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Number of malware victims skyrockets: Kaspersky

Number of malware victims skyrockets: Kaspersky

Some 31,000 employees’ accounts were compromised by malware in Vietnam last year, a 31-fold jump from 2020, according to Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky.
Kaspersky warns of 'voice bots' stealing OTP codes in Vietnam

Kaspersky warns of 'voice bots' stealing OTP codes in Vietnam

Vietnam's postal service attacked by ransomware

Vietnam's postal service attacked by ransomware

Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in password cyberattacks

Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in password cyberattacks

Vietnam suffered nearly 26 million password attacks aimed at users and businesses last year, the highest in Southeast Asia, according to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky.
May 20, 2024 | 07:51 pm PT
Vietnam firms face highest local cyberthreats in Southeast Asia: Kaspersky

Vietnam firms face highest local cyberthreats in Southeast Asia: Kaspersky

Businesses in Vietnam were the worst affected by cyberthreats in Southeast Asia with 17.1 million incidents in 2023, according to data from global cybersecurity company Kaspersky.
April 7, 2024 | 03:34 pm PT
164 million Vietnamese records found in world's historic data breach

164 million Vietnamese records found in world's historic data breach

Among the 26 billion records exposed in a historic data leak, 164 million of them were records by Vietnamese multimedia brand Zing.
January 24, 2024 | 10:39 pm PT
Bedroom camera footage hacked, sold online

Bedroom camera footage hacked, sold online

Untold hours of private camera footage from bedrooms, changing rooms, toilets and massage parlors in Vietnam have been hacked and put on sale online.
December 16, 2023 | 02:00 am PT
Microsoft takes down Vietnamese group behind 750 million fake accounts

Microsoft takes down Vietnamese group behind 750 million fake accounts

Microsoft announced that it has dismantled a Vietnam-based group that created and sold 750 million fraudulent accounts to other hackers.
December 15, 2023 | 03:31 am PT
Employees of 13 banks questioned about selling customer data

Employees of 13 banks questioned about selling customer data

Employees of 13 banks have been summoned for questioning over the largest data theft ever uncovered in Vietnam.
June 20, 2023 | 07:40 pm PT
Vietnam faced 3rd most cyberattacks in Southeast Asia

Vietnam faced 3rd most cyberattacks in Southeast Asia

Vietnam suffered from the third highest incidence of cyberattacks in Southeast Asia last year, according to security firm Kaspersky.
April 24, 2023 | 06:34 pm PT
Draft decree allows personal data collection without consent

Draft decree allows personal data collection without consent

A draft decree on personal data protection says that one’s personal data may be collected, decrypted, and publicized without consent in certain circumstances.
February 9, 2023 | 06:43 am PT
'Think twice before posting online': information ministry on fake news

'Think twice before posting online': information ministry on fake news

People should think twice before posting online to avoid spreading fake news, the information ministry advises in a handbook it released Tuesday.
December 27, 2022 | 06:48 pm PT
Teaching underage kids to access social media an ethically dubious exercise

Teaching underage kids to access social media an ethically dubious exercise

Hoang, a colleague who also researches education and media, got very confused recently about his seventh grade son’s homework.
December 21, 2022 | 06:25 pm PT
Vietnamese lose $902M to malware in 2022: report

Vietnamese lose $902M to malware in 2022: report

People in Vietnam have lost VND21.2 trillion ($902 million) in 2022 due to malware, according to a security report by Vietnamese IT firm Bkav announced Wednesday.
December 15, 2022 | 02:36 am PT
Education apps in Vietnam plagued by Facebook-targeting malware

Education apps in Vietnam plagued by Facebook-targeting malware

Several educational apps in Vietnam contain malicious codes capable of stealing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of Facebook users.
December 3, 2022 | 02:05 am PT
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