SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
State need for IT security
State organisations and public companies need to improve IT security to prevent fraud and hacker attacks, said Pham Quoc Ban, director of the municipal Information and Communications Department.
Police arrest trans-national high-tech crime group
The Police of Phu Yen central province has detained 57 suspects, including 55 foreigners, accused of using high-tech to cheat and appropriate properties.
Vietnam joins international community in ensuring cyber security
Vietnam has been actively cooperating with the international community in the fight against cyber crime, said Nguyen Phuong Nga, spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry.
Ministry of Public Security warns of special malware
The Ministry of Public Security has warned that a special malware has appeared which cannot be killed by the existing anti-virus software.
Deputy PM urges better Net security
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Ministry of Information and Communications, in co-operation with the Ministry of Public Security, to improve security of government agencies' websites.
Romania arrests 90 in eBay fraud probe
Police have arrested 90 people in Romania following an investigation into fraud on e-commerce sites eBay.com and Craiglist.org that duped about 1,000 buyers out of $20 million.
71 million electronic identity cards to be issued
A project to produce, issue and manage new ID cards was approved by the Prime Minister in May, 2004 and the cards will soon be distributed to citizens.
Officials call for higher security measures for stronger website hackers
Website users and administrators had better upgrade their security as hackers have become more destructive, information security officials have said.
Security holes discovered in iPhones, iPads
A new security hole has opened up in Apple Inc.'s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, raising alarms about the susceptibility of some of the world's hottest tech gadgets to hacker attacks.
Nearly 200 websites hacked in a night
On the night of July 3, 2011, nearly 200 websites with the domain names “.vn”, “.com” and “.net” on the same server were attacked. The websites included the one of the Binh Duong provincial Finance Department.

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