Preying vultures
The digital age has made disseminating information easy and fast, but at the same time has made it dangerously unreliable at times......»»
8 held for kidnapping foreigners
Eight transgender women who are members of a kidnapping syndicate preying on foreigners in Metro Manila were arrested by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, the CIDG reported yesterday......»»
7 online employment scammers fall in Pasay
MANILA - Members of the Philippine National Police's Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) arrested seven alleged scammers preying on jobseekers searching for opportunities online.In a statement Wednesday, ACG chief Brig. Gen. Joel Doria said the suspects Kimberly Santillan, 43; Rosalie Verceles, 53;.....»»
Scammer preying on aspiring soldiers nabbed in Pagadian
ZAMBOANGA CITY - An alleged scam artist was arrested in Pagadian City following the Army's 1st Infantry Division's (ID) discovery of a swindling syndicate victimizing aspiring soldiers, a military official said Wednesday.Capt. Mary Jephte Manebog, the 1ID information officer, said the scamm.....»»
PNP busts KFR group preying on POGO workers
BY AARON RECUENCO Police busted a foreigner-led kidnap-for-ransom (KFR) group, which was tagged in the kidnap-slay of a Chinese whose cadaver was dumped in Talisay town of Batangas, during a raid in their lair in San Pedro, Laguna over the weekend. Nabbed were Qun Deng, reportedly the leader of the group; Kang […].....»»
Vultures circling
While the whole nation is suffering from the destruction caused by a parade of typhoons in the last two months, this has not stopped a mixed group of people from fanning what promises to be a major public relations battle over who gets to “renovate” or “develop” the Ninoy Aquino International Airport complex or NAIA......»»
Davao scammers stealing contact details through contract-tracing forms
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 Oct) – Mayor Sara Duterte warned Dabawenyos against scammers who are preying on residents here whose personal contact details are being “stolen” through the contact-tracing forms that they filled out upon entry to establishments. Duterte said in her Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5) program on Monday that local authorities […].....»»
Actions urged to follow Duterte’s speech at UN
But over the years, Duterte has attacked human rights advocacy groups as “enemies of the state,” also church leaders, priests, pastors and nuns. He even berated the Commission on Human Rights (a constitutional body) for criticizing certain policies or pronouncements of his government. He talked (confusedly or maliciously) of “detractors pass(ing) themselves off as human rights advocates while preying on the most vulnerable humans: even using children as soldiers or human shields in [armed] encounters.” The post Actions urged to follow Duterte’s speech at UN appeared first on Bulatlat......»»
Importance of cyber resiliency in a global crisis
Cyber criminals have been busy exploiting the current pandemic, a tactic they have used in many other global crises. Similar to previous times, attackers are preying on our need for information in the form of phishing emails, or other malware. However, in the current pandemic we have witnessed the spread of attacks to large organizations including hospitals and government agencies. Employees pose a more significant threat to corporate security during this time by working from weaker home networks. This means that more organizations are vulnerable to the sophisticated ransomware attacks that hackers are using to take advantage of the situation. As a result, cyber resiliency is more important than ever. .....»»
Vultures and distressed business
As the economy re-starts amid the extended quarantine, micro, small and medium sized enterprises struggle to stay afloat......»»