Cyber attacks in Vietnam drop to 860 in February
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam posted 862 cyber attacks in February 2024, a drop of 9.3% from January and 48.9%
compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Information and
Communications (MIC).
More than 432,400 Internet Protocol (IP)
addresses were found to be in virus-infected computer networks (botnets), an
increase of 13% over the same period in 2023.
As of February, the country had 3,224
information systems, of which, 2,145 were classified by level-based
security, reaching 66.5%, an increase of 0.5% compared to January, and an
increase of 6% compared to the same period last year.
To enhance cyber security, the Authority of
Information Security (AIS) under the MIC has implemented many solutions. For example, it has coordinated with Google to launch the programme "An toan len mang, An tam
vui song cung Google" (Be safe online, enjoy life with Google) that aims to help elderly people in Vietnam explore the Internet more safely and confidently.
The AIS reviewed and recorded 43 websites including nines run by
ministries/agencies and 24 run by provinces and cities that had
advertising content inserted.
It renewed and re-issued network trust for
eight state agencies’ websites, bringing the total number of state agency
websites granted the network trust to 4,662 including 557 websites of 21
ministries/agencies and 4,105 websites of 61 provinces/cities./.