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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (26 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...
Release Date: 26 Oct 2012 2514 Views

What if you lose your iPhone? Use of "Find my iPhone" service

  The recent hot topic should be the latest release of Apple iPhone 5 and iOS 6 platform update. What are the new features of iOS 6? I believe you had already heard a lot of information from different media. Today, I would like to...
Release Date: 26 Oct 2012 4576 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (19 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: 19 Oct 2012 2611 Views

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 2614 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 2432 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 2276 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 8177 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 2572 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 2350 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 3880 Views