Story & Photo by Oliver Samson | Correspondent
CHINA was the source of the most number of attacks on Philippine cyberspace, according to an undated data presented by the Department of National Defense (DND).
Presented on Friday by Nebuchadnezzar S. Alejandrino I, DND Cyber Security Division chief, the data showed that 35 percent of the total number of attacks on the country’s cyberspace came from China, while 30 percent from the United States. Other source countries of attacks on Philippine cyberspace include Japan, Korea, Thailand, India, Taiwan, Canada and Hong Kong.
Ten percent of the total number of attacks came from Japan while three percent came from within the Philippines.
According to a 2007 Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group report, 166 national government web sites and 460 local government web sites were defaced from 2003 to 2007.
The threats to cyberspace allegedly include, among others, individual hackers, hacker groups, individual criminals, organized crime and terrorist groups.
The tools and techniques employed include, among others, Trojan/spyware, Denial of Service, spamming, phishing/farming, social engineering, viruses/worms, root kits, password crackers and botnets.
According to the data, the initiatives undertaken in securing the Philippine cyberspace include the establishment of a front line of defense to safeguard it from immediate threats.
It also stated the protection of the country’s cyberspace from the full spectrum of cyber threats and to strengthen it in the future.
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