to hacking into the main computer network of technology giant Apple Inc, downloading big internal files and accessing customer accounts, because he was a fan of the company, local media reported. Read more »

Chinese hackers targeted US firms, govt after trade mission -researchers

Christopher Bing and Jack Stubbs, Reuters
Posted at Aug 16 09:00 PM

Hackers operating from an elite Chinese university probed American companies and government departments for espionage opportunities following a U.S. trade delegation visit to China earlier this year, security researchers told Reuters. Read more »

Singapore seeks ASEAN cybersecurity standards as digital shift grows

Tarra Quismundo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 12:55 PM

Officials underscored the urgent need for stronger safeguards against cyber attacks as the city-state, among Asia’s most technologically advanced cities, reeled from an unprecedented hack of its state healthcare database, the worst it has seen. Read more »

Southeast Asia seek cybersecurity deal with Russia after series of hacks

John Geddie and Manuel Mogato, Reuters
Posted at Aug 02 01:20 PM

Southeast Asian nations hope to strike a joint agreement on cybersecurity in the coming days with Russia, accused by the United States of meddling in its elections, after a series of high-profile hacks in the region. Read more »

Southeast Asia seek cybersecurity deal with Russia after series of hacks

John Geddie and Manuel Mogato, Reuters
Posted at Aug 02 12:19 PM

SINGAPORE/MANILA - Southeast Asian nations hope to strike a joint agreement on cybersecurity in coming days with Russia, accused by the United States of meddling in its elections, after a series of high-profile hacks in the region. Read more »

Jollibee takes down delivery website after gov't raises privacy concern

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 04:51 PM

Jollibee said Wednesday it took down its delivery website temporarily after the government flagged "vulnerabilities" in the system that could expose user data. Read more »

Why businesses should invest in data security

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 10:20 AM

Failure to protect data from breaches makes a company liable under data privacy laws in the country, a consultant said Tuesday.    Read more »

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

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 »

Pagreport ng cyber attack sa mga bangko, gustong paikliin ng BSP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 03:21 AM

Gustong paikliin ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ang itinakdang panahon para i-report ng mga bangko ang mga kaso ng cybersecurity breach. Read more »

PH thrift banks brace for disruptive technologies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 01:17 AM

As local thrift banks gradually embrace financial technology, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is considering tighter regulations to deal with cybersecurity breaches. Read more »

Bangko Sentral eyes 24-hour reporting time for cybersecurity breaches

Michelle Ong, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 10 10:47 AM

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas may shorten the minimum reporting time for lenders to report cybersecurity breaches to 24 hours from as long as 10 days, the official in charge of policing the sector said Tuesday. Read more »

Study: Majority of couples argue over device overuse

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 06:16 PM

A study conducted by global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab showed that majority of couples have argued about device overuse. Read more »