Mobile devices are vulnerable to hacker attacks
Symantec's report on the current state of security threats published in Vietnam on May 21 shows that the number of malicious attacks is increasing at a dizzying rate.
Mobile: Hackers' Bait
Compiled from 64.6 million attack-monitoring sensors placed worldwide, Symantec's report said that in 2011, the unit blocked more than 5.5 billion malicious attacks, an 81% increase over the previous year.
According to Symantec, mobile devices are one of the targets of hackers. Illustration:
In addition, Symantec also noted that targeted attacks are now spreading strongly to organizations of all sizes. If previously, targeted attacks were often aimed at government organizations, now they are aimed at everyone.
Targeted attacks leverage social media and specialized malware to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
2011 also saw a lot of identity information (such as credit cards, usernames, passwords, etc.) stolen. In addition, with vulnerabilities on mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, etc.) increasing by 93%, Symantec said that "2011 became the first year that mobile threats posed a real threat to businesses and individual users."
Previously, many security experts also said that the awareness of information security protection for mobile devices is not high at present. Meanwhile, more and more people are using them to access important information as well as conduct transactions on the Internet.
Mr. Raymon Goh commented that hackers' attack techniques are currently very complex. The most obvious example is that hackers write a mobile application, post it on online "markets" and when users download it, their mobile phones automatically send secret messages to a number and charge a very high fee; or this application will secretly monitor and steal users' accounts...
The report also noted a significant drop in spam and a 20% reduction in security vulnerabilities.
Mr. Raymon Goh, Technical Director of Symantec South Asia, said that the reason for the decrease in spam is because some botnets have been shut down. However, hackers are taking advantage of the spread of social networks to spread new attack tools such as sending links...
Be careful with information from the "market"
“With the rise of mobile devices in the Vietnamese market, organizations should be more vigilant in protecting their sensitive information on these devices,” said Mr. Raymon Goh.
Symantec's ranking also shows that Vietnam
Previously, at the 2012 National Security Conference, Major General Nguyen Viet The (Department of Professional Information Technology, General Department of Logistics and Engineering, Ministry of Public Security)comment, cyber criminals are increasingly professional and highly skilled. Thousands of domestic websites have been “visited” by international hackers, with diverse forms of attack, leaving few traces. In May-June 2011 alone, 329 websites with .gov and .vn domains were attacked. On October 23, 2011, more than 150 websites were attacked in one day by a group of Turkish hackers. Figures from the Vietnam Information Security Association show that denial of service attacks in 2011 increased by 70% compared to 2010, and cyber attacks increased by 3 times.
Mr. Raymon Goh said that the increasing security trends that organizations in Vietnam
On the user side, this expert also recommends that users should only download applications from trusted addresses, update vulnerability patches, not use jailbroken devices, and be highly vigilant with links sent by others.../.
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