Cybersecurity Awareness Month may not be everyone’s favorite holiday but for civil society organizations, the cybersecurity industry, and digital rights advocates, it can inspire the same love-hate relationship that most people have.
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Check the latest scoop on Digital Safety and Security in the Philippines:
- Hackers begin exposing some PhilHealth data from September 22 ransomware attack
- Internet freedom declined in Philippines – report
- Philippine Senate email domain, security documents for sale on the dark web, warns data analyst
- BCDA, DICT, John Hay in data center deal
- Philippines adds digital ID to govt super app as World Bank okays $600M support
- After PhilHealth, PSA Suffers Data Breach
- Senators want more funds for DICT anti-cybercrime campaign
- Websites Of Senate, House Under Attack
What we gather this month:
Reports of various forms of gender-based violence continued. How responsive are laws in the Philippines? Are there instances in which we need to rethink about how we deal with gender and ICT?
- Unsafe spaces
- STUDY: 37% Intimidated, 39% Frustrated with Online Security Highlighting Digital Anxiety
- Uncoerced Cybersex by Low-Income Women Using Information and Communication
- Philippines: PNP, GCash nab online seller for alleged ‘sextortion’
- Pig butchering: A social engineering cryptocurrency scam
- Socmed group files cybercrime raps vs. Pura Luka Vega
- Sexual harassment, sex, romances and immorality in the workplace
- Man held for ‘sextortion’ | Philstar.com
- AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. A watchdog is calling for action
- South Korean academic acquitted of defaming ‘comfort women‘ | Philstar.com
- ‘Harassment‘ of BSKE candidate in Dumanjug under investigation – SunStar Philippines
- View of Dissent and Disinformation: Outlining Duterte’s Gendered Discourses
- Internet gaming license hub raided in Pasay over alleged human trafficking – Rappler
- Philippines detains nearly 600 in anti-trafficking raid – The Sun Daily
Press Freedom is an integral part of freedom of expression.
- Deplatforming Quiboloy: How do tech platforms deal with users facing rights abuse cases?
- DOTr chief Bautista files cyber libel raps vs MANIBELA chair, journo
- Rights advocate criticizes Duterte for threatening lawmaker
Latest Scoops on Surveillance, Privacy, and Data Protection
- PhilHealth: Threats to expose alleged hacked data ‘only a bluff’
- The top AI cybercrime threats and solutions
- Data privacy and cybersecurity
- Data Doesn’t Deceive: Cyber Attacks and it’s Reality Check
- Are your emails safe? After PhilHealth cyber attack, here’s how to spot data breach
- PhilHealth urged to enhance cyber defenses
- 247 lending firm employees held for harassment
- PNP probes vlogger for possible privacy breach during police op
- AI yearbook trend risks identity theft: NBI
- ACG spokesperson axed over Makati raid vlog | Philstar.com
- Sangguniang Kabataan candidate red-tagged via posters spotted in Cebu – Rappler
Artificial Intelligence, Disinformation & Censorship
- AI advances ‘supercharge’ online disinformation, censorship and surveillance in growing threat to human rights, report warns
- Google warning political campaigns to prepare for AI-fueled cyber threats as 2024 elections approach
- Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda slams ‘disturbing’ AI-generated recreations of her father
- Celebrities warn followers not to be duped by AI deepfakes
- Taking a Stand Against Deceptive AI Political Advertisements
- 74% of viral X disinformation on Israel-Hamas war came from ‘verified’ accounts – report
More Digital Safety & Security Tips
- Beware! Bing Chat ads linked to Malware-infested software, warns Malwarebytes – HT Tech
- Cybersecurity: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
- Child online safety laws will actually hurt kids, critics say
- Cybersecurity Awareness Month: OnDefend explains how you can keep your data safe online
- #CyberMonth: Six Steps to Build a Positive Security Culture
- Change phone numbers? What to do if you’re a potential victim in PhilHealth breach
- Google, Yahoo announce new email authentication requirements for 2024
- Securing cyberspace through a whole-of-society approach – Philstar.com
- Things you should not do when using public WiFi – Manila Bulletin
- Unmasking the creepy side of technology – Manila Bulletin
Government initiatives. The government rolled out initiatives to surface nuances on women’s rights in the digital environment
- Stronger PH cybersecurity through a partnership
- PRO-6 to boost ICT capabilities to address cybercrime cases
- Brosas blasts PhilHealth for late admission of data breach
- Privacy commission probes possible negligence in PhilHealth cyberattack
- DICT, NPC urge to prep Pinoys for Philhealth data breach impact
- DOLE releases guidelines to protect informal workers from sexual harassment
- Gov’t told to partner with private sector for stronger cybersecurity
- Privacy commission warns vs processing, sharing leaked PhilHealth data
- NPC launches online tool for PhilHealth data breach detection
- Philippines’ military ordered to stop using AI apps due to security risks
- Public Warned Versus Phishing Attacks
- Stop it: House puts foot down on use of AI image generators
- PHL needs cloud computing and data centers to beef up tech capabilities – Business Mirror
Tech for Good or Bad? Technology is neither good nor bad—the use to which it is put makes the difference.
- Philippines: SEC and GCash sign agreement to combat scams and fraud
- WhatsApp to war: How Cubans were recruited to fight for Russia
- Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet
- Which PH startup can become the next unicorn?
- Converge Signs MoU with Huawei, All-Optical Network Enables Industry Intelligence in the Philippines
- Phones, computers preferred tools of bank robbers – DOJ
- Globe supports Senate bills strengthening PH law vs online content piracy
- Google asks Congress to not ban teens from social media
- Meta sued for ‘addictive’ features, causing mental health issues
- Google, TikTok, Meta unite with DICT, Digital Pilipinas for better cybersecurity – CoinGeek
- NSC eyes total ban of TikTok in Philippines over spying concerns – Sunstar
Connect-Your-Rights. Internet rights are economic, social, and cultural rights
- Philippines First Digital Transformation Development Policy Financing
- NCCC Supermarket promotes women’s health in school outreach program
- ‘MAD Talks Padayon’ extends advocacy on mental health, volunteerism
- Enabling youth digital citizenship: Globe and Palo Alto Networks donate cyber safety booklets to E. Zobel Foundation
- NATO says it is addressing an apparent cyberattack after strategy documents posted online
- Filipino drag queen arrested over Lord’s Prayer recital
- Southeast Asia looks to satellite Internet to bridge digital divide
- Forum promotes youth’s engagement in digital transformation
- ADB study shows gender divide in use of digital financial services
- Vatican still a patriarchy but getting better, nun leaders say
- Karen Davila Is Officially The First UN Women Philippines Goodwill Ambassador
Beyond the Philippines
- Trolls in Slovakian Election Tap AI Deepfakes to Spread Disinfo
- 55% of female journalists say they faced online harassment, violence — survey
- Hong Kong exiled activists silenced online as surveillance rises
- Southeast Asia’s Tech Boom: A Gateway for Baltic Investors
- Digital age dilemmas: Navigating human rights threats in Botswana’s online realm
- AI and other emerging tech could be saviour of healthcare cyber security
- Online Regional Briefings on Countering the Threats Posed by Improvised Explosive Devices
- As Children Increasingly Suffer from Armed Conflicts, Forced Recruitment, Online Exploitation, Third Committee Stresses Urgent Need to Ramp Up Protection
- At UN and Vatican, women push for leadership roles
- How digital resilience advances safety and equality in the Global South
- U.S. man sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually exploiting 2 Island kids, 1 from Surrey
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