Manila, July 1 -- The Philippine Army (PA) said Tuesday it has conducted six weeks of cyber warfare exercises with the Australian Defense Force (ADF) to strengthen their cyber defense and resilience through collaborative cyber operations.

The exercises, dubbed "Joint Defense Forward Training Activity," were held at the Army headquarters in Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City from mid-May to June 26, PA spokesperson Col. Louie Dema-ala said in a statement.

"This activity aimed to strengthen cyber defense and resilience by conducting collaborative cyber operations focused on detecting, analyzing, and mitigating sophisticated digital threats," Dema-ala said.

Among the key activities in the exercises were joint malware forensics, advanced threat...