A screenshot of Kaspersky's cyberthreat real-time map on Wednesday afternoon. On average, Vietnam suffered around 800,000 malicious code infections per day in January 2019, according to the global cyber threat real-time map of Kaspersky, a multinational cyber-security and anti-virus software developer headquartered in Russia. On January 21, the daily number of infections reached nearly 900,000. In Vietnam, 21.5 percent of Internet users face threats of cyber attack, the company estimates. Vietnam is also becoming one source of great cyber security threat in the world. In the fourth quarter of 2018, there were 992,952 online attacks that originated in Vietnam. As part of efforts to make Vietnam a safe cyberspace nation, Kaspersky has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vietnam National Cyber Security Center (NCSC). It will allow the NCSC and other relevant agencies to review source codes, update and examine the components of Kaspersky Lab products via the Transparency Center … [Read more...] about Vietnam both victim and source of massive cyber attacks
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Việt Nam holds cyber-attack drill
One hundred teams from across Việt Nam are taking part in the country’s biggest ever cyber-attack drill in Hà Nội, Đà Nẵng and HCM City from Tuesday to Friday. — Photo ictnews.vn HÀ NỘI – One hundred teams from across Việt Nam are taking part in the country’s biggest ever cyber-attack drill in Hà Nội, Đà Nẵng and HCM City from Tuesday to Friday. Organised by the Authority of Information Security and the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT), the drill updates public technicians on solutions to prevent and counter advanced persistent threat (APT), while equipping them with skills to get ready for real attacks to national information infrastructure. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Nguyễn Khắc Lịch, deputy head of the VNCERT, said drills in recent years showed limitations when it comes to APT attacks. This year, VNCERT, for the first time, has … [Read more...] about Việt Nam holds cyber-attack drill
Vietnam holds nationwide cyber-attack drill
Scene at the opening ceremony of the drill (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – 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. Co-organised by the Authority of Information Security and the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT), the drill updates public technicians on solutions to preventing and countering advanced persistent threat (APT), while equipping them with skills and knowledge to get ready for real-life attacks to important national information infrastructure. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Nguyen Khac Lich, deputy head of the VNCERT, said stimulation drills in recent years showed limitations when it comes to concerning dangerous and complex APT attacks. This year, VNCERT, for the first time, has launched a new model where participants can practice both defence and attack skills in a selected working data. They are not allowed to destroy and … [Read more...] about Vietnam holds nationwide cyber-attack drill
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