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Taking Security Best Practice During Festive Season

Heading to the year's end means that most people would plan their long holidays to gather with families and friends, buy new goods, or travel abroad. Online services have become more and more popular. We should stay vigilant on cyber security risks during the...

Release Date: 8 Dec 2023 235 Views

Raise Public Awareness of Cyber Security: Guard against Risks of Unknown WhatsApp Video Calls

With the advancement of technology, cyber security has become an important issue that cannot be ignored in our lives. Cyber-attacks have become increasingly sophisticated. Some citizens have reported to the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) that they have received...

Release Date: 7 Nov 2023 3103 Views

Protecting Critical Infrastructures: IT/OT Convergence vs MITM Attacks

As more industrial systems connect to the Internet, there is an increasing prevalence of the convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT). While the benefits of this convergence are numerous and include increased productivity and efficiency, it also brings new cyber security...

Release Date: 2 Nov 2023 2837 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (13 Jul 2012)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (13 Jul 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...

Release Date: 13 Jul 2012 2669 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (6 Jul 2012)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (6 Jul 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 hkcert...

Release Date: 6 Jul 2012 2676 Views

HKCERT Security Newsletter (July 2012 Issue)

July 2012 Issue of Security Newsletter is available now: /my_url/en/newsletter/1207 HKCERT Strategic Plan (2012-2015) Count Down to D-day (Jul-9) for DNSChanger Victims Security is not an island – a brief summary...

Release Date: 3 Jul 2012 2644 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (29 Jun 2012)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (29 Jun 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...

Release Date: 29 Jun 2012 3019 Views

Phishing email - Utilized a [ DNSChanger Malware Warning ]

HKCERT received an incident report related to a phishing email today. The phishing email utilized a press release from Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) sent out on 27 June 2012 for reminding businesses and members of the public to check their computers for DNSChanger infection. The...

Release Date: 28 Jun 2012 4071 Views

Count Down to D-day (Jul-9) for DNSChanger Victims

Do you remember the DNSChanger malware? The DNSChanger malware infected 4 million computers around the world. The criminals behind DNS Changer altered the domain name server settings of the infected computers or broadband routers to point to attacker owned domain name server. It causes the victims to...

Release Date: 27 Jun 2012 10336 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (22 Jun 2012)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (22 Jun 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 hkcert@hkcert....

Release Date: 22 Jun 2012 3168 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (15 Jun 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 hkcer[email protected]. Below is the Favourite Security Reads of this...

Release Date: 14 Jun 2012 2935 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (8 Jun 2012)

HKCERT is launching a new blog column "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...

Release Date: 8 Jun 2012 2804 Views

Change your LinkedIn password immediately

Reportedly around 6.5 million LinkedIn password hashes were leaked and posted on a Russian web site. LinkedIn has confirmed that some of the passwords were compromised and their security team is still investigating the root cause. Although the password hashes file do not include the corresponding...

Release Date: 7 Jun 2012 2899 Views