cybercrime

Retail Asia30/06/2022

Philippines’ major telecoms group, Smart and PLDT said it welcomes the country’s new Digital Forensics Platform and Laboratory launched by the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center, or ICC. The new facility aims to improve the government’s initiatives to fight cybercrime, especially, online sexual abuse and exploitation of children. Following the unveiling of this new laboratory, […]

Retail Asia05/07/2017

Citing the growing cost of cybercrime in the economy, the Australian government has directed the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) intelligence agency to utilize its offensive cyber capabilities to disrupt, degrade, deny and deter organized offshore cyber criminals. Currently used to help target, disrupt and defeat terrorist organizations such as Daesh, the offense capability is subject […]

Retail Asia09/02/2017

Each year thousands of internet users fall victim to a cybercrime that leaves them out of pocket. Research from Kaspersky Lab reveals that over half (52%) of internet users who’ve lost money at the hands of cybercriminals have only got some, or none, of their stolen funds back. With the variety and sophistication of online […]

Retail Asia25/11/2016

Cashless payments are growing rapidly in Asia-Pacific and so is cybercrime, costing the region an estimated $US 81 billion. With new combinations of malware customised for local markets, phishing and social engineering attacks as well increasing e-commerce and ATM fraud, businesses are increasingly at risk for payment data theft, according to the PCI Security Standards […]

Tag: cybercrime

PLDT, Smart Lauds Government’s New Cybercrime Lab

Australian spies to disrupt cybercrime groups

Most cybercrime losses not fully recovered

Cybercrime rising Asia as cashless payments rise