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Upcoming commencement of "Fight Ransomware 2017" campaign and other announcement

HKCERT is going to launch the "Fight Ransomware 2017" campaign with an aim to help the public protect themselves from ransomware attacks. A press conference will be held on 5 September. Stay tuned. In addition, our iOS mobile app will be removed from Apple...

Release Date: 22 Aug 2017 2147 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (18 Aug 2017)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (18 Aug 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. 非官方維修手機小心遭黑客入侵 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-08-11, Chinese) Botched Firmware Update Bricks Hundreds of Smart Door Locks (Bleeping Computer, 2017-08-...

Release Date: 18 Aug 2017 1980 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (11 Aug 2017)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (11 Aug 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. 勒索蘋果用戶軟件蠢蠢欲動 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-08-04, Chinese) Anatomy of a privacy fail – when “Dark Data” gives away your identity (Sophos Naked Security...

Release Date: 11 Aug 2017 2886 Views

Mirai Malware Cleanup and Prevention

In an era where 'Internet of Things' (IoT) devices are affordably popular, vulnerable ones could be a threat to the Internet. The problem was realized by several large-scale DDoS attacks in September last year. One of the notable incidents...

Release Date: 7 Aug 2017 6265 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (4 Aug 2017)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (4 Aug 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. 進階版加密檔案發錯電郵可自保 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-07-31, Chinese) Hackers catfish tech execs on LinkedIn (CNNMoney, 2017-07-27) How Netflix...

Release Date: 4 Aug 2017 2736 Views

HKCERT Security Newsletter (August 2017 Issue)

Cover Story Hong Kong Security Watch Report (Q2 2017) Hot Topic Hong Kong Google Play Store's Apps Security Risk Report (Jul 2017) Upcoming Event Information Security Summit 2017 Conference Information Security Summit 2017 Workshops: New Generation Cyber Security...

Release Date: 1 Aug 2017 2184 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (28 Jul 2017)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (28 Jul 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. 虛擬貨幣有價防黑客入侵「挖鑛」 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-07-21, Chinese) Worst known governmental leak ever affected the Swedish Transport Agency (Security Affairs, 2017-...

Release Date: 28 Jul 2017 1817 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (21 Jul 2017)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (21 Jul 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. 防新勒索軟件網域管理權減帳戶 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-07-14, Chinese) Risk:Value Report: information security policies are still not being prioritized (NTT Security, ...

Release Date: 21 Jul 2017 2021 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (14 Jul 2017)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (14 Jul 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. 殭屍病毒變身快難被偵測 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-07-07, Chinese) The True Cost Of Cybercrime For Businesses (Forbes, 2017-07-13) Your Guide to Russia...

Release Date: 14 Jul 2017 1641 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (7 Jul 2017)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (7 Jul 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. 轉用新版系統保電腦安全 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-06-30, Chinese) It has been a month and a bit how is your new patching program holding up? (ISC SANS, ...

Release Date: 7 Jul 2017 2100 Views