Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese websites were hitby more than 6,500 cyber security attacks – all either deface, malware or phishingattacks – in the first eight months of 2018.
According to a report by the Vietnam Computer EmergencyResponse Team (VNCERT), approximately 100,000 IP addresses in Vietnam visit oraccess virus-infected websites daily and security vulnerability is becomingbigger every year.
The VNCERT said the frequency of attacks to portals andwebsites in Vietnam has rose. The largest number of attacks were recorded onthe domain name “.vn”, accounting for 44.07 percent, followed by “.com.vn”(36.58 percent) and “.edu.vn” (9.45 percent). Governmental websites registeredwith a “.gov.vn” domain were struck by 4.72 percent of the total attacks.
The most common type of attack was attack to harvestdata, making up 70 percent of the total.
Securelist.com named Vietnam among top 10 countries hitby distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the last quarter of 2017 andamong the top 10 nations with the highest botnet-assisted DDoS attacks withmore than 637,000 computers infected with the virus.
In July, the Bkav Technology Group discovered that morethan 560,000 computers in Vietnam have been monitored by malware calledBrowserSpy that can track users’ actions and steal their personal information, suchas bank account details and email and Facebook passwords.
VNCERT estimated last year, Vietnam was hit by 13,382cyber attacks, including 6,400 malware; 4,377 deface; and 2,605 phishingattacks.
On September 5, the team hosted the ASEAN CERTs IncidentDrill – ACID 2018 in Hanoi to improve the capacity of ten ASEAN member states,Australia, China, India, Japan and the Republic of Korea in dealing withcyber-crimes caused by coin mining viruses.–VNA
According to a report by the Vietnam Computer EmergencyResponse Team (VNCERT), approximately 100,000 IP addresses in Vietnam visit oraccess virus-infected websites daily and security vulnerability is becomingbigger every year.
The VNCERT said the frequency of attacks to portals andwebsites in Vietnam has rose. The largest number of attacks were recorded onthe domain name “.vn”, accounting for 44.07 percent, followed by “.com.vn”(36.58 percent) and “.edu.vn” (9.45 percent). Governmental websites registeredwith a “.gov.vn” domain were struck by 4.72 percent of the total attacks.
The most common type of attack was attack to harvestdata, making up 70 percent of the total.
Securelist.com named Vietnam among top 10 countries hitby distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the last quarter of 2017 andamong the top 10 nations with the highest botnet-assisted DDoS attacks withmore than 637,000 computers infected with the virus.
In July, the Bkav Technology Group discovered that morethan 560,000 computers in Vietnam have been monitored by malware calledBrowserSpy that can track users’ actions and steal their personal information, suchas bank account details and email and Facebook passwords.
VNCERT estimated last year, Vietnam was hit by 13,382cyber attacks, including 6,400 malware; 4,377 deface; and 2,605 phishingattacks.
On September 5, the team hosted the ASEAN CERTs IncidentDrill – ACID 2018 in Hanoi to improve the capacity of ten ASEAN member states,Australia, China, India, Japan and the Republic of Korea in dealing withcyber-crimes caused by coin mining viruses.–VNA
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