Participants at the ASEAN CERTs Incident Drill – ACID 2018 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Computer EmergencyResponse Team (VNCERT) hosted the ASEAN CERTs Incident Drill – ACID 2018 in Hanoi on September 5, focusing on improvingthe capacity of participating countries in dealing with cyber crimes caused by coinmining viruses.
The drill drew the participation of 15 countries, namely Australia,Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Laos,Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The teams coordinated in dealing with circumstances given by the organisers.They also sought warning and preventative measures for relevant agencies, aswell as solutions to prevent the spreading of the virus, thus minimising lossesand restoring attacked computers. A database report system for the field wasalso built.
Amidst the development of cryptocurrency activities in many countries,including Vietnam, the risk of information safety violations, harmful softwarespreading, and the abuse of loopholes for coin mining are all on the rise.
This type of attack is among the top 10 leading risks for informationsafety in 2018, as listed by many domestic and international organisations.
After “ransomeware” – a poisonous software - was controlled, hackerstended to use coin mining viruses, which will silently be installed into theserver of the host computer after the user unknowingly clicks on a harmfulwebsite.
VNCERT Director Nguyen Trong Duong said that the exploitation ofcomputer loopholes for coin mining is one of the more dangerous problems, as italso means hackers can attack the information safety system.
Over the past few years, many agencies in Vietnam have suffered from suchproblems, however the number of agencies experienced in settling the issue stillremains few, he said.
The drill was a chance for cyber security experts to rehearse and ready themselvesto roll out response measures to such problems. The event was also expected toimprove the capacity of Vietnamese experts in dealing with transnational cyberattacks, added Duong.–VNA
The drill drew the participation of 15 countries, namely Australia,Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Laos,Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The teams coordinated in dealing with circumstances given by the organisers.They also sought warning and preventative measures for relevant agencies, aswell as solutions to prevent the spreading of the virus, thus minimising lossesand restoring attacked computers. A database report system for the field wasalso built.
Amidst the development of cryptocurrency activities in many countries,including Vietnam, the risk of information safety violations, harmful softwarespreading, and the abuse of loopholes for coin mining are all on the rise.
This type of attack is among the top 10 leading risks for informationsafety in 2018, as listed by many domestic and international organisations.
After “ransomeware” – a poisonous software - was controlled, hackerstended to use coin mining viruses, which will silently be installed into theserver of the host computer after the user unknowingly clicks on a harmfulwebsite.
VNCERT Director Nguyen Trong Duong said that the exploitation ofcomputer loopholes for coin mining is one of the more dangerous problems, as italso means hackers can attack the information safety system.
Over the past few years, many agencies in Vietnam have suffered from suchproblems, however the number of agencies experienced in settling the issue stillremains few, he said.
The drill was a chance for cyber security experts to rehearse and ready themselvesto roll out response measures to such problems. The event was also expected toimprove the capacity of Vietnamese experts in dealing with transnational cyberattacks, added Duong.–VNA
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