Author: Techie.lk

TikTok has released its Q4 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, showcasing its ongoing commitment to creating a safe digital space for its users. The report, which covers data from October to December 2025, details the proactive steps TikTok has taken to identify and remove content that violates its Community Guidelines, ensuring a positive experience for its global community. Globally, TikTok removed a total of 175 million (175, 302, 085) videos worldwide in this quarter, which represents about 0.5% of all content uploaded to the platform. Of the removed videos, 152,580,933 videos were detected and taken down using automated detection technologies,…

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced that it has entered into a long-term Technology Services Master Agreement with Bancstac, to deploy a secure, compliant, scalable and fully bank-controlled payment processing infrastructure, reinforcing the Bank’s leadership in digital financial services. Commercial Bank will instruct merchants to integrate with its Internet Payment Gateway (IPG) and associated technology modules to process online and card-not-present transactions. The solution establishes a direct, secured and encrypted connection between the Bank’s core systems and Bancstac’s payment infrastructure, with no reliance on third-party intermediaries. Both authorisation of transactions and the settlement of funds will continue to be…

Kaspersky posted positive sales results that grew by 4% year-on-year (YoY) and approached USD 836 million in 2025. This expansion was principally driven by a 16% YoY sales growth of the company’s B2B product portfolio. In 2025, Kaspersky’s business development progressed against the backdrop of persistent cyberthreat landscape evolution, with the average daily number of malicious files detected by the company reaching half a million. Kaspersky continued advancing its cybersecurity product portfolio in the past year, issuing more than 560 product releases and upgrades, ensuring complete protection tailored to the diverse needs of its customers — whether it be individuals…

More than one million online banking accounts were compromised by infostealers last year, as financial cyberthreats shifted toward credential theft and data reuse. Attackers are moving away from traditional PC banking malware and increasingly relying on social engineering and dark web marketplaces, while mobile financial malware continues to grow. Detailed information on current financial cyberthreat trends is available in Kaspersky’s new report. Traditional financial phishing has not gone away. Pages that mimicked e-shops dominated the financial phishing landscape (48.5% in 2025, up 10.3% from 2024), followed by banks (26.1% in 2025, down by 16.5% from 2024) and payment systems (25.5%…

According to the latest Kaspersky security report released recently, more than 14 million (14,960,244) local cybercrime incidents were recorded in Sri Lanka over the past year. One notable feature is that the majority of these cybercrimes were carried out through methods such as pen drives, CDs, and DVDs. Additionally, Sri Lanka has been ranked 48th in the global cybercrime index, which is another significant point. The report further highlights that the increasing use of data transfer devices like pen drives, CDs, and DVDs has contributed to the rise in cybercrime, posing a serious challenge. “Computer users in Sri Lanka are…

Dialog Finance PLC, Sri Lanka’s leading fintech innovator, announced the launch of its Virtual Debit Card, the first in Sri Lanka to enable customers to generate multiple virtual cards for different purposes within a single app. This cutting-edge, digital-first payment solution is designed to deliver smarter control, enhanced security, and effortless everyday transactions, making online payments safer, more flexible, and fully manageable through the Genie app. Designed for today’s mobile-first lifestyle, the Virtual Debit Card is managed seamlessly within the Genie app, allowing customers to generate multiple virtual cards tailored for specific use cases such as subscriptions, individual merchants, or…

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team, known as Sri Lanka CERT, issued a public warning on 7th April 2026 regarding a significant and documented increase in online scams and financial fraud attempts circulating across social media platforms during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year festive period. The advisory reflects a pattern that Sri Lanka CERT has observed with growing concern: cybercriminals are not operating opportunistically, but strategically, timing their schemes to coincide with the moments when public trust is highest and vigilance is most likely to be lowered. The festive season creates conditions that are, from a fraudster’s perspective,…

In 2025, Kaspersky business and consumer solutions were evaluated in 100 independent tests and reviews. Its products secured first‑place in 90% of assessments and placed within the top three in 94%. The TOP3 metric reflects how successful a vendor was in independent comparative tests within a calendar year. By combining the total number of tests that a company participated in with the number of top three positions it took, the TOP3 metric delivers a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and reliability of cybersecurity solutions for both enterprise and consumer markets.  The metric draws from evaluations performed by recognized independent testing laboratories, including…

Women in Tech Sri Lanka, the official Sri Lanka chapter of the global Women in Tech movement, has successfully concluded its ‘Rise with AI’ workshop, a pioneering initiative designed to introduce school girls to Artificial Intelligence and inspire the next generation of female technology leaders. Delivered in partnership with Tiqri, the programme marks a significant step in expanding access to emerging technologies for young women across the country. The session brought together a group of enthusiastic students who were introduced to the fundamentals of AI through engaging, hands-on activities, teamwork, and creative exploration. Designed not only to educate but to…

Huawei recently convened its Intelligent IP Summit 2026 in Sri Lanka, gathering technology leaders, industry practitioners, and enterprise decision-makers to examine what it will take for organisations across the country to thrive in a landscape increasingly defined by artificial intelligence and next-generation connectivity. The event positioned enterprise data communication networks not as supporting infrastructure, but as the foundational layer upon which Sri Lanka’s broader digital transformation will be built or constrained. The summit drew participants from a wide cross-section of the economy, including banking and financial services, government and public administration, education, manufacturing, real estate, and corporate enterprise. The breadth…