The ASEAN-Japan international exercise in 2022 is themed “Coordinated handling of cyberattacks via VPN on government agency systems and ransomware attacks on health authorities”. On the afternoon of June 23, the Vietnam Cyber Emergency Response Center (VNCERT/CC), the Information Security Department, the Ministry of Information and Communications hosted an organization for leaders in charge and […]
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Global hackers have appropriated billions of dollars in the past 2 years
According to a report from blockchain analysis company Chainalysis (USA), hackers globally have appropriated about $ 1.3 billion in ransom from attack victims in the past 2 years. According to an analysis published on February 10, Chainalysis saw a significant increase in ransom payments, with $602 million in 2021 and $692 million in 2020. This […]
New malicious code is able to ‘evade’ most anti-virus software
Cybersecurity experts at HP company (USA) have issued a warning saying that they have discovered a new malware called RATDispenser that is able to evade most anti-virus software. Accordingly, a new JavaScript downloader distributed 8 different remote access (RAT) Trojans, keyloggers and information stealers and was able to bypass the malware. detection of most security […]
Hacker faces 145 years in prison for distributing ransomware
Two Ukrainian and Russian hackers are facing prison sentences of up to 145 years for spreading ransomware, affecting thousands of businesses in the US. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 22, a Ukrainian national, was arrested last month at the request of the US government while preparing to enter Ukraine from Poland. The US government is currently seeking to […]
The US offers a reward of 10 million USD to hunt down a group of transnational cybercriminals
On November 4, the US State Department issued a statement saying that the government will reward $ 10 million to hunt down the DarkSide cybercriminal group, a cybercrime organization based in Russia. Accordingly, this amount will be rewarded to any organization or individual that provides information leading to the identification or location of any individual […]
Cyber attack targeting hospitals causes many patients to die
Cyberattacks by hackers targeting hospitals and medical facilities are not only aimed at stealing money or personal information as before, but also causing many deaths. Cyber attacks targeting the hospital system cause serious consequences, affecting the lives of patients (Artwork). According to the results of a study and survey just published by the cybersecurity company […]
Many information security risks for businesses by 2021
Not only facing the difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and still ongoing, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will face many risks of information safety and data security in year 2021. According to the report on the impact of Covid-19 on Kaspersky’s SME group in 2020, the epidemic has caused heavy damage to […]
The US health system was under cyber security attack
Computer data loss incident in more than 250 major US hospitals caused interruption of patient care, and medical staff were forced to rely on paper records. Representative of Global Health Services (UHS), a system that manages more than 250 hospitals and medical facilities in the US, said the technology security incident took place on September […]