Cybersecurity experts have warned of the risks of personal data leaks after a surge in sharing photos on an application that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create animated images for entertainment.

Cybersecurity firm BKAV warned of the new malware that has been stealing Facebook business accounts.

Fortinet’s experts point out that if ramsomware attacks are not handled in a timely manner, they could cause serious consequences to businesses.

Viettel Cyber Security (VCS) experts have warned that hackers in the second half of the year will continue to exploit serious security vulnerabilities in popular IT products and services such as mail servers and workflow management platforms.

Preventing toxic content being seen by small children is a difficult task which needs the cooperation of many parties, including parents, schools and social organizations.

While many analysts believe that data might have leaked from the three major mobile network operators, a developer in Hanoi said that such a large-scale information leakage must be from a very large store.

Information about subscribers of MobiFone, VinaPhone and Viettel, the three largest mobile network operators in Vietnam, have been up for sale via an automatic bot on Telegram.

The police reported that the number of traditional crime cases have been on the decrease, but cyberspace crime has increased sharply, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has proposed suspending internet access for users who violate cyber regulations.

The Authority for Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has continued to issue warnings about high-level, serious vulnerabilities in Microsoft products.

A new Kaspersky Safe Kids study has revealed the most -viewed children’s interests between May 2022 and April 2023.

The number of APT (advanced persistent threat) attacks on essential establishments in Vietnam in the first half of the year increased by 9 percent compared with the same period last year.

The act of stealing children’s personal information is only the first step. The scammers will then take advantage of the obtained information to continue to abuse and bully the children.

Tran Dang Khoa, deputy head of the MIC’s Authority of Information Security (AIS), said that Vietnam had gained initial achievements in ensuring information security and safety.

There were 695 cyberattacks on information systems that caused incidents in Vietnam in May 2023.

In the inevitable digital transformation process, the volume of sensitive data has gradually increased on various digital platforms, making data security tasks the vital mission.

The illegal trade of personal data has been widespread across the country in recent years, with the largest recorded data breach reaching nearly 1,300GB, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

In the first quarter of 2023, 10 big data leakage cases with systematic source code data and user data were put up for sale.

More than 77,000 computers in Vietnam have suffered data encryption since December 2022, according to Bkav – a leading Vietnamese technology corporation that specialises in cyber security and software.

Of the six leading economies in ASEAN, Vietnam is the only one that saw the number of cyberattacks on businesses decrease in 2022.