Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung speaks at the event (Source: https://mic.gov.vn)Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Center (VNCERT) hosted the 2018 ASEAN-Japan information securitydrill, which took place in Hanoi, central Da Nang city and Ho Chi MinhCity on May 23.
TheVietnam team attended the event with 300 representativesand technicians from over 100 member units of VNCERT, IT units from ministries,sectors and localities, and IT enterprises nationwide.
Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung mentionedthe fact that “Distributed Denial of Service - DoS/DdoS” attacks are growing inboth number and complexity.
Statisticsof the VNCERT show that Vietnam recorded 4,035 cyber attacks this year to May19, with 2,661 Deface incidents, 776 Malware attacks, and 608 Phishing scams.
Therefore,drills on information security in responding to relevant issues should be regularlyorganised as part of effort to deal with that, he noted.
Representativesfrom VNCERT said the drill involved three levels: the international coordinationagency, the national coordination agency and the core units, of which the coreunits need the most protection because they can be attacked directly orindirectly.
In the drill scenario, Japan first detected smallDDoS attacks on the first day, and large-scale attacks took place the followingday, blocking access and email of victim units. On the third day, after emailservices were restored, fake emails containing malwares were sent to leaders ofASEAN countries, triggering the spread of malwares to governmental agencies andmore.
During the drill, participants focused on creating coordination mechanisms, quicklyand accurately operating information transfer stages in all units involved inthe case of cyber attacks.
Theyalso exchanged reports on ongoing events, provided warning information,strategies to mitigate loss, while sharing experience in responding to attacks.
VNCERT is a member of the Asia Pacific ComputerEmergency Response Team (APCERT). It has been developing with about over 120 unitsand 500 technicians. The centre detected millions of IP addresses, which wereinfected and controlled by host computers outside Vietnam.-VNA
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