Security Blog

  Cover Story Personal Internet Service Account Security Management Guideline Upcoming Event SME Free Web Security Health Check Pilot Scheme   Want the newsletter delivered to your mailbox every month? Subscribe it here.

  Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team (HKCERT) Coordination Centre cooperates with the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team of China (CNCERT) for detecting malicious and suspicious behaviors of Apps from the Google Play Store, in order to study the security risk of apps in the Google Play Store in Hong Kong area. CNCERT provides us analyzed result, and we collate the detection result and publish security alerts to the public.   In the report of February, we have downloaded 171 apps from Play Store, where 5 apps have been identified as high risk. 1 of them were removed from Play Store (on or before 1-Mar). The detail of report is shown as follow.   Target scope Top 50 Free Applications in Hong Kong area Top 50 New Free Applications in Hong Kong area Top 50 Free Games in Hong Kong area Top 50 New Free Games in Hong Kong area   Scanned Apps Successful downloaded and scanned: 171 apps Unable to download via the system: 29 apps Downloaded date: 5-February 2016 List of the downloaded apps: "Appendix 1" [download]   Analysis Overview   In this analysis, 171 apps were scanned for bad behaviors. 5 apps were identified as security high risk. Based on the level of security threat, the following apps listed below are defined as high risk apps, which refers to apps having behavior, which could cause direct harm to systems and users' interests.   1. Scanning Result   List of security high risk apps   Application High risk behavior description Malware detection ratio by VirusTotal Status # 1) K3皇家梭哈(Showhand)   (v3.5.1) Category: New Free Game Installs: 10,000 - 50,000 obtain SIM operator name obtain SIM serial number obtain SIM status obtain geo-location information ...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (26 Feb 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 hkcert@hkcert....

To prevent your personal information stolen by hackers, account management is very important. Using a strong password can help to against brute force attack launched by hackers. However, nowadays, a strong password is not enough to protect your account from cyber criminals. HKCERT advises...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (19 Feb 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 hkcert@hkcert....

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (12 Feb 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 hkcert@hkcert...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (5 Feb 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 hkcert@hkcert....

  Cover Story HKPC Warns of Growing Cyber Attacks that Harvest Credentials for Profit Lessons learnt from VTech -- Is your website secure? Hong Kong Security Watch Report (Q4 2015) Hong Kong Networks Abused to Host More Than 22,000 Phishing URL...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (29 Jan 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 hkcert@hkcert....

[Press released on 20 Jan 2016] Enterprises and Internet users should strengthen their guard against an anticipated surge in cyber attacks targeting web servers, point of sale (POS) systems, and mobile devices; urged information security experts at the Hong Kong Productivity Council (...