Illustrative image (Source: internet)Hanoi (VNA) - As many as 739 cyber attacks were detected by the monitoringand warning system of the Vietnam Computer Emergency Rescue Team (VCERT) under theMinistry of Information and Communications (MoIC) in May, the teamreported on June 14.
The attacks, including 289 Phishing cases, 425 Deface cases, and 25 Malware,affected seven websites and with the domain name ".gov”.
The centre said five types of attacks used by most hackers in May 2019 include informationgathering attacks; information security policy violation; privilege escalationattack; denial-of-serviceattack; and attacks related to malicious code.
The Authority of Information Security ofthe MoIC said in the cyberspace, thereare many websites of Vietnam, including those using foreign server services,that have been attacked.
Hackersof ten take advantage of these pages to cause insecure information such as distributingspam; denial-of-serviceattacks; installing and distributingmalicious codes; among others.
In order to raise awareness of ensuring networkinformation security, the VCERT has given warnings, required troubleshootingand supported troubleshooting for State administrative agencies and units.
In May, the team discovered and sent 28 alert emails to request for existing troubleshooting,and supported troubleshooting for those that required.-VNA
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