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Malware "VPNFilter" Affecting Networking Devices Worldwide

 Image courtesy: Talos Security research group Talos has released a report on a potentially destructive malware called “VPNFilter”, which has infected at least 500,000 home routers and network-attached storage (NAS) devices in at least 54 countries [1].   According...
Release Date: 24 May 2018 5446 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (18 May 2018)

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (18 May 2018) .   "Favourite Security Reads of the Week", we share five news or articles that we like most during the week. 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.   善用NIST CSF框架 確保網絡安全 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2018-05-11, Chinese) How to save your home WiFi from weak signals and evil hackers (The Next Web, 2018-05...
Release Date: 18 May 2018 2800 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (11 May 2018)

 Favourite Security Reads of the Week (11 May 2018) .   "Favourite Security Reads of the Week", we share five news or articles that we like most during the week. 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.   釣魚網站攻擊 流動裝置更猖獗 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2018-05-04, Chinese) 3 tips to secure your connected home (The-Parallax, 2018-05-09) ...
Release Date: 11 May 2018 2609 Views

Change your Twitter account password immediately

On 3 May 2018, social media Twitter made a statement to their users, their system was found to store the users' passwords in an un-encrypted format (plain text) because of system bug. HKCERT advises all affected users to change their passwords immediately...
Release Date: 4 May 2018 3480 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (04 May 2018)

 Favourite Security Reads of the Week (04 May 2018) .   "Favourite Security Reads of the Week", we share five news or articles that we like most during the week. 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.   防禦網絡威脅 中小企須主動 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2018-04-27, Chinese) Securing Cloud Data: Role of Encryption in the Cloud (Secure Reading, 2018-05-01...
Release Date: 4 May 2018 2534 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (27 Apr 2018)

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (27 Apr 2018) .   "Favourite Security Reads of the Week", we share five news or articles that we like most during the week. 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.   歐盟資料保護新例 罰則高須正視 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2018-04-20, Chinese) The Risks of Bio-IoT (Trend Micro, 2018-04-25) Cybersecurity...
Release Date: 27 Apr 2018 2851 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (20 Apr 2018)

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (20 Apr 2018) .   "Favourite Security Reads of the Week", we share five news or articles that we like most during the week. We hope you will love this column and we welcome your comment via email to hkcert@...
Release Date: 20 Apr 2018 2138 Views

Beware Personal Information Abuse

HKCERT is aware that an Internet service provider has disclosed a server breach incident, which caused personal information including name, email address, correspondence address, telephone number, HKID number and thousands of credit card information as of 2012 leakage.   Intruder may abuse the leaked information...
Release Date: 18 Apr 2018 3173 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (13 Apr 2018)

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (13 Apr 2018) .   "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.   歐盟私隱新例 添港企保安壓力 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2018-04-06, Chinese) 提防fb應用程式 擅取個人私隱 (Written by HKCERT on...
Release Date: 13 Apr 2018 2477 Views

HKCERT Report "Understanding and Tackling Supply Chain Attack"

One of the five Potential Cyber Security Trends in 2018 named by HKCERT is Supply Chain Attack (see Press Release). For better defend our information assets, we should know more about it. Supply chain is moving resources from the producer into the hands of the final...
Release Date: 12 Apr 2018 2756 Views