Of the six leading economies in ASEAN, Vietnam is the only one that saw the number of cyberattacks on businesses decrease in 2022.

The Authority of Information Security (AIS) has warned agencies, organizations and businesses using Windows about 10 holes in Microsoft’s products that may have a serious impact on their operations.

The proportion of Vietnamese internet users who access activities to improve their awareness, skills and tools related to cybersecurity remains below 20 percent. The figure is expected to increase to 50 percent this year.

The Authority of Information Security (under the Information & Communications Ministry) has just informed that 90 websites with the suffix ‘.gov.vn’ were hacked to link to gambling advertisements.

Seeing that sensitive information leaks have been reported recently, SGGP Newspaper has conducted an interview with Deputy Head Trieu Manh Tung of the Department of Cyber Security and Hi-tech Crime Prevention (under the Public Security Ministry).

The latest preliminary check of the Authority of Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has found that at least 90 websites with content such as ads, card playing and gambling.

The latest survey by Fortinet found that cybersecurity risks are increasing because of a personnel shortage.

The number of brute force attacks aimed at remote workers in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, is on the decrease. However, the risk from ransomware is increasing, according to Kaspersky.

There are positive changes in Viet Nam’s cybersecurity posture, according to the latest report by the global cybersecurity company Kaspersky.

At least 318 Vietnamese enterprises and financial institutions may have been victims of the APT attack on 3CXDesktopApp, an application for calling and taking care of customers of businesses.

Phishing attacks have been on the rise in the first months of the year. Chong lua dao, a not-for-profit cybersecurity project, reported that it has discovered 3,271 websites scamming Vietnamese users over the last three months.

After being detected with tricks of sending messages to appropriate money, scammers are now using an even more sophisticated tool called Deepfake to make fake video calls to victims and ask for money transfer.

The Authority of Information Security (AIS) has requested agencies, organizations and businesses to check systems affected by six security vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s products, and update them with patches to avoid the risks of being attacked.

The Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information under the Ministry of Information and Communications has announced on its website the White List of certified websites.

More than 40 percent of children are insecure about using the internet, while 70 percent have unwanted experiences. It is necessary to create a safe internet environment in schools with the support of technological solutions.

The sector contribution to the state budget surged by 50.6 per cent over the same period last year.

Kaspersky Security Network data showed that the number of online and offline attacks in Viet Nam in 2022 decreased by 33.8 percent compared to the previous year

The Ministry of Information and Communications’ Authority of Information Security (AIS) has recently issued a warning about serious and high-impact security vulnerabilities in Microsoft products.

Schoolteachers should teach the basics of cybersecurity to kids to keep them safe online.

Experts say that people of all backgrounds in society should work to help clean up cyberspace and repel growing online fraud.