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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (22 Sep 2017)

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (22 Sep 2017) .   "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 Sep 2017 1664 Views

Buying and installing tips for Smart Device

In recent years, Internet and things (IoT) device usage grows rapidly, There are reports that expect the related devices will grow to about 21 billion in 2020, and will exceed the number of personal computers very soon. In last year, hackers noticed that...
Release Date: 18 Sep 2017 2733 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (15 Sep 2017)

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (15 Sep 2017) .   "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.   兩電腦保安中心 聯手抗勒索軟件 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-09-08, Chinese) Critical Security Flaw Leaves 65% of Fortune 100 Firms Vulnerable (LIFARS, 2017-09...
Release Date: 15 Sep 2017 1544 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (8 Sep 2017)

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (8 Sep 2017) .   "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.   即時通訊軟件存風險 勿傳私隱 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-09-01, Chinese) 啟動拒絕網上追蹤功能 保私隱 (Written by HKCERT on...
Release Date: 8 Sep 2017 1697 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...
Release Date: 5 Sep 2017 2465 Views

Change your recruitment website cpjobs.com account password immediately

Yesterday (2/9), a recruitment website cpjobs.com made a statement to the users, said on August 28 and 30, their site was attacked twice and hackers stole the user information and account password. HKCERT advises affected users to change passwords immediately in...
Release Date: 3 Sep 2017 2721 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (1 Sep 2017)

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (1 Sep 2017) .   "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: 1 Sep 2017 1625 Views

HKCERT Security Newsletter (September 2017 Issue)

  Cover Story Be careful new suspected malicious program spreading via Facebook Messenger Stay tuned to "Fight Ransomware" campaign Using mobile app to read HKCERT security alerts Mirai IoT botnet Cleanup and Prevention Hot Topic Hong Kong Google Play Store...
Release Date: 1 Sep 2017 1542 Views

Using mobile app to read HKCERT security alerts

As our iOS mobile app has reached its end in service and will be removed from Apple's App Store in early September, for iOS users to continue to read our security alerts, you are suggested to use GovHK Notification App, which can be downloaded at...
Release Date: 31 Aug 2017 2270 Views

Be careful new suspected malicious program spreading via Facebook Messenger

We noticed that a suspected malicious program is widely spreading via Facebook Messenger, when you receive the message contains "David Video" and a short URL you have to be careful, it may be a malicious program Web site.   Image Source: Kaspersky Labs   When...
Release Date: 25 Aug 2017 3051 Views