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Vietnam works to ensure safer internet environment for all people

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This year’s World Safer Internet Day is themed “Want to talk about it? Making space for safe conversations about life online”.

Statistics show that more than 175,000 children around the world access the internet every day, and they experience both the benefits and risks of using the internet. Equipping children with information safety knowledge when using the internet is a matter of concern in all countries worldwide.

Therefore, World Safer Internet Day aims to promote the safe use of digital technology and create positive effects on children and young people. It conveys a message that young people, parents, teachers, police, and technology companies join hands in coming up with initiatives in order to create a safe internet environment.

According to Deputy Minister Dung, all the people in Vietnam need to use a safe internet environment.

In 2022, Vietnam’s digital technology industry reached a total revenue of about 148 billion USD. The revenue from internet security products and services in 2022 hit about VND 4.85 trillion VND, 26% higher than that of 2021. Domestic information security enterprises have mastered over 95% of information security products and solutions.

Many new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, and virtual reality technology (AR, VR) have been applied to ‘Made in Vietnam’ information security products.

According to Tran Dang Khoa,  Deputy Director of the Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications, relevant agencies need to pay attention to and allocate resources to train and foster full-time or part-time staff in information security towards the goal of meeting standard skills of information security human resources.

Nguyen Quang Dong, Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Media Development, stressed the importance of strengthening the promotion of digital safety campaigns. They accomplished this with vivid short clips and infographics in order to popularise digital security safety knowledge and skills to the public and provide guidelines on cyber safety for all people.

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Building a Safer Website with a New Name: ClarionCounty.Gov :: exploreClarion.com

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Clarion Co.CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – Improving security is a goal of a plan for Clarion County to change its Internet domain name to clarioncounty.gov from www.co.clarion.pa.us.

Along the way, some help is coming from the FBI and National Guard.

It may seem like a small change, but Clarion County Information Technology Director Chad Johnston (pictured above) told commissioners on Tuesday morning it is part of state and federal efforts to push everyone to change on a global level because they can provide a lot more security for the counties.

“We are working with partners and SISA (Forensic-driven Cybersecurity Experts & Solutions) and other collaborations to build more secure infrastructures for governments at the local and state level,” Johnston explained.

“The benefits of having a dot-gov domain is like brand awareness. It provides a piece of mind that if we send someone an e-mail that has a dot gov, they’re going to know it is coming through from a government agency.”

Johnston added that government domains often have phishing attacks and ransomware where a government or business information system can be held hostage if the IT system is locked down.

“The security of it gives us peace of mind plus anything attacking dot gov or anything that’s going to increase attacks on our current system. The FBI and all of the other governments are watching. They can watch over everybody and help improve cybersecurity and infrastructure security. We’ll get training and a lot more contacts through the FBI and National Guard.

“With all sorts of cyber-attacks, they are going to be able to send us video training and let us know what is actually out there hitting these domains, and it will help us to further understand what’s out there, as much as working with them to protect our domain and our e-mail addresses.”

The project is going to take a while and will start out small, probably first within the IT Department for the change to clarioncounty.gov, according to Johnston.

“We’re going to make it work, and then we will eventually migrate up through the county system. It’s probably going to be a six- or eight-month process because we also have to send in our registration forms for approval….

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Customer Authentication Tips for Safer Holiday Shopping

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The holiday shopping season represents a major chunk of annual revenue for retailers in virtually every sector. Per the National Retail Federation, sales grew over 14% to nearly $900 billion in November and December 2021; if they grow at the same rate this year, holiday retail sales will top $1 trillion in 2022. The holiday spirit, fueled by the rush to catch Black Friday bargains, has everyone spending, and $226 billion of these sales are happening online.

‘Tis the Season for Hacking

While it’s a great season for retailers, it’s also a cash-in season for hackers who take advantage of the hype. Their scams include fraudulent giveaways that harvest user details, fake firms that never supply goods or formjackers and card skimmers that insert malicious code into e-commerce sites. However, phishing, an old cybercriminal favorite, will still be the most prominent attack this holiday season. 

Phishing, especially with the exceptional rise in cheap and easy-to-use phishing-as-a-service kits, will disrupt plans, cost money and generally try to ruin the holidays for retailers and consumers alike. A typical attack sees the victim opening an email impersonating a trusted retailer, like Amazon. The email looks legitimate, except the link provided within it leads to a spoofed site where the attacker can steal the user’s login details and hijack their account. 

Why you Need Better Customer Authentication

Consumers are growing more aware of the dangers of online shopping. A recent survey by TransUnion found that the majority (54%) are concerned about being victimized by fraud this holiday season — up 17% from 2021. Confidence in the security of a retailer’s customer authentication processes directly affects consumers’ willingness to do business with them. The same survey reported a 40% increase in consumers stating that they would abandon a purchase due to lack of sufficient security. 

For retailers, providing more secure customer authentication isn’t just about allaying consumers’ fears, it’s about protecting their own business. A successful phishing attack on a customer can mean lost income due to redirected purchases and fraudulent orders, reputation damage and potential…

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Researchers hack adaptive cruise control, then show how to make it safer – The Reporter

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rep hoque self driving illustration 550pxAdaptive cruise control comes standard on most new vehicles but it can be tricked into causing accidents, according to research from the UAB Department of Computer Science. The researchers also demonstrated a way to alert humans in time for them to take control.Most of us think we’re pretty good behind the wheel. But even the worst driver’s-ed dropout can distinguish a speeding car from one barely inching forward. A new study from computer scientists at UAB shows that advanced driving assistance systems such as adaptive cruise control, now standard equipment on many cars, can be tricked into this exact mistake, however. The work, which will be presented at a global Internet of Things conference this fall, also demonstrates a way to keep the cars grounded in reality to avert disaster.

The study merges two strands of research on the vulnerabilities of modern cars with advanced driving assistance systems.

One focuses on the nerve center of electronic communication in most cars, a hub called the Controller Area Network (CAN) bus. The CAN bus is reliable and cheap and great at prioritizing messages while rolling down the interstate at 70 mph. That is why it is the go-to piece of hardware for passing data between the dozens of electronic control units, or ECUs, in modern cars. These controllers are in charge of everything from airbag deployment to antilock brakes and engine timing. But one thing the CAN bus is not is secure, from physical or wireless attacks, as researchers have demonstrated time and again.

rep hoque self driving adaptive cc 550px“As with most of our systems, cars were designed for performance and security is often an afterthought,” said Ragib Hasan, Ph.D., director of UAB’s SECRET Lab. “This has led to such glaring security issues in cars we use every day. That is why [Aminul] Hoque’s dissertation research in my lab is so important and timely — it has the potential to save countless lives.”Another hot topic for security researchers: how to protect self-driving cars from attacks on their sensors. (Researchers have been able to fool self-driving cars with strategically placed stickers on stop signs, lasers and hacked billboards.) But what if the attack were deeper — getting at the heart of how…

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