The rapid evolution of technology has brought a dark side: increasingly sophisticated ransomware attacks which not only target individual users but also cripple organisations and corporations, causing immense and often difficult-to-quantify damage.

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.

More than 450 experts in information security and representatives of businesses sought measures to ensure cyber information safety at a symposium held by Trend Micro in Ho Chi Minh City on July 31 and August 1.