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Southeast Asia’s rapidly growing digital economy is increasingly exploited as a staging ground for global cyberattacks, according to Mimecast’s 2025 Global Threat Intelligence Report.

PLDT Enterprise has joined forces with global mobile industry body GSMA and key regulators—including the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), National Privacy Commission (NPC), and National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)—to launch SmartSafe, the country’s first telco-enabled fraud management API suite globally certified by GSMA.

As Tropical Cyclone Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) brings heavy rains and strong winds to parts of the Philippines, PLDT Inc. and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. assured customers that their teams are prepared to maintain vital connectivity.

The Philippines recorded a 49 percent increase in data breaches in the third quarter of 2025, exposing more than 52 million credentials in just three months, according to Viettel Cyber Security, one of Asia’s leading cybersecurity firms.

Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon said the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) projected saving up to ₱60 billion in its proposed 2026 budget after cutting prices of key construction materials used in government projects.