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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...

    "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. Building Secure Web Applications Infographic (VERACODE Blog, 5 June 2012) 2. 談OWASP十大雲端服務的資安風險 (蔡一郎的部落格, July 2012, Chinese) 3. 5 Systems You're Forgetting To Patch (Security Dark Reading, 14 Aug 2012) 4. 5...

In the previous article "Risk Implications of Push Ad in Android system", we have analyzed the security problems brought by "push ad". We may try the following measures to solve the problems.   1. Use official app stores   According to reports from different sources...

A new Oracle Java -day (No patches) vulnerability (CVE-2012-4681) was found to affect the Java 7 (1.7) update -6 version and the attack code for this vulnerability has been publicly. The attack mainly focused on...

   "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...

 Push Advertisement (Push Ad)  Recently, Android users reported that they have received some unknown advertisements on the notification bar. After investigation, this is known as "push ad" (advertisement) which prompts on an irregular basis notification message, such as text ad...

    "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. 利益驅動手機病毒業“抱團” 斬斷黑色鏈條當形成合力 (CNCERT, 15 Aug 2012, Simplified Chinese)   2. How to Protect Your Social Network Accounts from Hackers (PCWorld, 14...

Blizzard Entertainment, a popular online game company in Hong Kong had issued a notice on the official website. Their security team discovered unauthorized and illegal access to Blizzard's internal network. According to their information, there is not yet any evidence that financial information (...

    Favourite Security Reads of the Week (10 Aug 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. 小心，夾帶惡意連結的臉書通知信在第二季暴增 (iThome online, 27 Jul 2012, chinese )   2. BYOD: Organizations Question Risk vs Benefit (Microsoft Security Blog,  2 Aug 2012 )   ...

      Favourite Security Reads of the Week (3 Aug 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. How to protect yourself from Java-based malware (Microsoft Malware Protection Center,  25 Jul 2012 )   2. Black Hat hacker lays waste to Android and Meego using NFC exploits (ExtremeTech,  26 July 2012 )   3. Five-minute Facebook security checkup  (CNET News,  27 July 2012 )   4. 密碼查得到就不是密碼了 (高登工作室,  28 Jul 2012, Chinese)   5. Scope Of APTs More Widespread Than Thought (Dark Reading, 2 Aug, 2012)