While the term micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) may suggest that the industry is little in size, they play an important role in the Philippine economy. In 2019, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) noted that it accounted for 99.56% of total businesses in the country and was...
By Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Southeast Asia, Kaspersky As a cybersecurity professional, your work is never done. In fact, I have read a University of Maryland study which quantified the rate of hacker attacks of computers connected to the internet – once every 39 seconds on average. As...
he FaceApp application has started to circulate again on social networks after the free launch of the “gender swap” filter. The new craze has generated the hashtag “faceappchallenge” and received hundreds of thousands of shares on Facebook and Instagram. As a result, concerns about the security of the facial recognition...
Kaspersky has released its new threat intelligence solution aimed at helping SOC analysts and incident responders attribute malware samples to previously revealed APT groups. Using its proprietary method, Kaspersky Threat Attribution Engine matches a discovered malicious code against one of the biggest databases of malware in the industry, and, based...
The COVID-19 pandemic is not totally over, but shelter-in-place orders gradually are. Starting this month, many countries in Southeast Asia are gradually lifting their different forms of lockdown. Some companies are ready to use their well-designed business continuity plans, but those are going to be a very small percentage in...
Planning a vacation with family and friends at an exciting and beautiful destination of your choice far from the madding crowd can be pretty exciting. While you take all the trouble to carefully select your destination, make the hotel reservations, the flight, and car bookings, etc., it may not ever...
Meet Resty Villegas, one of our senior dispatchers from the Philippines. Resty’s work week was winding down when he received an email about an urgent delivery. The package contained maintenance medicine from overseas and it was yet to be cleared by Customs. Realizing how crucial the timing was, Resty sprang...
Kaspersky is kicking off a series of online talks, created to present knowledge and the latest cybersecurity findings from the comfort of your own home. The first event is set to take place on 17 June, 2020. Hosted by GReAT – Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team – which works...
MANILA, Philippines– Leading payments and remittance network TrueMoney rolls out its award-winning Dagdag Puhunan program for the benefit of local communities amid the pandemic. In partnership with Unilever, it enables cashless payment for purchase of essential food and non-food products. “Instead of paying products in cash, sari-sari store owners can...
Following the introduction of restrictions around the world due to the coronavirus threat, people’s usual online behavior has changed, not only among adults, but also among children. According to a new Kaspersky study, kids have paid less attention to computer games in recent months, especially when compared to the period...
Although small businesses are less inclined to provide their staff with company devices to work from home, only one third of employees (34%) in this category have received instructions on how to securely work on personal laptops, tablets and smartphones while at home during the pandemic lockdown – even though...
Blocking 12% more in the first three months of this year than in 2019, Kaspersky puts spotlight on this cyberthreat that is often overlooked Several studies from Kaspersky have since revealed that companies are concerned about data breaches and ransomware. However, fresh statistics from the global cybersecurity company unmasks that...
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