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  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (31 May 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 [email protected].    Below is the Favourite Security Reads of this Week.   1.Social media privacy explained - In plain English (NakedSecurity, 29 May 2013)   2.自己的密碼夠強固嗎？ 駭客1小時內破解16字元密碼 (網絡資訊, 29 May 2013, Chinese)   3.Public Cloud: Risky Business? Or Pragmatic Approach? (SecurityWeek, ...

HKCERT keeps updating the security guidelines to keep up with the trend of security development. This issue of security guidelines is divided into two parts, IPv6 Security Guideline for Home User and IPv6 Security Guideline for Business User.   As IPv4 address allocation have already exhausted, the...

      Favourite Security Reads of the Week (24 May 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@...

   Favourite Security Reads of the Week (16 May 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 (10 May 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 [email protected].    Below is the Favourite Security Reads of this Week.   1.How the Syrian Electronic Army Hacked The Onion (Onion Inc.'s Tech Blog,8 May 2013)   2.Smart phone as a security breach to our private lives. (Total Defense,07 May 2013)    [Editor: You can refer to this latest HKCERT blog Critical flaw in Viber for Android allows bypassing lock screen]   3.企業網銀騙案飈 (經濟日報,05 May 2013, Chinese)   4.Who Really Owns Your Website? “Please Stop Hotlinking My Easing Script — Use a Real CDN Instead.”    (Sucuri Blog,03 May 2013)   5....

  Recently, researchers have identified a serious security vulnerability in Viber for Android. The vulnerability can be exploited without special techniques to bypass the Android lock screen by simply sending messages to victim’s handset. Once the lock screen is unlocked, the attacker can have...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (3 May 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...

May 2013 Issue of Security Newsletter is available now: /my_url/en/newsletter/1305   Cover Story Massive attack targeting weak password in WordPress   Hot Topic 32 malware apps are pulled by Google Guideline of Mobile Security Favourite Security Reads of the Month   ...

  Favourite Security Reads of the Week (26 Apr 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....

  Google pulled 32 malicious apps and suspended 4 associated developer accounts on 19-Apr 2013. These 32 malicious apps were distributed in different categories, like games, wallpaper, reference, and tools. The Apps were mainly in English or Russian. Large number of...