The Hanoitimes – Vietnam’s leading internet security firm, Bach Khoa Internetwork Security Centre (BKAV), announced that Vietnamese users lost some 12.3 trillion VND (540 million USD) in 2017 due to viruses. The figure released by BKAV on its website recently showed that this year’s figure was much higher than last year’s 10.4 trillion VND. “It is expected that Vietnam would continue to face malware attacks, such as ransomware and malware containing crypto-mining tools,” BKAV said. The results were calculated from BKAV’s network security assessment in December 2017. It said that losses from viruses in Vietnam reached record levels in recent years. In big economies such as the United States, China, Japan and Germany, it caused damages of 200 billion USD a year. The network security in Vietnam in 2017 saw issues of increasing attacks on Internet of Things (IoT) devices, a boom of fake news and malware containing crypto-mining tools. Specifically, this year saw a surge in cryptocurrencies worldwide. This has promoted hackers to strengthen their network attacks on computers to turn them into crypto-mining tools. There are two popular attacks, including taking advantage of website flaws and of social networks to spread viruses. Hackers often choose websites with a high number of users to install malware containing crypto-mining tools. When people access the websites, the malware is activated. As more than 40 percent of websites in Vietnam have flaws, they would be the targets of hackers in spreading malware containing crypto-mining tools. Hackers also spread the virus through…
Vietnamese users lose VND 12,300 billion from computer viruses in 2017 have 252 words, post on hanoitimes.com.vn at 2018-01-04 16:03:44. This is cached page on VietNam Breaking News. If you want remove this page, please contact us.
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)HCM City (VNA) - Computer viruses caused a loss of 8.7 trillion VND (400 million USD) in Vietnam last year compared to 8.5 trillion VND in 2014, the BKAV Technology Group revealed in its latest network security survey released last month.Nearly 63,000 new viruses appeared last year, infecting 61.7 million computers. The losses caused by computer viruses are calculated based on users' incomes and their computers' downtime. On average, a computer user in Vietnam lost 1.25 million VND (55 USD) and nearly 7 million computers were seriously affected, the survey said. USBs were the worst hit resource,…... [read more]
HA NOI (Biz Hub)— Computer end-users in Viet Nam lose a combined $400 million (VND 8 trillion) a year due to malicious programmes and computer viruses.The figure was made known by Viet Nam's leading internet security firm, Bach Khoa Internetwork Security Centre (BKAV).A survey conducted by the firm found there had been no significant improvement in the number of infected computers from April 2012 – April 2013.The figure was based on the number of computers in Viet Nam which had reached 5.9 million, according to the ICT White Book released by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in 2012."This…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge – Government agencies and computer users in Viet Nam were warned of the potential loss of data on computers affected by the emerging computer virus CryptoLocker. The Viet Nam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) on Thursday issued an alert noting that hackers using the virus are targeting "tens of millions" of computers in the country. The team, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Information and Communications, said CryptoLocker is an especially insidious form of Ransomeware malware, which was first detected in the wild in September 2013. The virus restricts access to infected computers and requires victims to pay…... [read more]
The Vietnam Computer EmergencyResponse Team (VNCERT) on January 9 issued an alert noting that hackersusing the virus are targeting "tens of millions" of computers in thecountry. The team, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Informationand Communications, said CryptoLocker is an especially insidious form ofRansomeware malware, which was first detected in the wild in September2013. The virus restricts access to infected computers andrequires victims to pay a ransom of 100-300 USD or more within 72 hoursin order to regain full access, it said. What makesCryptoLocker so hard to crack is the strong encryption method it uses tolock down the user data…... [read more]
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} VietNamNet Bridge – An independent survey conducted by BKAV (Bach Khoa antivirus) in January 2011 shows that computer virus infections in 2010 were not considerably improved, and computer viruses still caused a big loss of 5900 billion dong to users. The losses have been calculated based on the income of computer users and the duration when their work was interrupted due to the viruses. On average, every…... [read more]
The figure was made known by Vietnam's leading internet security firm, Bach Khoa Internetwork Security Centre (BKAV). A survey conducted by the firm found there had been no significantimprovement in the number of infected computers from April 2012 – April2013. The figure was based on the number of computers inVietnam which had reached 5.9 million, according to the ICT WhiteBook released by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in2012. "This means each end user in Vietnam lost 1.34million VND in the period," said Nguyen Minh Duc, director of BKAV'sinternet security department. However, the company saidthe figure was still low…... [read more]
The damage was calculated based on the income of the computer user and the amount of time lost due to interruptions in service caused by a computer virus. On average, every computer user in Vietnam suffered a virus related loss of VND1,192,000 in 2010. With at least 5 million computers being used frequently throughout the country, the total loss last year is estimated at around VND5,900 billion.According to BKAV’s statistics for 2010, 93 percent of Vietnam’s computers were infected with a virus at least once, which is a slight improvement over previous years (about 97 percent). Over one third of…... [read more]
Vietnam’s plans to revise its Competition Law were applauded by a lawmaker on Wednesday, who said foreign businesses are taking over the domestic market and not contributing their fair share to the economy.Truong Trong Nghia, an established lawyer from Ho Chi Minh City, said Vietnam is losing out on land, resources, tax revenue and cheap labor to attract foreign businesses, but their contribution to the economy does not stack up.“Vietnamese businesses are being elbowed out of the domestic market while authorities have failed to stop tax evasion tricks such as transfer pricing and M&As,” Nghia said at a meeting with the legislative…... [read more]
Viettel posted a profit of around VND 44 trillion last year, increasing 12 percent from the previous year. Photo from Viettel At its conference to review activities held last weekend, Viettel announced that its total revenue reached VND 250.8 trillion in 2017, up 9.4 percent from 2016. Despite the group spending a big investment for its 4G network and the largest scale telecom network in Myanmar, it still yielded a 12 percent increase in profit in 2017. Its overseas investment rose by 24.4 percent, six times higher than the world average. The local telecom business contributed 65.6 percent of the…... [read more]
VietNamNet Bridge – In 2010 alone, 58.6 million computers in Vietnam were infected with viruses. This means that 160,000 computers were infection a day. Network security experts believe that it is time to ring the alarm bell over the virus infections in Vietnam. Red alarm about computer viruses Experts said that 57,835 types of virus appeared in 2010. However, the type of virus which has been spreading the most is an old virus - W32.Conficker.Worm. This kind of virus once was very famous in 2008.After that, people thought that it had disappeared. However, according to BKAV Network Security Company, 6.5…... [read more]
