Newsletter: Kaspersky and AFRIPOL strengthen partnership in combating cybercrime by signing new cooperation agreement

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To further enhance global efforts to combat cyber offenses, Kaspersky and AFRIPOL have signed a cooperation agreement in preventing and fighting cybercrime. Covering a period of five years, the document formalizes and facilitates cooperation between the company and the law enforcement agency in sharing threat intelligence data on the latest cybercriminal activities.

Newsletter: PNP arrests fake online meat supplier with support from GCash

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An online meat supplier is facing charges of swindling and estafa for allegedly using a false identity and running away with the P12,173 payment for undelivered supplies. Police operatives were able to arrest the suspect with the help of the leading finance app GCash.

Newsletter: Unified stance against cybercrimes: DICT-CICC and GCash conduct joint learning session for Cyber Investigators

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The inter-government agency attendees from the CICC, BIR, NPC and NTC with the GCash team

With its shared mission of consumer protection for a safer and secure digital economy, the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) through its sub-agency Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Center (CICC), conducts a joint learning session among the investigators of the CICC, the first of its many initiatives to provide safer and more secure cyberspace for millions of Filipinos in cooperation with GCash, the country’s top finance app.

Newsletter: Kaspersky supports INTERPOL-coordinated action to disrupt Grandoreiro malware operation

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Kaspersky has assisted an INTERPOL-coordinated action, which has led to Brazilian authorities arresting five administrators behind a Grandoreiro banking trojan operation. According to conservative estimates, the banking trojan operators are believed to have defrauded victims of more than 3.5 million euros (more than PHP 214 million).

Newsletter: Acronis’ Mid-Year Cyberthreats Report Finds Ransomware is the Number-One Threat to Organizations, Projects Damages to exceed $30 Billion by 2023

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SINGAPORE, August 25, 2022 – Today, Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, unveiled its mid-year cyberthreats report, conducted by Acronis’ Cyber Protection Operation Centers, to provide an in-depth review of the cyberthreat trends the company’s experts are tracking. The report details how ransomware continues to be the number one threat to large and medium-sized businesses, including government organizations, and underlines how over-complexity in IT and infrastructure leads to increased attacks. Nearly half of all reported breaches during the first half of 2022 involved stolen credentials, which enable phishing and ransomware campaigns. Findings underscore the need for more holistic approaches to cybersecurity.

Flick ReView: On The Job – The Missing 8

11/28/2021 12:23:52 PM

John Arcilla as Sisoy Salas for On The Job: The Missing 8 (Photo credits: Reality MM Studios, Globe Studios, Variety)

Eight years after releasing its maiden film, Reality MM Studios (formerly Reality Entertainment) completed the first sequel to Erik Matti's On The Job series. It was a long-time coming that went further prolonged due to the pandemic.

Annual Cyber Protection Week survey: More Solutions Do Not Bring Better Protection

03/30/2021 08:57:27 PM

Acronis has recently released the findings of its second yearly Cyber Protection Week survey, which uncovered a dangerous disconnect between the need for organizations to keep their data protected and the ineffective investments they've made trying to reach that goal. 

Kaspersky: Threat data is the key to fend off cyber heists

07/26/2020 04:18:03 PM

Threat data is the key to spare the banks from any cyberattacks in the future. That's one thing that Kaspersky has found out from the massive heist that took place four years ago.

Malalimang Banta

09/03/2016 08:58:11 PM

Photo credits: SunstarAce June Rell S. Perez/Sunstar Davao

Nakalulungkot na balita. Mukhang hudyat na naman ito ng isang malalang siklo sa kasalukyang takbo ng kamalayan nating mga Pilipino.

At sinong hindi mabahahala? Sinong hindi mababadtrip, lalo na sa balita na bumawi sa 10 buhay at namerwisyo ng higit pa – buhay man ng tao at kabuhayan rin ng ilan – sa Roxas market sa lungsod ng Davao kagabi?

Ad Hominem Pa More!

