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  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (13 Jan 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.   勒索軟件新手法 藉網站廣告犯案 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-01-06, Chinese) 即時通訊程式 端對端加密保私隱 (Written by...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (6 Jan 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....

  Cover Story HK Victims Reported in Global Takedown of "Avalanche" Cybercrime Hosting Platform Be aware of "Ghost Push" Mobile Malware Another Yahoo Data Breach Hot Topic Hong Kong Google Play Store's Apps Security Risk Report (December 2016...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (30 Dec 2016) .   "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.   網購高峰期　勿令商機變危機 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2016-12-23, Chinese) PHPMailer Bug Leaves Millions of Websites Open to Attack (Threatpost, 2016-12-27) ...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (23 Dec 2016) .   "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.   木馬程式變種 誘自拍盜資料 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2016-12-16, Chinese) 核實優惠信息 防墮釣魚陷阱 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong...

On December 14, Yahoo confirmed a data breach happened in August 2013, one billion user accounts were affected. The stolen user account information may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (using MD5) and, in...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (16 Dec 2016) .   "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.   More Warnings on Security in Implantable Medical Devices (The Security Ledger, 2016-12-15) Three Misconceptions about Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks, Debunked (ProofPoint, 2016-12-02) Oldest Internet Scam — How to Avoid It (WhoIsHostingThis.com, 2016-12-05) Adobe Flash Player flaws remain the most used by Exploit Kits (Security Affairs, 2016-12-06) 認識殭屍網絡　避免成為犯罪工具之一 (Lapcom, 2016-12-06, Chinese)

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (9 Dec 2016) .   "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.   唱K神器App存保安風險 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2016-12-02, Chinese) Sony kills off secret backdoor in 80 internet-connected CCTV models (The Register, 2016-12-06...

 HKCERT is aware that a security vendor disclosed a malware campaign called Gooligan, which is a variant of “Ghost Push” mobile malware discovered in 2015. Cybercriminals made use of Ghost Push to download other mobile apps in the infected device for monetization. This Gooligan...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (2 Dec 2016) .   "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.   木馬程式活躍 電腦病毒傳播力強 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2016-11-25, Chinese) Internet outage in Germany blamed on failed botnet attack (CNET, 2016-11-29...