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  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (15 Nov 2013)   "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....

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (08 Nov 2013)   "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....

       With a surge in targeted attacks, Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) today (8 November 2013) conducted a territory-wide drill to raise the readiness of local critical Internet infrastructure providers and mobile network operators against such...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (01 Nov 2013)   "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....

November 2013 Issue of Security Newsletter is available now: /my_url/en/newsletter/1311   Cover Story Stay Alert for Ransom-ware "CryptoLocker" Near Field Communication Security Guidelines Hot Story Hong Kong Google Play Store's Apps Security Risk Report...

Near Field Communication (NFC), the name often appears in smartphone. Many electronic devices such as speakers and Bluetooth headsets also support NFC communication. In fact, NFC technology has been used since 1997 in Hong Kong in a popular payment service – the Octopus. Most...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (25 Oct 2013)   "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....

  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 180 apps from Play Store, where 11 apps have been identified as high risk. 8 of them were removed from Play Store (on or before 25-October). 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: 180 apps Unable to download via the system: 20 apps Downloaded date: 7-October 2013 List of the downloaded apps: "Appendix 1" [download]   Analysis Overview   In this analysis, 180 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 behavior pose malicious level of security risk, which can be identified explicitly, that causes security threat to users. Suspicious behavior refers to apps behavior pose certain level of security risk, but no malicious behavior can be explicitly identified.   1. Scanning Result   Among the 180 scanned apps, 11 apps were identified as security high risk. These 11 Apps were identified with the following high risk behavior signatures, Android.Adware.Adwo, Android.Adware.Plankton, Android.Trojan.Generic, Android.Adware.Apperhand, Android.Adware.AirPush, ApplicUnwnt, Android.Adware.Kuguo, Android.Adware.Wapsx, Android.Adware.InMobiAds, Android.AdWare.AdMogo, Android.AdWare.Leadbolt, and Android.AdWare.MobWin.   List of security high risk apps   Application High risk behavior signature / Ad plug-in Malware detection ratio by VirusTotal Status # 1. 我是谁-背影猜猜猜(横扫疯狂猜歌，疯狂猜图，疯狂猜成语) v1..2 Category: Top Free Game Installs: 50,000-250,000 ...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (18 Oct 2013)   "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....

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (11 Oct 2013)   "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....