08/14/2016 11:02:07 PM

Nakakatawa na ang mga pangyayari. Nakakatawa sa inis. Nakakatawa sa dismaya. Ito yata ang napapala natin kapag halos buong araw na lang tayong tumututok sa social media at hinahayaan tayong lamunin ng maruming salita na kung tawagin ay pulitika. 

Oo, sadyang maruming ang pulitika. Parang laro sa basketball na kailangan mong manggulang. Para sa wrestling din, kailangang maging kontrabida ka para maisulat ka na panalo ng mga eskriba.

Patawa Masyado

04/19/2016 09:57:21 AM

Nakakatawa. Maraming nagpapatayan sa argumento kung isa nga bang patawa ang binitawang salita ng tumatakbong presidenteng Rodrigo Duterte o hindi. Kung makapag-akusa ay wagas, para bang ang lilinis ng mga kupal. Yung iba namang dumedepensa, para namang ang daming alam na tama. Okay sana kung talaga namang straight yung facts na nakukuha—at kung talaga namang sumusporta sa kanya eh.

Ano ang ibig kong sabihin?

In 3-6 Months?!

03/29/2016 12:01:41 PM

Sinsasabi ng isang opresidentiable na pangalan ay Rodrigo Duterte na susupilin niya ang krimen sa pinakamaagang bahagi ng kanyang termino sakali mang maluklok siya sa 2016 Presidential Elections.

Aniya, in 3-6 months.

Tirada Ni SlickMaster: Drive Pa More!

1/10/2016 2:22:16 PM

Isang siklista ang namatay matapos gulungan ng isang trak sa Marikina city. Yan ang isa sa mga balitang gumulantang sa lipunan sa simula ng bagong taon, maliban sa mga isyu ng naputukan at nalalapit na eleksyon.

Hindi nga lang yan isang trak e. Isang trak na pagmamay-ari ng gobyerno. Aray ko po. Mantakin mo ang mga mas dapat na nangunguna sa pagsunod sa batas gaya ng mga sasasakyang pang-gobyerno ay ang siya pang pasaway?

Ayan. Deads tuloy si ate na naghatid lamang ng kanyang bunsong anak sa pinapasukan nitong paaralan.

Chasing Revenge and Justice (A Personal Story)

11/22/2014 3:56:20 PM 

For all of my followers, I apologized for being too quiet lately (I mean, I haven’t made more new postings recently). Aside from having a bunch of stress, burnouts, and breakdowns on several aspects of our daily lives, I just encountered something that is really horrifying, yet at the same time was really, really wonderful encounter. 

Yes, I have no idea why and how it happened. Though I hope you will have something to ponder on as you read this story.

Mapagsamantala

10/12/2014 10:44:11 PM

Masyado na yatang baliw ang mundo, ano? Basta kahit saan, naglipana ang mga mapagsamantala. Akala mo sa mga pampubliko lang mambibiktima, yun pala nasa sarili mong bakuran mismo ay harap-harapan kang titirahin. Pag hindi nga makluha ang gusto nila mas dadaanin pa sa dahas eh.

Parang itong nangyari sa Caloocan: isang batang nagbebenta lamang ng pandesal, aba’y hinoldap pa!

Post by Christopher Pacheco.

Mukhang nakakamangha ba?

Another "Crime of Passion?"

9/21/2014 6:18:46 PM

Halos dalawang buwan matapos mapatay ang race car driver na si Enzo Pastor, isang pambihirang anggulo lamang ang nakikita ko kung pagbabasehan ang mga ulat. Isa itong crime of passion.

Mabuti Pa Ang Lugawan, May CCTV!

1/18/2014 4:00:34 PM

Tama. “MABUTI PA ANG LUGAWAN, MAY CCTV. ANG NAIA… WALA!”

Tama naman si Manong Ted Failon noong sinabi niya ang mga salitang ito: “MABUTI PA ANG LUGAWAN, MAY CCTV. ANG NAIA… WALA!”

