New malware takes control of smartphones
According to security expert Vu Ngoc Son, Technical Director of Vietnam National Cyber Security Technology Company - NCS, the new malware 'SecuriDropper' is capable of bypassing the 'Restricted Settings' feature in the Android operating system to take control of the phone.
'SecuriDropper' was recently discovered by Dutch cybersecurity research firm ThreadFabric.
Expert Vu Ngoc Son said that normally the 'Restricted Settings' feature from Android 13 will warn and prevent applications from outside Google Play from accessing accessibility and 'Notification Listener'.
Accessibility is the right that has been used by a series of malware impersonating apps of the General Department of Taxation, the Government... to control phones and steal money from users in Vietnam in recent times.
However, 'SecuriDropper' can bypass 'Restricted Settings', even with Android 13 and even Android 14, which was just released in October. This makes the possibility of users being attacked very high.
Android users are advised to avoid downloading APK files - installation files of Android applications, from unofficial sources.
53 government agency websites have inappropriate advertisements inserted
In October 2023, the Department of Information Security (Ministry of Information and Communications) reviewed and recorded 53 state agency websites belonging to 36 ministries, branches, and localities being exploited by bad actors to insert inappropriate advertisements, including 22 websites belonging to 12 ministries, branches, and 31 websites belonging to 24 provinces and cities.
The Information Security Department has sent warnings to the website owners for timely handling.
Previously, in August and September 2023, the Department of Information Security also reviewed and warned ministries, branches, and localities about the situation of state agency websites with the domain name .gov.vn being exploited to install, post, redirect, or link to inappropriate advertising content.
Files with malicious content and inappropriate advertisements are exploited by subjects to be inserted into government agency websites, appear in Google search results and redirect users to other websites when accessing the link.
According to the Department of Information Security, this will become dangerous and serious if it is exploited to post and disseminate bad and toxic content, distorting the sovereignty, policies of the Party and policies and laws of the State.
Deepfake videos are getting more sophisticated and realistic
At the November press conference of the Ministry of Information and Communications, Mr. Nguyen Phu Luong - Deputy Director of the National Cyber Security Monitoring Center (NCSC), Department of Information Security (Ministry of Information and Communications) said that there are tools that allow creating deepfake videos that are 70-80% similar to real ones, easily confusing when viewed with the naked eye.
Deepfake videos are not only intended to scam but also to provide false information and attract interaction from the online community.
Many videos even feature news channel logos, making viewers mistakenly believe the news is verified or exclusive.
The Deputy Director of NCSC recommends that people always verify and double-check all information online. It is necessary to form the habit of being cautious, vigilant and thinking “fact checking” in cyberspace.
People can look for unusual signs to identify deepfake videos such as: Images in the video move jerkily, like a glitch video; lighting changes continuously from one frame to the next; skin tone changes continuously; videos have strange flickers; mouth movements are not synchronized with speech; digital objects appear in the image; low quality audio and video; characters speak continuously, without blinking...
Apple partner invests another 330 million USD in Vietnam
Luxshare-ICT Vietnam Company has just adjusted its capital increase by 330 million USD, bringing the total capital of the company in Bac Giang province to 504 million USD.
The expansion of Luxshare-ICT Vietnam's factory is expected to be completed within 12-24 months, creating jobs and income for tens of thousands of workers, contributing to promoting industrial production in Bac Giang.
According to Bloomberg , Vietnam is one of the developing countries that Luxshare-ICT has chosen to expand its production network, amid US-China tensions.
Luxshare-ICT Vietnam is a manufacturing partner for Apple, investing in Bac Giang since 2019.
Vietnam won second prize in the Cyber SEA Game 2023 competition
Team Nu_RobinHust, consisting of 4 students from the University of Information Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, has just brought Vietnam the second prize at Cyber SEA Game 2023.
Nu_RobinHust is the team sent by the Department of Information Security (Ministry of Information and Communications) to represent Vietnam to participate in the Cyber SEA Game 2023 competition organized by the ASEAN - Japan Information Security Capacity Building Center in Thailand.
The two teams that won first and third prizes in this year's Cyber SEA Game competition were from Singapore and Thailand, respectively.
Cyber SEA Game is a competition on information security skills for young people (including students and engineers) aged 15 - 29 from ASEAN countries.
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