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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (10 May 2013)
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....
Release Date: 10 May 2013
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Critical flaw in Viber for Android allows bypassing lock screen
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...
Release Date: 8 May 2013
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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (3 May 2013)
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...
Release Date: 3 May 2013
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HKCERT Security Newsletter (May 2013 Issue)
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 ...
Release Date: 2 May 2013
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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (26 Apr 2013)
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....
Release Date: 26 Apr 2013
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32 malware apps are pulled by Google
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...
Release Date: 25 Apr 2013
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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (19 Apr 2013)
Favourite Security Reads of the Week (19 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....
Release Date: 19 Apr 2013
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Massive attack targeting weak password in WordPress
An organized massive "brute force" password attack attempting to break in, user account of WordPress websites. The attack used a database of common user names and passwords to conduct "brute force" password attack. The following are some related articles: WordPress blogs and...
Release Date: 16 Apr 2013
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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (12 Apr 2013)
Favourite Security Reads of the Week (12 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....
Release Date: 12 Apr 2013
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Favourite Security Reads of the Week (5 Apr 2013)
Favourite Security Reads of the Week (5 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@...
Release Date: 5 Apr 2013
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