Flick Review: ON THE JOB

9/29/2013 11:28:50 AM

"A likably rough-edged hitmen-vs-cops thriller." 

- Hollywood Reporter.

"Gritty, convoluted but steadily engrossing crime thriller from Filipino genre maven Erik Matti." 

--Variety

“On The Job, is no doubt, the best action movie at the present era of our (Philippine) cinema.” 

These are the usual words that I used to see from a lot of movie reviews, be it a legitimate critic or just an amateur from the bloggers’ circle. And come to think that noir poetry (or better known as “poverty porn”) is on the roll again, be it a Jessica Hagedorn book or a “Gates Of Hell” remark from Dan Brown.

Positive feedback aside, I used to wonder if Star Cinema marketed the movie enough since they tied-up with Erik Matti and Dondon Monteverede’s Reality Entertainment, the real group behind OTJ’s conceptualization-to-execution plan (and aside from the former’s celebration of their 20th anniversary). That is something I cannot tell since I don’t really watch the shows from channel 2; and since the time I realized the epidemic dumbness of the present mainstream.

But either way, that made my drive for curiosity to watch that film. Good thing that despite the time I only had in my hands (since only local “rom-com” movies and foreign action counterparts do last for more than a month in cinemas) – I still managed to watch “On The Job” at one of those movie houses in Eastwood City (at that moment, OTJ was only shown in 3 theatres – SM Fairview, Robinsons Galleria and Eastwood Cinemas).

Okay, after 121 minutes of thrilling action, I can only come up with a lot of words to tell about this movie.

Trip Lang?

9/21/2013 3:06:21 PM

Habang nirere-update ang post na ito ay 5 sa 6 na suspek ang hawak na ng awtoridad. Ang mga pangalan ng mga aksuado, maliban kay Sameul Decimo ay Jorek Evangelista (na sumuko sa pamamagitan ng kanyang ama sa Cabanatuan City),  Jomar Pepito (na sinamahan ng kanyang lola at magulang bago ito isuko kay Cavite Governor Juanito Remulla), Lloyd Benedict Enriquez, at Reggie Diel. At large naman ang nagngangalang Baser Minalang.

Isa sa mga kagimbal-gimbal na balitang umalingawngaw noong mga nakaraang linggo ay ang pagpaslang sa isang advertisement executive na si Kristelle Kae Davantes. Alas-6 ng umaga noong Setyembre 7 ay natagpuan ang kanyang bangkay sa ilalim ng isang tulay sa lalawigan ng Cavite. Nakagapos ang kanyang katawan gamit ang seatbelt ng kanyang sasakyan, pinasakan ng panyo ang kanyang bunganga, at tinatad ng saksak ang kanyang leeg.

Deprivation to “Freedom of Speech” or “Freedom to Abuse?”

Hindi na ako magtataka kung bakit ang daming umaalma ng “no more freedom of speech?!” sa mga Pinoy na laging naka-online pagdating sa usapin ng cybercrime act. Kahit po ang inyong lingkod ay tumutuligsa sa mga probisyon ng electronic libel. Oo nga naman, bakit parang pipigilan mo kami magsalita?

Sira ba ‘tong mga ‘to? Parang literal na sinungalngal o nilagyan mo ng busal ang mga bibig naming niyan. Pa’no ka aaksyon kung hindi mo alam ang mga hinaing ng mga kalipon mo. At… oo nga pala, akala ko ba kami ang boss mo, at hindi ka pwedeng makinig sa mg utos namin? Labo.

Pero, ang punto kasi, pagdating sa mga panukalang batas, kadalasan ay pumipirma lamang siya bilang punong ehekutibo ng bansang ito. At may veto process na sinusunod kung sakaling hindi aprubahan.

(Ayun ito sa usapan namin ng isa sa mga followers ko sa Twitter na itatago ko sa inisyal na I.M.A., ito ang mga posibleng pangyayari at pamamaraan  sa estado ng pagpirma at ng veto process)