ComVal celebrates 25th Children's Month

Compostela Valley Province- The Provincial Local Government Unit of ComVal through  the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) leads the celebration of the 25^th National Children’s Month (NCM) with the theme “Bata: Iligtas sa Droga!” on November 6, 2017 at the provincial capitol.

This theme was approved by the Council for the Welfare of Children Board in support to the administration’s fight against illegal drugs.

The opening was led by Gov. Tyron Uy, SP Members and department heads and assistants as they released balloons in celebration.

   

The children's month is observed every November by virtue of Republic Act No 10661. This declaration commemorates the adoption of the convention on the Rights of the Child and seeks to instill its significances in the Filipino consciousness.

Highlighting the celebration are the following activities: the holding of the Provincial Children’s Congress, Provincial Bulletin Festival for the Day Care children and a Regional Consultative Forum.

There will also be activities to be conducted by the partner agencies like kids singing idol, poster making contest, medical and, feeding program and the "search for gulayan for day care center."  (Jazel N. Sarte//ids comval)

PROVINCIAL MEET

Comval Governor Jayvee Tyron L. Uy together with Department of Education-Comval Chapter School Division Superintendent Dr. Reynante Solitario and Pantukan Mayor Roberto Yugo visited the “Provincial Meet 2017” at the Municipal Eco-Tourism Park, Kingking, Pantukan Compostela Valley Province on November 7, 2017. (Photo by: M. Lasaca, PS Comval)

END HUNGER

Comval Governor Jayvee Tyron L. Uy attended the conduct of “1^st End Hunger Summit” one of the program of the Provincial Government for the “Bayanihan Para Sa Kalusugan-Kusina ng Kalinga (BPSK-KNK)” on November 7, 2017 at the Social Hall, Capitol Building, Cabidianan, Nabunturan, Comval.(Photo by: M. Lasaca, PS Comval)

Hackers target Philippine Military and Presidential Websites

Hackers target Philippine military, Presidential websites

Reuters

Posted at Nov 08 2017 

SINGAPORE - A hacking group previously linked to the Vietnamese government or working on its behalf has broken into the computers of neighboring countries as well as a grouping of Southeast Asian nations, according to cybersecurity company Volexity.

Steven Adair, founder and CEO, said the hacking group was still active, and had compromised the website of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over several high-profile summit meetings. ASEAN is holding another summit of regional leaders in the Philippines capital Manila this week.

In May, cybersecurity company FireEye reported that the group, which it calls APT32 and is also known as OceanLotus, was actively targeting foreign multinationals and dissidents in Vietnam. FireEye said at the time the group's activity was "of interest to the nation of Vietnam."

Adair told Reuters he had no basis to definitely say who was behind the group but said its capabilities rivaled those of most other advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, a term often used to refer to hacker groups that are believed to have state support.

"What we can say is that this is a very well resourced attacker that is able to conduct several simultaneous attack campaigns."

Vietnamese officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment. But Hanoi has in the past denied accusations of cyber-attacks against organizations or individuals, and said it would prosecute any cases.

Adair said it was not clear how much information the group had stolen. "We do not really have anything on the scale of data theft, but we can tell you the scale and reach of the sites they have compromised is very far reaching," he said.

Malicious code

Volexity said in a report that the group had compromised websites of ministries or government agencies in Laos, Cambodia and the Philippines so they would load malicious code onto the computers of targeted victims.

This code would then direct them to a Google page which asked for their permission to access their Google account. If the user agrees, the hackers then have access to their contacts and emails.

The ministries included Cambodia's ministries of foreign affairs, the environment, the civil service and social affairs, as well as its national police. In the Philippines it had compromised the websites of the armed forces and the office of the president.

Three ASEAN websites, and the websites of dozens of Vietnamese non-government groups, individuals and media, were similarly targeted. The group also infected websites belonging to several Chinese oil companies.

Officials at ASEAN's headquarters in Jakarta were not immediately available for comment.

Kirt Chanthearith, a spokesman for the Cambodian national police, said the police website was hacked about six months ago but he did not know who was responsible. "It was hacked and we lost some data", he said, without giving further details.

Officials in Thailand said they were not aware of any hacking of government or police websites.

In Manila, Allan Cabanlong, executive director of the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordination Centre, said there was no damage to government web sites in the Philippines but authorities were taking preventive measures.

"We've taken measures like cyber hygiene programs," he told Reuters. "We are conducting due diligence in the Philippines and we are clearing our network."