PLDT, Smart strengthen collaboration with CICC, protecting customers from ‘scam hubs’

Submitted by rmcamongol on Tue, 06/25/2024 - 08:40
PLDT and wireless unit Smart are working closely with the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center to clamp down on scam hubs to protect Filipinos from being victimized by fraudsters.

Smart urges customers to double-check URLs before clicking to avoid getting scammed

Submitted by rmcamongol on Thu, 05/23/2024 - 09:00
Smart warns customers to double-check links that are included in unsolicited SMS, even those supposedly coming from the network itself. Smart's legitimate domain is https://www.smart.com.ph and any other iteration is fake.

PLDT, Smart block more than 13 million SMShing messages to combat ‘hijack profile’ incidents

Submitted by rmcamongol on Tue, 04/16/2024 - 15:31

PLDT’s wireless unit, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), has blocked more than 13 million SMShing messages in the first quarter of the year. It has also blacklisted almost 200,000 mobile numbers involved in phishing activities as the Philippine National Police (PNP) raised the alarm on ‘hijack profile’ cases.

PLDT, Smart inculcate cybersecurity culture among JRU students with CyberSmart

Submitted by mcco on Wed, 01/10/2024 - 13:52
PLDT and its wireless unit, Smart, signed up Computer Studies and Engineering (CSE) students from Jose Rizal University (JRU) to become cybersecurity champions. As students embrace the digital lifestyle, they are also exposed to different online threats, creating the need to make them cybersmart. 

PLDT, Smart join panel at ASEAN ICT Forum on Child Online Protection, raise need for agile and tech-savvy laws to combat online child abuse

Submitted by rmcamongol on Thu, 12/14/2023 - 11:10
PLDT and wireless unit Smart participated as private sector representatives and highlighted the importance of harmonizing policies with technology during one of the panel sessions in the recent ASEAN ICT Forum on Child Online Protection held in Bangkok, Thailand.