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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (27 Jan 2017)
Favourite Security Reads of the Week (27 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. 「雪崩」網絡攻擊 港亦受累 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-01-25, Chinese) Innovation and exploitation fuel DDoS attack landscape (Help Net Security, 2017-01-25) Privacy Commissioner...
Release Date: 27 Jan 2017
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Be aware of DDoS extortion
HKCERT was aware that the DD4BC (Distributed Denial of Service for Bitcoin) attacks targeting SME were back to Hong Kong in Jan 2017. To minimize the potential security risk, user should take proactive actions to protect their IT systems. What happened? Recently some...
Release Date: 26 Jan 2017
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Be aware of ransomware targeting NoSQL Databases
Be aware of ransomware targeting NoSQL Databases HKCERT was aware that a rising trend of ransomware attack targeting publicly accessible NoSQL Databases in Jan 2017. To minimize the potential security risk, user should take proactive actions for these online Databases. What happened? Recently a cyber...
Release Date: 20 Jan 2017
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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (20 Jan 2017)
Favourite Security Reads of the Week (20 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. 了解來電攔截App 免私隱外洩 (Written by HKCERT on Hong Kong Economic Times, 2017-01-13, Chinese) Imminent: Non-HTTPS Sites Labeled “Not Secure” by Chrome (Wordfence, 2017-01...
Release Date: 20 Jan 2017
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HKPC Warns of Rising Trend of Cybercrime-as-a-Service
With the growing trend of “cybercrime-as-a-service”, information security experts at the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) today (16 January 2017) urged enterprises and the public to strengthen their guard against a surge in attacks from ransomware, and...
Release Date: 16 Jan 2017
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Visbot infected HK websites notified risk of credit card data leakage, and release of Magento security guide
In Dec 2016, a Dutch information security researcher (gwillem.gitlab.io) has released a research report on websites installed with Magento, a popular eCommerce application for online transaction, infected with ‘Visbot’ malware. The researcher warned vulnerable Magento websites injected with...
Release Date: 16 Jan 2017
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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (13 Jan 2017)
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...
Release Date: 13 Jan 2017
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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (6 Jan 2017)
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....
Release Date: 6 Jan 2017
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HKCERT Security Newsletter (January 2017 Issue)
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...
Release Date: 3 Jan 2017
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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (30 Dec 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)
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Release Date: 30 Dec 2016
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