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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (18 Nov 2016)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (18 Nov 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. 注意網購保安免血拼變雙失 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2016-11-11, Chinese) Hackers show preference for botnets over reflection attacks in Q3 2016 (CIO Asia, 2016-11-...

Release Date: 18 Nov 2016 1759 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (11 Nov 2016)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (11 Nov 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. 滙款先核實免墮假電郵騙局 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2016-11-04, Chinese) New Free Mirai Scanner Tools Spot Infected, Vulnerable IoT Devices (Dark Reading, 2016-11-...

Release Date: 11 Nov 2016 1669 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (4 Nov 2016)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (4 Nov 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. 3-2-1備份原則保障資料安全 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2016-10-28, Chinese) Cyber risk and resilience: not understood (Microsoft, 2016-10-25) How Valuable is Your Healthcare...

Release Date: 4 Nov 2016 1417 Views

HKCERT Security Newsletter (November 2016 Issue)

Cover Story Hong Kong Security Watch Report (Q3 2016) Several online stores in Hong Kong vulnerable to credit card fraud Large websites attacked by massive DDoS from Internet-enabled devices (IoT devices) More than half of Android devices are vulnerable...

Release Date: 1 Nov 2016 1580 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (28 Oct 2016)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (28 Oct 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. 網絡設備易洩私隱成黑客工具 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2016-10-21, Chinese) Who to Blame for the Attack on the Internet (2016-10-23, Fortune) ...

Release Date: 28 Oct 2016 1609 Views

Large websites attacked by massive DDoS from Internet-enabled devices (IoT devices)

At the last weekend (21 Oct) many large websites such as Twitter, PayPal, Amazon etc. could not be accessed due to their DNS provider Dyn being attacked. From the study of security firm Flashpoint, a vast amount of vulnerable Internet-enabled, ...

Release Date: 24 Oct 2016 4275 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (20 Oct 2016)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (20 Oct 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. 多重措施保「密」防暴力解「碼」 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2016-10-14, Chinese) Heightened DDoS Threat Posed by Mirai and Other Botnets (US-CERT, 2016-...

Release Date: 20 Oct 2016 1565 Views

Several online stores in Hong Kong vulnerable to credit card fraud

HKCERT is aware that a security researcher has recently disclosed a study: 5900 online stores found skimming (read it here). The study described technique used by cybercriminals to intercept payment data on vulnerable websites. In the study, a list of about 5,900 online...

Release Date: 18 Oct 2016 2402 Views

The banking trojan – Acecard

Acecard Malware is continuously evolving. The first version of Acecard, an Android banking trojan, was detected in Feb 2014. Afterwards, its family registered more than 10 new versions of the malware, each with a far longer list of malicious functions than the previous...

Release Date: 18 Oct 2016 2971 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (14 Oct 2016)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (14 Oct 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. 正當網站掩飾「域名屏蔽」攻擊難防 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2016-10-07, Chinese) NSA could put undetectable “trapdoors” in millions of crypto keys (Ars Technica...

Release Date: 14 Oct 2016 1600 Views