The rehearsal attracted 100 officers and IT technicians from state units as well as major IT businesses in the southern region of Vietnam. All participants practiced to analyze an Advanced Persistent Threat – APT. They had to investigate the issue, and then identify the origin of the attack, along with a list of IP addresses that the malware links to, weaknesses of victim devices, the attack method, as well as the affected scale of this attack. The rehearsal is expected to help participants develop essential and practical skills for real life use. Reports from VNCERT show that until the end of the third quarter of 2018, there have been 8,319 cyber attacks in Vietnam, including 1,575 cases of malware, 4,829 cases of deface, and 1,915 cases of phishing. Noticeably, since 2011, all advanced persistent threats (APT) have always been in the top of the cyber security danger list due to their complicated attacking methods.By TAN BA – Translated by Yen Nhi Tags: Over 8 300 … [Read more...] about Over 8,300 cyber attacks reported in Vietnam
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Japan, ASEAN share information about cyber attacks
Illustrative image (Source: AFP/VNA) Tokyo (VNA) - Japan and 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have recently set up a mechanism to share information about cyber attacks in order to improve efficiency in dealing with this problem. Nihong Keizai newspaper of Japan reported on November 11 that Japan and ASEAN have developed a specialized information page for their cyber security officials to share information about increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks as well as how to cope with these attacks. Accordingly, the page uses a two-step authentication mechanism, including username and password, and some other information, so that outsiders cannot access it. In the case that a country faces of a cyber attack, information about how the attack has been done and damage caused by it will be shared on the page. If another country has ever been attacked like this, it will share information and give advices on how to deal with. According to Japanese … [Read more...] about Japan, ASEAN share information about cyber attacks
Britain says Russian military intelligence behind host of global cyber attacks
Britain says Russian military intelligence behind host of global cyber attacksThe Saigon Times Daily Russian President Vladimir Putin and a masked security officer stand at a shooting gallery of the new GRU military intelligence headquarters building as he visits it in Moscow, Russia November 8, 2006 – PHOTO: REUTERS LONDON (REUTERS) - Britain accused Russian military intelligence on Thursday of directing a host of cyber attacks aimed at undermining Western democracies by sowing confusion in everything from sport to transport and the 2016 U.S. presidential election. In a British assessment based on work by its National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Russian military intelligence (GRU) was cast as a pernicious cyber aggressor which used a network of hackers to spread discord across the world. GRU, Britain said, was almost certainly behind the BadRabbit and World Anti-Doping Agency attacks of 2017, the hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in 2016 and the theft of … [Read more...] about Britain says Russian military intelligence behind host of global cyber attacks
Vietnam hit by 6,500 cyber attacks in eight months
Hanoi (VNA) – 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. According to a report by the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT), approximately 100,000 IP addresses in Vietnam visit or access virus-infected websites daily and security vulnerability is becoming bigger every year. The VNCERT said the frequency of attacks to portals and websites in Vietnam has rose. The largest number of attacks were recorded on the domain name “.vn”, accounting for 44.07 percent, followed by “.com.vn” (36.58 percent) and “.edu.vn” (9.45 percent). Governmental websites registered with a “.gov.vn” domain were struck by 4.72 percent of the total attacks. The most common type of attack was attack to harvest data, making up 70 percent of the total. Securelist.com named Vietnam among top 10 countries hit by distributed … [Read more...] about Vietnam hit by 6,500 cyber attacks in eight months
The threat of cyber-attack is real
Honeywell opened the first industrial cyber security centre of excellence for Asia in Singapore on April, 25. The centre will help defend the region’s industrial manufacturers against evolving cyber security threats. — Photo courtesy of Honeywell Cyber security protection has seen as an important role for the sustainable development of business community, especially industrial manufacturers and enterprises. Chee Ban Ngai, Global Product Marketing Manager, Honeywell Industrial Cyber Security shares cyber threats and measures to improve cyber security protection for successful digital transformation in the industrial sector. Can you share with us the current landscape of cyber threats in the region, especially Viet Nam? What are you most concerned about? Viet Nam is experiencing incredible business growth right now, and we see companies moving toward more use of technologies to scale and compete. At the same time, as companies embark on their digital transformation, they are … [Read more...] about The threat of cyber-attack is real