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Some 1.6 million computers in Vietnam lose data in 2018
Anh Kiet 06:41, 2018/12/20
Bkav recommended that in addition to the overall malware solution, agencies and businesses should be equipped with security policy control solutions.
More than 1.6 million computers in Vietnam lost data in 2018, according to statistics released by Vietnam's cyber security firm Bkav Technology Group.

Notably, more than 46% of users participating in Bkav’s network security assessment also said that they have had problems related to data loss in the past year.
 
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Ngo Tuan Anh, Bkav vice chairman for cyber security, noted two lines of malicious code common in Vietnam causing users to lose data are ransomware extortion and USB data deleting virus.

Malicious code spammers mainly by email, but 74% of users in Vietnam still keep the habit of opening attachments directly from email without opening it in a safe isolation environment named Safe Run and this is very dangerous, Tuan Anh warned.

He added that USB is the most popular means of data exchange in Vietnam, the number of computers infected via USB is always high. Bkav’s statistics show that up to 77% of USB drives in Vietnam are infected at least once a year.

Network security flaws spike in quantity

In 2017 and 2018, the number of security vulnerabilities in software and applications has skyrocketed with more than 15,700 vulnerabilities, more than 2.5 times than the previous year. In particular, many serious vulnerabilities appear on popular software such as Adobe Flash Player, Microsoft Windows, and in many CPU lines of Intel, Apple, AMD, among others.

Bkav recommended that in addition to the overall malware solution, agencies and businesses should be equipped with security policy control solutions. Users should turn on automatic update mode and perform checks and install patches for their computer.

Malware using artificial intelligence may appear in 2019

Bkav experts also predict that malicious AI-based malware will likely appear in the coming year, initially in the form of Proof of Concept (PoC).

The biggest threat to Internet users, however, comes from malicious code, malicious code deleting data, malicious code hacking and APT attacks, experts said.

These types of malicious code can incorporate many different infection paths to maximize the spread, with the most common ones exploiting software vulnerabilities, operating systems, and phishing emails.
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