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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (31 Oct 2014)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (31 Oct 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 hkcert@...

Release Date: 31 Oct 2014 1358 Views

Review of the "Operation Hong Kong" Cyber Attack Campaign

The most extensive cyber attack in Hong Kong From October 1 to the end of October, an international hacker group "Anonymous" has declared a cyber attack campaign called Operation Hong Kong (OpHongKong) against Hong Kong websites. It was the most extensive...

Release Date: 30 Oct 2014 2495 Views

Hong Kong Google Play Store's Apps Security Risk Report (October 2014)

Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team (HKCERT) Coordination Centre cooperates with the National Institute of Network and Information Security (NINIS) for detecting malicious and suspicious behaviors of Apps from the Google Play Store, in order to study the security risk of apps in the Google Play Store in Hong Kong area. NINIS provides us analyzed result, and we collate the detection result and publish security alerts to the public. In the report of October, we have downloaded 133 apps from Play Store, where 7 apps have been identified as high risk. 2 of them were removed from Play Store (on or before 24-Oct). The detail of report is shown as follow. Target scope Top 50 Free Applications in Hong Kong area Top 50 New Free Applications in Hong Kong area Top 50 Free Games in Hong Kong area Top 50 New Free Games in Hong Kong area Scanned Apps Successful downloaded and scanned: 133 apps Unable to download via the system: 67 apps Downloaded date: 5-October 2014 List of the downloaded apps: "Appendix 1" [download] Analysis Overview In this analysis, 133 apps were scanned for bad behaviors. Based on the level of security threat, the apps were divided into 2 categories: apps with malicious and apps with suspicious behaviors. Malicious behavior refers to apps having malicious purpose explicitly, which could cause direct harm to systems and users' interests. Suspicious behavior refers to apps having behavior, which could cause direct harm to systems and users' interests, but no malicious behavior can be explicitly identified. 1. Scanning Result Among the 133 scanned apps, 7 apps were identified as security high risk. These 6 Apps were identified with the following high risk behavior signatures Android.B.Gen, Android.Adware.SmsReg, Android.Adware.Kuguo, Android.Adware.Domob, Android.Dowgin, etc. List of security high risk apps Application High risk behavior signature / Ad plug-in Malware detection ratio by VirusTotal Status # 1) 千寻影视 (v2.3.9) Category: Top Free App Installs: >250,000 High risk behavior description: obtain SIM serial number, obtain SIM status, read phone number, connect to the Internet, call camera...

Release Date: 29 Oct 2014 2681 Views

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (24 Oct 2014)

Favourite Security Reads of the Week (24 Oct 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 hkcert@...

Release Date: 24 Oct 2014 1712 Views

Information Security Status Report -- Attacks Targeting Hong Kong (2014-10-22)