Cybersecurity

PROTECTA Pilipinas calls for stronger safeguards against online child exploitation

Protecting children online requires more than technology alone. PLDT-led PROTECTA Pilipinas is calling for stronger legal frameworks, wider reporting and coordination mechanisms, greater adoption of child-protection tools, and closer cooperation among government, telcos, fintechs, educators, communities, and families.

Financial institutions push for stronger fraud intelligence sharing

Fraud no longer stays within one bank, fintech, or platform. At CIBI Impact 2026, industry leaders highlighted the need for stronger intelligence sharing, identity verification, behavioral analytics, and coordinated defenses as financial scams become more interconnected and harder to detect in isolation.

Globe expands online safeguards against violent and harmful content

Globe is expanding its online safety measures as concerns grow over children and young people being exposed to harmful content. It is blocking additional sites that host illegal gore-related material or content linked to extreme violence, alongside its existing safeguards against child sexual abuse and exploitation materials. In 2025 alone, Globe blocked 438,446 CSAEM-related domains and URLs and invested more than USD2.7 million in content filtering and blocking systems.

Globe supports stronger online safeguards for minors

Protecting children online requires action across the digital ecosystem. Globe is supporting Education Secretary Sonny Angara’s call for telcos and social media platforms to help strengthen safeguards for minors. The company says stronger platform protections, parental tools, digital literacy, and cooperation among government, schools, families, and technology companies all have a role in creating safer digital spaces for young Filipinos.

Whoscall brings public and private sectors together against digital scams

Whoscall convened its first Anti-Scam Community Meet-Up in Bonifacio Global City with Globe Telecom, ScamWatch Pilipinas, the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center, and Meta. The event brought together stakeholders from government, finance, telecommunications, technology, academe, and advocacy groups to strengthen collaboration, share scam intelligence, and support a safer digital environment in the Philippines.

CIBI and CICC team up to strengthen financial fraud detection

Fighting financial fraud increasingly depends on sharing the right intelligence. CIBI and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center have signed an MOU to explore how legally shareable public-sector records can strengthen the Fraud Intelligence Data Sharing Network and help institutions detect suspicious activity earlier.

BPI calls for united action against digital fraud at CyberProtect Conference

Fighting digital fraud requires more than stronger technology. At its fourth CyberProtect Conference, BPI brought together government, law enforcement, regulators, industry leaders, students, and senior citizens to strengthen consumer protection through shared responsibility and coordinated action.

High-stakes tech earns Southeast Asia’s trust but faces little room for failure

A regional study by Vero and Kadence International finds that online banking and digital payments are Southeast Asia’s most trusted technology categories, but they also face the lowest tolerance for failure. Based on responses from more than 3,000 consumers across six markets, the study highlights data misuse, scams, regulation, transparency, and accountability as major factors shaping trust.

Philippines records 16,619 phishing attacks as AI-driven fraud rises

Cybercriminals are no longer relying on simple phishing messages alone. A new Viettel Cyber Security report found 16,619 phishing attacks, 255 data breaches, and more than 19.2 million compromised credentials in the Philippines during the first half of 2026, as generative AI enables increasingly personalized and convincing scams.