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VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty per cent of Vietnamese bank websites have security loopholes, according to the country's top internet security firm, BKAV.
Creating malicious software that can attack Apple Mac computers is "trivial", a leading security researcher has claimed.
VietNamNet Bridge - Modern civil aircraft could be hijacked by hackers from the ground, according to experts.
VietNamNet Bridge – DIE Group, a group of hackers, has posted personal information about 50,000 clients of VNPT, the largest telecom group in Vietnam, on the internet.
US intelligence agencies have placed cyber attacks from foreign governments and criminals at the top of their list of threats to the country.
VietNamNet Bridge – Most Vietnamese companies are negligent when it comes to protecting their information on the Internet, VNCERT director Vu Quoc Khanh told Kinh Te & Do Thi newspaper.
More than 200,000 home and business network devices in Vietnam are vulnerable to “Misfortune Cookie”, through which hackers can watch users’ operations and hijack devices from a distance, according to BKAV, Vietnam's leading internet security firm.
North Korea appears to have suffered a second internet blackout, according to internet performance measuring firm Dyn Research.
A court case against Apple, which could see the company facing damages of $1bn, might collapse.
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese who used TripAdvisor’s Viator tour-booking site are concerned about the news that hackers stole information from 1.4 million payment cards of customers.
VietNamNet Bridge – Security Daily’s monitoring system found that 1,039 websites were hacked in the first two weeks of September, but the hacked organizations do not seem to be concerned.
The Vietnam Information Safety Association says hackers broke into 1,039 Vietnamese websites in the first two weeks of September, the highest figure in any two-week period so far this year.
VNCERT has drawn the public’s attention to a new attack method through local networks. Many attacks have targeted state agencies and organizations.
VietNamNet Bridge – Recent attacks on iCloud.com that resulting in theft of privage information was caused by iPhone users’ habit of sharing Apple’s accounts and other accounts for other online services.
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) has denied assertions that its database on the East Sea was stolen by hackers.
ESET, an internet security firm, has discovered an intentional cyberattack against the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE). Top confidential documents, it warns, may have been stolen by attackers.
While many Australian and US iPhone owners were hacked since the beginning of this week, Vietnamese iPhone owners did not seem to be in threat, experts reported.
VietNamNet Bridge – After hackers claiming to be Vietnamese attacked multiple Chinese websites, 102 Vietnamese websites were attacked by Chinese hackers. It is widely feared this may trigger a cyberwar between Vietnam and China.
VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi Police have uncovered a gang of thieves who buy credit card numbers from hackers and make phony bookings at hotels, later cancelling the reservations with hotel sales executives who are also part of the scam.
Vietnam, along with the US, India and Germany, have the greatest number of Internet users affected by phishing attacks, with the total number doubling since last year, computer security company Kaspersky Lab says.