Thursday, 12:43, 08/04/2021
VOV.VN - Pham Van Khanh, a security expert of military-owned Viettel Cyber Security Company, has been named as the sole Vietnamese winner at the Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition, according to information released on April 8 by Viettel Cyber Security Company.
Viettel expert competes at Pwn20wn 2021 hacking competition (Photo: cand.com.vn)
Last year saw Khanh rank 19th among the leading experts for detecting security vulnerabilities for Microsoft, whilst also finishing in 11th position among an array of global experts in the related field during the first quarter of the year.
The April 7-8 contest was held virtually among numerous industry experts in many countries globally. The Viettel expert competed in two categories, namely Windows Local Escalation of Privilege and Microsoft Exchange.
mobile internet browser
with 13 million times of download in iOS and Android operating systems.
Notably, Coc Coc served an additional 4 million
mobile users in 2020, raising
its market share by 1.5-fold to 2.7 percent against the previous year.
The app has met strict regulations to become among default browsers on AppStore
and CHPlay digital distribution platforms.
This year, Coc Coc posted 235 billion VND (10.18 million USD) in revenue, a
year-on-year increase of 13 percent, with pre-tax profit estimated at 30
billion VND. It was officially launched in April 2013./. VNA
VSC now has access to
international-level information and cyber security risks to promptly develop
suitable action plans.
The VSC’s
Make-in-Vietnam Threat Intelligence technology, meanwhile, has
become the first Vietnamese product selected to be part of the APWG’s network.
Launched in October, the platform is a modern network security solution focusing
on gathering and analysing information on current cyber-attacks and potential
threats to organisations’ and businesses’ assets, reputation, and safety.
Equipped with data from internal studies conducted by leading Viettel experts, it
is being applied in the services of Viettel and a number of banks in Vietnam.
Established in 2003, the APWG is an industry association focused on