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Do we need to worry about the `Flame´ malware?

Flame, also named Flamer and SkyWiper, has widely captured the media attention as it is believed that the malware is related to cyber warfare among nation states. Upon the analysis of the malware, it has low impact to the general public in Hong Kong.   What...
Release Date: 1 Jun 2012 3908 Views

HKCERT launching its Mobile Apps

HKCERT mobile app is now available on both Apple Apps Store and Google Play.  The app offers user one more way to access the latest security information through their mobile devices on the road.      Features Access latest security bulletins and blogs issued by HKCERT anytime and ...
Release Date: 31 May 2012 2829 Views

HKCERT web site turns on IPv6 today

We are pleased to announce that our web site is now accessible over both IPv4 and IPv6. The content of the website is the same on both IPv4 and IPv6.   The World IPv6 Launch on 6 June 2012 is a major milestone in the evolution of the Internet...
Release Date: 31 May 2012 3145 Views

Hacker group claimed to launch cyber attacks against large corporations

International hacker groups (including Lulzsec, Anonymous, etc.) often launch cyber attacks against large corporations and government websites to deny user access or to steal the user information on the website. Is Hong Kong immune to these attack?   In early April of this year, ...
Release Date: 25 May 2012 3052 Views

A Milestone of HKCERT

The opening of the new HKCERT centre marks a milestone since our establishment in 2001. With more spaces and more funding support from the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer of the HKSAR, this centre will expand its service to handle smartphone and mobile device security incident...
Release Date: 26 Apr 2012 3381 Views

Flashback malware infecting hundreds of thousands of Mac computers

Once upon a time there was a myth like this “Mac OS is safe and does not need antivirus”.   Today this myth has been challenged by the “Flashback” malware. According to a Russian security antivirus product provider, “Flashback” malware had infected more than...
Release Date: 17 Apr 2012 4433 Views

Anonymous threatened to make Internet Blackout 31 March 2012

When you read this article, you do not need to be a fortune teller to “predict” if an Internet blackout really occurred on 31 March 2012. Our analysis was that Anonymous’ intention to blackout the Internet via DDoS attack to DNS root servers would not...
Release Date: 2 Apr 2012 4260 Views

Windows Remote Desktop Vulnerability may be used to spread worms

  Working exploits for a recent Windows vulnerability on Remote Desktop is publicly available on the Internet. This has lowered the technical hurdle for attackers to perform attacks. Some security researchers have warned that this vulnerability has potential to make a wide spreading worm. Users are...
Release Date: 20 Mar 2012 4755 Views

Impact of terminating the DNS server of DNSChanger

Recently, the Information Security News reported that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) would shut down those domain name servers (DNS - Note 1) associated with the DNSChanger Botnet on March 8. What is the impact of this incident...
Release Date: 29 Feb 2012 10904 Views

Review of Information Security Threats 2011

Over the year Information Security threats are continuously growing, we summarized and recapped it below. We can learn from the past and equipped ourselves to fight off the new challenge next year.New Dimension of Motivations of Cyber AttackSince 2005, the dominating motivation of cyber attacks...
Release Date: 3 Jan 2012 5710 Views