Vietnamese users lose $540 million from viruses: BkavVietnam’s leading internet security firm, Bach Khoa Internetwork Security Centre (BKAV), announced that Vietnamese users lost some VND12.3 trillion (US$540 million) in 2017 due to viruses. This has promoted hackers to strengthen their network attacks on computers to turn them into crypto-mining tools. There are two popular attacks, including taking advantage of website flaws and of social networks to spread viruses.Hacker often choose websites with a high number of users to install malware containing crypto-mining tools. On December 19, malware broke out on Facebook in Vietnam.BKAV’s statistics showed that over 23,000 computers in Vietnam were affected with malware. The WannaCry malware spread viruses to computers in more than 90 countries within a few hours.

Source: VietNamNet News January 01, 2018 11:48 UTC