PLDT and Smart advance cybersecurity awareness via #BeCyberSmart in Occidental Mindoro
PLDT and Smart are expanding their mission to keep communities safe from digital-aided forms of crime, via #BeCyberSmart in Occidental Mindoro.
PLDT, Smart enable Laguna businesses to #BeCyberSmart, fending off scams
PLDT and wireless unit Smart help business owners be cybersmart by protecting them from financial crimes. The #BeCyberSmart pocket session at the recent Biñan City Sari-Sari Store Congress shared valuable tips on how to identify scams and fraud.
Scammers turn to ‘vishing’ after activation of new firewall: PLDT, Smart
PLDT and wireless unit Smart warn customers against vishing, or phishing over voice calls. Smart had earlier reported a marked decline in SMShing, or phishing over SMS, after it activated its new and more advanced network firewall.
PLDT, Smart back PBBM cybersecurity plan, intensify efforts against cybercrimes including scams, fraud
PLDT and Smart are working closely with the government to further protect customers in line with efforts to strengthen the security and resilience of the country’s cyberspace under the National Cybersecurity Plan 2023-2038, as articulated by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in his SONA 2024.
Tanauan entrepreneurs scale up through PLDT, Smart’s eBizNovation and #BeCybersmart
PLDT and Smart expand the reach of business owners in Tanauan, Batangas, by helping them adopt digital innovations. Through an event organized by PLDT Enterprise to support the growth of MSMEs, at least 150 entrepreneurs were introduced to e-commerce platforms under the PLDT Group’s eBizNovation program.
PLDT, Smart strengthen collaboration with CICC, protecting customers from ‘scam hubs’
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.
PLDT and Smart enable persons with disability to #BeCyberSmart
PLDT and its wireless unit Smart are helping persons with disability secure their digital experience by staying CyberSmart, especially with the emergence of AI. CyberSmart is PLDT and Smart’s award-winning internet safety awareness program.
Smart urges customers to double-check URLs before clicking to avoid getting scammed
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
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.