Tet: Be wary of high-tech crime

Lunar New Year, the longest holiday of the year for Vietnamese people, cyber security experts recommend that computer users be wary of cybercrime.

According to statistics of many people who are in charge of protecting information systems in some sensitive agencies in Vietnam, the number of hackers and hackers in the Tet holidays, Noel has increased by 35-50%. The number will definitely be higher during the Lunar New Year.

The reason, according to Do Ngoc Duy Trac, director of VSEC information security network: at the end of the year, hackers often have free time to 'explore' in the systems they care about. At the end of the year, especially the Tet holiday, the frequency of online traffic and buying and selling will skyrocket, so the hackers will gain the most profit when successfully attacking the systems. There will be a lot of online purchase orders through systems like Amazon . This is a 'golden opportunity' for people with 'temple ship' or auto payment counterfeiters .

In addition, another reason for high technology crime in the holidays and Tet is because, this is also the time when the workforce forces operate, protect and monitor the thin, easy-to-distract, or good system. The main reason is the subjectivity of system administrators: 'easing' protection measures to be able to access the remote system.

A good example in the world is the successful attack of Kevin Mitnick on Sun Microsystems system at Christmas - 24/12/1994.

In Vietnam, many people have not forgotten the attack on the website tintucvietnam.com at the end of 2004. And it is no coincidence that at the end of 2005 in Vietnam, there were a series of incidents related to purchasing goods. network with stolen account, fake ATM card profiteering hundreds of millions of VND, many attacks on the bank with bad intentions but luckily prevented in time .
According to Mr. Nguyen Tu Quang, director of the BKIS Center, these successive events show that the general trend of cybercrime in Vietnam has turned to economic purposes, not a dread. Certainly, this situation will be complicated, so authorities need to pay more attention and take preventive and deterrent measures.

Another danger on holidays when users are online, are viruses and Spyware. Therefore, computer users should be cautious about new year greeting cards emailed, chat, . if there is any doubt about the origin of the sender.

To preserve computer 'life', Mr. Quang advised: ' Just being on the alert, you can eliminate over 90% of the risks of computer viruses or Spyware, Adware. When receiving emails, e-cards, you should not be too hasty to open them but need to identify the source before opening. For example, read the written content to see if it is true for me or just generic sentences, and should regularly update antivirus software '.