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HKCERT Security Newsletter (November 2017 Issue)

  Cover Story Hong Kong Security Watch Report (2017 Q3) New Ransomware "BadRabbit" Beware of IoT Botnet "Reaper" Beware of payment online using credit card Contribute to fight on cybercrime, build DNSSEC Hot Topic Hong Kong Google Play Store...
Release Date: 1 Nov 2017 2136 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (27 Oct 2017)

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (27 Oct 2017) .   "Favourite Security Reads of the Week". Each week we share five news or articles that we like. We hope you will love this column and we welcome your comment via email to [email protected].   Below is the Favourite Security Reads of this Week.   網上交易自保 網站安全逐項數 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-10-20, Chinese) "Don't Mine Me" – Coinhive (Trustwave, 2017-10-13) Make Security...
Release Date: 27 Oct 2017 2189 Views

Contribute to fight on cybercrime, build DNSSEC

Domain Name System (DNS) is widely used on the Internet. It provides domain name and IP address mapping, making human access to Internet become easy without the need to remember IP address. DNS was invented in 1983. At that time, security design was...
Release Date: 26 Oct 2017 3021 Views

New Ransomware "BadRabbit"

A new ransomware is widely spreading in Russia, Ukraine and several European regions. The name of the ransomware is BadRabbit, similar to NotPetya. So far, there is an identified infection scenario: Means of distribution and impactsA fake Adobe Flash installer may be downloaded to...
Release Date: 25 Oct 2017 6189 Views

Beware of IoT Botnet "Reaper"

HKCERT is aware that a security vendor has published a research on an IoT botnet, named "Reaper" or "IoTroop", which may have compromised million of IoT devices such as router. The operation of the botnet is similar to that of the infamous Mirai botnet...
Release Date: 24 Oct 2017 3871 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (20 Oct 2017)

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (20 Oct 2017) .   "Favourite Security Reads of the Week". Each week we share five news or articles that we like. We hope you will love this column and we welcome your comment via email to [email protected].   Below is the Favourite Security Reads of this Week.   妥善處理舊裝置 免資料外洩 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-10-13, Chinese) Phishing Emails that Invoke Fear, Urgency, Get the Most Clicks (Dark Reading, 2017-10...
Release Date: 20 Oct 2017 2096 Views

Beware of payment online using credit card

HKCERT noticed that there were reports from credit card users that unauthorized credit card transactions emerged after they used their credit card online on a particular website. HKCERT reminds credit card users be careful when performing online transactions and beware of the followings: 1.    Make sure the...
Release Date: 14 Oct 2017 3526 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (13 Oct 2017)

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (13 Oct 2017) .   "Favourite Security Reads of the Week". Each week we share five news or articles that we like. We hope you will love this column and we welcome your comment via email to [email protected].   Below is the Favourite Security Reads of this Week.   黑客用音波功 控制智能手機 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-10-06, Chinese) 「物聯網」最怕殭屍 及早處理 免成黑客傀儡...
Release Date: 13 Oct 2017 2120 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (6 Oct 2017)

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (6 Oct 2017) .   "Favourite Security Reads of the Week". Each week we share five news or articles that we like. We hope you will love this column and we welcome your comment via email to hkcert@hkcert....
Release Date: 6 Oct 2017 2100 Views

HKCERT Security Newsletter (October 2017 Issue)

  Cover Story HKCERT and GovCERT.HK Take to Social Media in Fight Against Ransomware Buying and installing tips for Smart Device Change your recruitment website cpjobs.com account password immediately Hot Topic Hong Kong Google Play Store's Apps Security Risk...
Release Date: 3 Oct 2017 1929 Views