Over 10,000 cyber-security vulnerabilities in government agencies

Over 10,000 cyber-security vulnerabilities found in government agencies

More than 10,000 cyber-security vulnerabilities have been discovered in governmental agencies since 2013, according to the IT & Network Security Centre.
Over 10,000 cyber-security vulnerabilities found in government agencies ảnh 1More than 10,000 cyber-security vulnerabilities have been discovered in governmental agencies since 2013. (Photo: nbcnews.com)

Hanoi (VNA) – More than 10,000 cyber-security vulnerabilitieshave been discovered in governmental agencies since 2013, according to the IT& Network Security Centre.

Of the total, 100 malwares contained the domain name ‘.gov’, and more than2,100 email accounts from governmental agencies were attacked.

A report of Kaspersky Lab showed that with more than 100 million online attacksand over 400 million offline incidents, Vietnam suffered the most online andoffline attacks in Southeast Asia as of the end of 2018.

Meanwhile, the Spamhaus Project said Vietnam ranked third in the world’s topworst botnet countries, with more than 905,000 detected spam-bots.

Computer viruses have caused losses of nearly 15 trillion VND (640 million USD)for Vietnamese users.

Statistics from the Bkav Corporation revealed that more than 60 percent ofagencies and businesses in Vietnam have been infected by cryptocurrency-miningmalicious code.

Experts said cyber attacks have been sparked by poor network security policiesand the use of insecure equipment and IT services. Besides, cyber attacks arebecoming increasingly dangerous and more difficult to detect as hackers arelikely to use advanced threats to paralyse IT infrastructure.

Director of the IT & Network Security Centre Tran Duc Su voiced his concernthat AI-based malware attacks will be a new trend, with a focus on e-commercesites as well as banking and finance sector to steal users’ individualinformation, and equipment serving smart urban area building.

In addition, distribution of malicious information will increase./.
VNA

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