About 10,000 computer users in Vietnam are using unsafe operating systems, and nearly 3,000 internet protocol (IP) addresses have been linked with data leaks, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said on September 26.
Along with a surge in the number of mobile phone users accessing the Internet, there has been an increase in the number of mobile malware targeting Vietnamese users, according to the global cybersecurity company Kaspersky.
Vietnamese malware expert's detections of vulnerabilities helps tech giants recover their softwares and stampt out threats to billions of users worldwide.
India and Vietnam are ranked among the top five countries globally to be hit by Android/FakeAdBlocker malware, according to ESET, a Slovak internet security company headquartered in Bratislava.
As many as 5,168 cyber-attacks were recorded on information systems in Vietnam in 2020, a year-on-year decline of 0.15 percent, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications’ National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
The northern province of Vinh Phuc is among three localities rated level A in cyber information security assessment for 2019 made by the Authority of Information Security (AIS), Ministry of Information and Communications.
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has launched the “Review and remove malware nationwide in 2020” campaign to enhance the country's network security.
Some hacker groups have taken advantage of the COVID-19 outbreak’s complex developments in many countries to launch cyberattacks against agencies and organisations around the world, including those in Vietnam, said the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on March 19.
Computer viruses caused estimated losses of 20.9 trillion VND (902 million USD) to Vietnamese users last year, much higher than the 14.9 trillion VND reported in 2018, reported Bkav Technology Group.
Vietnam had the second lowest number of Android threats detected in Southeast Asia in the period from January to September this year, according to cybersecurity company Kaspersky.
The Software Alliance (BSA) is cooperating with Thailand’s police to carry out a campaign to reduce the use of illegal software in the workplace by the end of 2019.
Up to 4,770 cyber-attacks on Vietnamese websites were reported in the first quarter of 2019, doubling the figure recorded in the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Teams (VNCERT).
Up to 71.38 percent of computers and mobile devices in Vietnam are getting infected with malicious viruses, but only 11 percent of the users are aware they have been victims of cyber-attacks, according to the Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Vietnamese websites were hit by more than 6,500 cyber security attacks – all either deface malware or phishing attacks – in the first eight months of 2018.
A workshop took place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on August 23 to discuss ways to ensure cyber security is maintained for governmental organisations.
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 Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) uncovered several advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks on governmental websites in the central city of Da Nang in late July.
The Bkav Technology Group said on July 26 its virus monitoring system had discovered malware called BrowserSpy that is able to track users’ actions and steal their personal data, such as bank account information, and Gmail or Facebook passwords.
The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) on July 23 advised banks and critical national infrastructure organisations to promptly take preventive measures to detect and prevent cyber attacks.
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.
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