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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (12 Oct 2012)

  "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...
Release Date: 12 Oct 2012 2558 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (5 Oct 2012)

  "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.     1. Google Warning about New State Sponsored Attacks  (The Hacker News, 4 Oct 2012)   2. APTs Target Mac Users (eSecurity Planet, 3 Oct 2012)   3. Mobile devices are the new frontier for botnets and DDoS attacks (PCWorld, 3 Oct 2012)   4. DataGenetics:四位数密码的安全研究 (中文互联网数据研究资讯互联网中心, 30 Sep 2012, Chinese)   5. Ransomware - would you pay up? (Naked Security, 25 Sep 2012...
Release Date: 5 Oct 2012 2370 Views

HKCERT Security Newsletter (October 2012 Issue)

October 2012 Issue of Security Newsletter is available now: /my_url/en/newsletter/1210 Response to attacks targeting to -day vulnerability of web browsers Favourite Security Reads of the Month Upcoming Event: Seminar: Combating Cyber Attack and Implementing Security Measures ...
Release Date: 3 Oct 2012 2222 Views

Dialer vulnerability exists in some Android phones could lead to data damage

In the security conference "Ekoparty 2012", Ravi Borgaonkar demonstrated a security flaw in Android smartphone. This flaw could lead to remote wiping of device or data damage of SIM card.   Ravi demonstrated the vulnerability of default Dialer application, which received and automatically executed USSD codes...
Release Date: 28 Sep 2012 7977 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (28 Sep 2012)

  "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...
Release Date: 28 Sep 2012 2487 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (21 Sep 2012)

  "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.     1. 研究人員利用NFC駭進Android手機 (iThome online, 20 Sep 2012, Chinese)   2. Internet Explorer Users: Please Read This (Krebs on Security , 18 Sep 2012)  [Editor: You can refer to this HKCERT blog...
Release Date: 21 Sep 2012 2262 Views

Response to attacks targeting to 0-day vulnerability of web browsers

Web browser is our essential software in daily Internet browsing. Exploiting web browser vulnerability is one of the most commonly used methods by cyber criminals. Security vulnerabilities have been identified in some mainstream web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and...
Release Date: 20 Sep 2012 3787 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (14 Sep 2012)

  "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.     1. Defending Against Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks—New Series (Securosis, 12 Sep 2012)   2. 10 Ways Developers Put Databases At Risk (Dark Reading, 12 Sep 2012)   3. 「取消訂閱留言和讚」就能讓 Facebook 中的陌生人無法得知你的生活與近況? (海芋小站, 8 Sep 2012, Chinese)   4.  The History of SPAM (Glove...
Release Date: 14 Sep 2012 2423 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (7 Sep 2012)

  "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.     1. Honeypot reveals mass surveillance of BitTorrent downloaders (Naked Security, 6 Sep 2012)   2. Does the Windows logon password protect your data? (PC World, 6 Sep 2012)   3. 《Java 零時差漏洞攻擊》Nitro攻擊活動和Java零時差攻擊 (雲端運算與網路安全趨勢, 5 Sep 2012, Chinese)       [Editor: You can refer to this HKCERT blog on...
Release Date: 7 Sep 2012 2431 Views

HKCERT Security Newsletter (September 2012 Issue)

September 2012 Issue of Security Newsletter is available now: /my_url/en/newsletter/1209   Risk Implications of Push Advertisement in Android System Safeguard your phone from Push Ad Favourite Security Reads of the Month Past Event: Collaborate to Win – Build a...
Release Date: 1 Sep 2012 2487 Views