Viettel Cyber Security Company, a subsidiary of Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group, triumphed at the Pwn2Own 2021 contest - one of the world largest cyber-attack competitions – which was held virtually by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) on April 7 and 8.
Vietnam strictly bans all cyber attacks against organisations and individuals in any form, said the Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Spokesman Ngo Toan Thang at the ministry’s regular press conference on April 23.
The entire public service of Singapore will have to conform to a common framework to safeguard citizens' personal data, beginning with 13 new measures developed after a spate of breaches in the past year, reported local media.
As many as 739 cyber attacks were detected by the monitoring and warning system of the Vietnam Computer Emergency Rescue Team (VCERT) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) in May, the team reported on June 14.
One hundred teams from across Vietnam are taking part in a biggest ever cyber-attack drill, which runs in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City from December 18 to 21.
Singapore’s worst cyber-attack in its history, in which personal information of about 1.5 million people, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, was stolen, has the hallmarks of a state-linked group, said Singaporean Minister for Communications and Information S.Iswaran.
The health records of 1.5 million Singaporean patients, including that of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, have been hacked in the worst cyber attack in the country, said local authorities on July 20 .
The Bkav Corporation on June 5 warned that up to 1.2 million computers in Vietnam might have been infected with a destructive virus called W32.XFileUSB that can wipe all data on the users’ USB drive.
Cyber-attacks targeted at Indonesian firms in 2017 are likely to cost them 34 billion USD due to direct financial losses and long-term reputation damage, Jakarta Globe reported.
Malaysia is investigating an alleged attempt to sell the data of more than 46 million mobile users upon information about the largest data leak so far in the country.
Singapore has released a new bill on cyber security, aiming to set up a legal framework to reduce risks of cyber attacks in the country, local newspaper Straits Times reported on July 11.
The website of Tan Son Nhat International Airport, www.tansonnhatairport.vn, was allegedly hacked on late March 8 as many people reported to have failed to enter this website at about 10:45 p.m. of the day.
Computer viruses caused losses of 10.4 trillion VND (470 million USD) in 2016, surpassing the 8.7 trillion VND the year before, according to the latest report from the BKAV Technology Group.
Hackers have launched cyber attacks on a series of the Thai Government’s websites since December 19, after the country’s parliament passed an amended computer crime law.
All cyber attacks and hacking should be condemned and punished strictly, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh at the ministry’s regular press conference on August 4.
The hack on Vietnam Airlines’ website, Formosa’s illegal dumping of waste and preferential loans from China loans for highway building were hot topics at the Government’s press conference on August 2.
As many as 2,470 cyber attack cases were reported in Malaysia in the first quarter of this year, up 42 percent compared to the previous quarter, according to CyberSecurity Malaysia.
A group of protesters has threatened to launch a fresh round of cyber attacks unless the Thai government abandons its single Internet gateway proposal by October 14.
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