PLDT Group said over the weekend it blacklisted 5.5 million domains being used in phishing, spam and hoax activities and blocked more than 17 billion attempts to open malicious domains in 2022.
Smart said it also prevented 433 million “SMShing” messages from reaching customers in the same time frame. These messages often come with links to phishing sites that harvest customers’ personal data.
Smart said it also blocked more than 400,000 mobile numbers involved in the illegal activities.
Cyber Security Operations Group also fended off 182 million cyber-attacks and data breach incidents. PLDT and Smart’s threat intelligence sources enabled CSOG to amass 123 million indicators of compromise in its database that it also uses for cyber-attack correlation.
“The SIM Card Registration Law will help curb fraud and cybercrime as it will make it harder for criminals to buy SIMs anonymously. To expand on the government’s effort, PLDT and Smart cyberwarriors are working 24/7 in blocking scams and fraudulent messages, as well as mobile accounts being used in criminal activities,” said Angel Redoble, first vice president and chief information security officer at PLDT and Smart. Darwin G. Amojelar