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A 12-year-old vulnerability puts millions of Dell computers at risk

Owners of Dell computers, specifically all the models manufactured from 2009 to this year, should take heed of Dell’s latest security advisory update. It describes a high-impact vulnerability that could allow “escalation of privileges, denial of service, or information disclosure.” The vulnerability is caused by the dbutil_2_3.sys driver, which is used by Dell for firmware […]

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42% of PH companies hit by ransomware attacks in 2020, spent Php40 million to recover

What would it take for almost half of the Philippine businesses to recover from ransomware attacks? For the 42 percent of the entire business population who have been unfortunately victimized by the cybersecurity threat, it is a cumulative cost of Php40 million. That is according to a report by Sophos who identified a total value […]

Posted inGovernment

Php17 billion aid already given to Filipinos within NCR Plus — DILG chief

Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to provide support to the millions of low-income families within the NCR-Plus region, a Php17 billion worth of aid (out of the Php22.9 billion) was already distributed, as per DILG secretary Eduardo Año’s statement on Monday. Consequently, some 17,037,122 have become successful receivers of the aid, although not to the […]