Misinformation and hacktivist campaigns targeting the Philippines skyrocket Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2024 Amidst rising tensions with China in the SCS, Resecurity observed a spike in malicious cyber activity targeting the Philippines in Q1 2024. Amidst rising tensions with China in the South China Sea, Resecurity has observed a significant spike in malicious cyber activity targeting […]
Government agencies in the Philippines announced this weekend they had repelled a cyberattack from hackers suspected to be based in China, prompting lawmakers to demand an urgent briefing on the national security issue. Jeffry Ian Dy, the undersecretary for the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), said on Saturday that multiple government departments had […]
This post is also available in: 日本語 (Japanese) Executive Summary Tensions between China and the Philippines have risen sharply over the past several months. In early August, a Chinese Coast Guard vessel fired its water cannon at a Philippine vessel that was performing a resupply mission to the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly […]
The government organization that manages the universal healthcare system of the Philippines has struggled to recover from a ransomware incident that forced it to take several websites and portals offline. On Friday morning, officials from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said they discovered an information security incident and immediately began an investigation into the […]