COVID-19 isn’t the only threat we have to prepare ourselves for at the moment. Unlike the virus going around, this particular threat is one we least expect and have no way to physically ward away. That is, cybersecurity threats. With...
In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, testified to the United States Congress regarding the exposure of over 87 million Facebook profiles to political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. The data breach resulted from quiz app...
AS part of this CyberSafe series, we tried to see how much of an individual’s data is accessible online. We wanted to learn how easily it was to obtain information (even with little effort), and what we can learn about an individual based solely...
MALWARE is the umbrella term used for any harmful, malicious software or program on any device. Most likely these are installed without the user’s consent - such as when users click on infected links disguised to look legitimate (or phishing), or...
From 2013 to 2015, over 1,200 cyber crimes were reported to the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP ACG). Of these, 127 (or around 10%) were complaints about cyber identity theft. Cyber identity theft happens when a victim’s...
