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VietNamNet Bridge - Regarding the cyberattacks at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat Airports on July 29, experts from BKAV, Vietnam's leading network security firm, believe that Vietnam Airlines’ computers might have been controlled by spyware.
Central bank sounds alarm after hackers hit Vietnam Airlines, airports
The State Bank of Vietnam has written to banks, credit institutions
and financial organisations, warning them against hackers a day after
the websites of Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports and Vietnam Airlines
were hacked.
Bank security in danger as hackers attack accounts
VietNamNet Bridge - A series of attacks by hackers on banks occurred recently, showing that banks’ investments in security solutions are insufficient.
Hackers attack e-mail system of state agencies in Quang Ninh
VietNamNet Bridge - Forging email system upgrades, hackers stole many
accounts and spread false information, affecting the activities of
Quang Ninh authorities.
Vietnamese hackers suspected of attacking Anonymous’s web chat
VietNamNet Bridge - A group of Vietnamese teenagers allegedly were involved in the attack on the webchat of Anonymous, a notorious group of hackers.
How hackers hijack the net's phone books
Online services that charge to kick people out of games or bombard
websites with data have been put out of action by PayPal and security
researchers.
Domestic bank websites contain security glitches
VietNamNet Bridge – Thirty per cent of Vietnamese bank websites have
security loopholes, according to the country's top internet security
firm, BKAV.
Apple Mac attacks 'trivial', claims security researcher
Creating malicious software that can attack Apple Mac computers is "trivial", a leading security researcher has claimed.
Experts say aircraft at risk of being hijacked from computer hackers
VietNamNet Bridge - Modern civil aircraft could be hijacked by hackers from the ground, according to experts.
Hackers expose private information of 50,000 VNPT clients
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 spy chief James Clapper highlights cyber threats
US intelligence agencies have placed cyber attacks from foreign
governments and criminals at the top of their list of threats to the
country.
Businesses neglect Internet security to protect reputation
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 network devices in Vietnam under hackers’ watch
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 struggles to stay online
North Korea appears to have suffered a second internet blackout, according to internet performance measuring firm Dyn Research.
Apple's $1bn anti-competition trial might collapse
A court case against Apple, which could see the company facing damages of $1bn, might collapse.
Hackers steal info from 1.4 mill payment cards on TripAdvisor’s tour-booking site
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.
Over 1,000 VN websites hacked within two-week period
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.
More than 1,000 websites hacked by cyber thieves
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.
Hackers use new methods to steal passwords, experts warn
VNCERT has drawn the
public’s attention to a new attack method through local networks. Many
attacks have targeted state agencies and organizations.
To avoid hackers, experts urge careful use of cloud services
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.
