Of the 17,679 reports, 856 were sent via canhbao.khonggianmang.vn and 16,823 via the 156/5656 switchboard.

By the end of September, NCSC (the National Cyber Security Centre) under AIS had detected 125,338 websites that impersonated agencies and organizations.

The websites impersonating banks, financial institutions, e-commerce platforms and state agencies accounted for the largest proportion.

The fake websites were created to swindle people, which not only caused serious consequences, but also had adverse effects on the reputation and brands of agencies and organizations.

The report about information security in Vietnam released by Viettel Cyber Security showed that the number of fake domain names increased by twofold in the third quarter 2024 in comparison with the same period last year.

Experts said the sharp increase in fake domain names posed urgent issues about protecting brands of businesses, organizations and agencies in Vietnam.

Regarding the distribution of phishing and spoofing attacks in different fields, experts said finance and banking remains the top target for attackers, accounting for 58 percent of total attacks. Meanwhile, the major fraud is related to credit card services and online borrowing.

With a 17 percent and 13 percent increase in attacks, respectively, retail/e-commerce and public services sustained many phishing and spoofing attacks in the third quarter.

Attackers mostly exploit brands of large institutions to commit fraud by inviting victims to implement tasks for commission.

Phishing and spoofing attacks in the public service sector have caused serious damage to victims with the amount of money appropriated in each case reaching billions of dong.

In addition, Viettel Threat Intelligence detected phishing and spoofing attacks related to other important business fields in Vietnam, such as telecommunications, securities and energy.

Experts commented that scams are getting more and more sophisticated, and that attackers use websites and domain names with servers located overseas, thus making it difficult to detect attacks.

Fraudulent acts on social networks are mostly anonymous and cannot be identified according to current regulations on personal information security of social networks.

Many bank accounts exist with fake personal information and fake phone numbers for scammers to use in attack campaigns.

The challenge is the low awareness of social network users, which makes it easy to appropriate and hijack social network accounts.

Experts hope that Decree 147 released November 9, 2024 will help minimize negative behavior, including tricks to exploit cyberspace to defraud and appropriate people's property.

Trong Dat