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HKCERT and Microsoft Hong Kong Launch City's First Healthcare Cyber Security Watch Programme
In recent years, the HKSAR Government has advocated the use of innovative technology to enhance the services of the Hong Kong healthcare system to support the development of Smart City. These include setting up a big data analytics platform to facilitate healthcare-related research, adopting a...
13 Dec 2019 2371 Views
APCERT Cyber Drill 2019 "Catastrophic Silent Draining in Enterprise Network"
The Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) previously (31 Jul 2019) successfully completed its annual drill to test the response capabilities of leading Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRT/CERTs) within the Asia Pacific economies. The theme of this year’...
7 Aug 2019 2723 Views
HKCERT Urges Microsoft Windows Users to Patch up RDS Vulnerability
(Hong Kong, 23 May 2019) In light of Microsoft’s earlier discovery of a vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Services (RDS) of the Windows system, the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) of the Hong Kong Productivity Council...
23 May 2019 1583 Views
Press Statement from HKPC's Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (Chinese only)
Please refer to the Chinese version of the press statement. (Link here)
8 May 2019 1451 Views
HKCERT Annual Report 2018
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3 Apr 2019 1593 Views
HKPC Urges Enterprises to Adopt "Security by Design" to Sharpen IT Security
The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) today urged enterprises to adopt “security by design” in IT security to stem data breaches and fend off cyber attacks targeting personal and financial data. HKPC issued the advice after its Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination...
22 Jan 2019 2357 Views
HKCERT Annual Report 2017
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31 Jul 2018 1766 Views
APCERT Cyber Drill 2018 "Data Breach via Malware on IoT"
The Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) today (7 Mar 2018) has successfully completed its annual drill to test the response capabilities of leading Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRT) within the Asia Pacific economies. For the fifth time, APCERT involved...
8 Mar 2018 2588 Views
HKPC Warns of More Financially-Motivated Cyber Attacks in 2018
With the growing trend of financially-motivated cyber crimes, information security experts at the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) today (18 January 2018) urged enterprises and the public to strengthen their defence against ransom-based cyber attacks.
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18 Jan 2018 3535 Views
HKCERT and GovCERT.HK Take to Social Media in Fight Against Ransomware
To combat worsening ransomware cyber attacks, the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) of the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) and the Government Computer Emergency Response Team Hong Kong (GovCERT.HK) of the Office of the Government Chief Information...
5 Sep 2017 2344 Views