The number of internet-borne cyberthreats in Vietnam in the fourth quarter of 2019 decreased more than 50 per cent compared to the same period in 2018 (Photo courtesy of Kaspersky Security)HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The number of internet-borne cyberthreats in Vietnamin the fourth quarter of 2019 decreased more than 50 percent compared to thesame period in 2018, according to Kaspersky Security Bulletin Q4 2019.
Attacking through browsers was the chief method that cybercriminals used tospread malicious programmes.
In the fourth quarter of 2019, Kaspersky products blocked nearly 13 milliondifferent internet-borne cyberthreats, corresponding to 25.6 percent ofKaspersky Security Network participants in Vietnam hit by web-borne threats.
The number of detections of web threats in Vietnam in Q4 2019 decreased 52.99 percent,from nearly 27.5 million in Q4 2018.
Data from KSN also indicated that the countries with the lowest number of usersattacked by web-borne threats in Q4 2019 in Southeast Asia were Singapore andThailand, with 12.3 percent and 17.9 percent, respectively.
Yeo Siang Tiong, general manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky, said: “Thedevelopment of cyberspace together with the Fourth Industrial Revolution hasbeen bringing tremendous benefits in socio-economic development. This, however,could also enable an explosion of high-level online crime.
“In 2019, the Vietnamese Government has been paying more and more attention tocybersecurity, and, as a result, the security landscape in Vietnam hassignificantly improved.
“We encourage enterprises and consumers in this growing country to continueboosting their awareness and intelligence on real-time cyberthreats to bettersecure their data and assets online. We believe this new decade will bringalong new technologies and new threats and the best way to deal with them is tokeep our defences intelligent.”
To remain secure against evolving threats online, the company’s securityexperts advise users to carefully check links before visiting sites, enterusernames and passwords only over a secure connection, and avoid logging in toonline banks and similar services via public Wi-Fi networks.
They should also be aware that URLs that begin with “https” may not always besecure, and to not trust emails from unknown senders until they can verify theauthenticity of their origin./.
Attacking through browsers was the chief method that cybercriminals used tospread malicious programmes.
In the fourth quarter of 2019, Kaspersky products blocked nearly 13 milliondifferent internet-borne cyberthreats, corresponding to 25.6 percent ofKaspersky Security Network participants in Vietnam hit by web-borne threats.
The number of detections of web threats in Vietnam in Q4 2019 decreased 52.99 percent,from nearly 27.5 million in Q4 2018.
Data from KSN also indicated that the countries with the lowest number of usersattacked by web-borne threats in Q4 2019 in Southeast Asia were Singapore andThailand, with 12.3 percent and 17.9 percent, respectively.
Yeo Siang Tiong, general manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky, said: “Thedevelopment of cyberspace together with the Fourth Industrial Revolution hasbeen bringing tremendous benefits in socio-economic development. This, however,could also enable an explosion of high-level online crime.
“In 2019, the Vietnamese Government has been paying more and more attention tocybersecurity, and, as a result, the security landscape in Vietnam hassignificantly improved.
“We encourage enterprises and consumers in this growing country to continueboosting their awareness and intelligence on real-time cyberthreats to bettersecure their data and assets online. We believe this new decade will bringalong new technologies and new threats and the best way to deal with them is tokeep our defences intelligent.”
To remain secure against evolving threats online, the company’s securityexperts advise users to carefully check links before visiting sites, enterusernames and passwords only over a secure connection, and avoid logging in toonline banks and similar services via public Wi-Fi networks.
They should also be aware that URLs that begin with “https” may not always besecure, and to not trust emails from unknown senders until they can verify theauthenticity of their origin./.
VNA
