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Be aware of DDoS extortion

HKCERT was aware that the DD4BC (Distributed Denial of Service for Bitcoin) attacks targeting SME were back to Hong Kong in Jan 2017. To minimize the potential security risk, user should take proactive actions to protect their IT systems. What happened? Recently some...

Release Date: 26 Jan 2017 3920 Views

Be aware of ransomware targeting NoSQL Databases

Be aware of ransomware targeting NoSQL Databases HKCERT was aware that a rising trend of ransomware attack targeting publicly accessible NoSQL Databases in Jan 2017. To minimize the potential security risk, user should take proactive actions for these online Databases. What happened? Recently a cyber...

Release Date: 20 Jan 2017 5446 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (20 Jan 2017)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (20 Jan 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. 了解來電攔截App 免私隱外洩 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-01-13, Chinese) Imminent: Non-HTTPS Sites Labeled “Not Secure” by Chrome (Wordfence, 2017-01...

Release Date: 20 Jan 2017 2256 Views

HKPC Warns of Rising Trend of Cybercrime-as-a-Service

With the growing trend of “cybercrime-as-a-service”, information security experts at the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) today (16 January 2017) urged enterprises and the public to strengthen their guard against a surge in attacks from ransomware, and...

Release Date: 16 Jan 2017 2090 Views

Visbot infected HK websites notified risk of credit card data leakage, and release of Magento security guide

In Dec 2016, a Dutch information security researcher (gwillem.gitlab.io) has released a research report on websites installed with Magento, a popular eCommerce application for online transaction, infected with ‘Visbot’ malware. The researcher warned vulnerable Magento websites injected with...

Release Date: 16 Jan 2017 2577 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (13 Jan 2017)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (13 Jan 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. 勒索軟件新手法藉網站廣告犯案 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-01-06, Chinese) 即時通訊程式端對端加密保私隱 (Written by...

Release Date: 13 Jan 2017 1494 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (6 Jan 2017)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (6 Jan 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 Jan 2017 1704 Views

HKCERT Security Newsletter (January 2017 Issue)

Cover Story HK Victims Reported in Global Takedown of "Avalanche" Cybercrime Hosting Platform Be aware of "Ghost Push" Mobile Malware Another Yahoo Data Breach Hot Topic Hong Kong Google Play Store's Apps Security Risk Report (December 2016...

Release Date: 3 Jan 2017 2016 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (30 Dec 2016)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (30 Dec 2016) . "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. 網購高峰期　勿令商機變危機 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2016-12-23, Chinese) PHPMailer Bug Leaves Millions of Websites Open to Attack (Threatpost, 2016-12-27) ...

Release Date: 30 Dec 2016 1495 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (23 Dec 2016)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (23 Dec 2016) . "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. 木馬程式變種誘自拍盜資料 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2016-12-16, Chinese) 核實優惠信息防墮釣魚陷阱 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong...

Release Date: 23 Dec 2016 1763 Views