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Binance partners with CICC to aid PH agencies in cybercrime prosecution and blockchain forensics

Philippine Information Technology Organization September 16, 2022 No Comments

Manila, Philippines – Binance, the world’s largest blockchain ecosystem, recently partnered with the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) under the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), to share its insights and experiences in preventing cybercrime using blockchain forensics with the various law enforcement agencies. (more…)

In 2021, 57% of all cybercrimes were scams — Digital Risk Summit

Philippine Information Technology Organization June 3, 2022 No Comments

Social media is the major channel for scammers in APAC (more…)

Ransomware payments hit new records in 2021 as dark web leaks climbed, according to new report from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42

Philippine Information Technology Organization April 21, 2022 No Comments

Conti 2.0 was the most responsible threat actor in Asia Pacific (more…)

Globe blocks more URLs, domains promoting child pornography

Philippine Information Technology Organization April 5, 2022 No Comments

Leading digital solutions platform Globe continues to step up its campaign against illegal sites carrying child pornography content and online gambling, blocking 11,320 URLs and 502 domains hosting lewd content, as well as 194 domains of illegal gambling since the start of the year. (more…)

Philippines sees increase in cyber tip reports in 2021; UNICEF calls for collective action on Safer Internet Day

Philippine Information Technology Organization February 10, 2022 No Comments

MANILA, 9 February 2022—To commemorate Safer Internet Day, UNICEF calls on increased protection of children online amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A report from the Department of Justice – Office of Cybercrime saw an exponential increase in cyber tip reports for the Philippines to 2.8 million in 2021 from 1.2 million in 2020 and 400,000 in 2019. According to the Philippine Internet Crimes Against Children Center, there were 131 children rescued, 16 perpetrators arrested, and 49 operations conducted from January to August 2021. (more…)