Favourite Security Reads of the Week (8 August 2014)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (8 August 2014)

"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. Security Awareness Tip of The Day (SAN, 8 August 2014)
2. SynoLocker: A New Ransomware Targeting Synology Devices (OpenDNS, 4 August 2014)
   
   • [Editor: You may refer to HKCERT security bulletin - SynoLocker Ransomware Affecting Synology DiskStation] 
3. Bad passwords on PoS terminals lead to card stealing Backoff malware (Naked Security, 3 August 2014)
   • [Editor: You may refer to HKCERT Security Blog - Point of Sale (POS) Systems' Servers in Hong Kong Likely Infected by Malware]
4. New GameOver Zeus Variant Generates 1,000 Domains Daily (Threatpost, 31 July 2014)
   •  [Editor: You may refer to HKCERT Security Blog - GameOver Zeus Botnet Detection and Cleanup in Hong Kong]
5. Most USB thumb drives can be reprogrammed to silently infect computers (CIO,  31 July 2014)