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APCERT Cyber Drill 2019 "Catastrophic Silent Draining in Enterprise Network"
The Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) previously (31 Jul 2019) successfully completed its annual drill to test the response capabilities of leading Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRT/CERTs) within the Asia Pacific economies. The theme of this year’...
Release Date: 7 Aug 2019
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HKCERT Urges Microsoft Windows Users to Patch up RDS Vulnerability
(Hong Kong, 23 May 2019) In light of Microsoft’s earlier discovery of a vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Services (RDS) of the Windows system, the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) of the Hong Kong Productivity Council...
Release Date: 23 May 2019
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Press Statement from HKPC's Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (Chinese only)
Please refer to the Chinese version of the press statement. (Link here)
Release Date: 8 May 2019
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HKCERT Annual Report 2018
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Release Date: 3 Apr 2019
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HKPC Urges Enterprises to Adopt "Security by Design" to Sharpen IT Security
The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) today urged enterprises to adopt “security by design” in IT security to stem data breaches and fend off cyber attacks targeting personal and financial data. HKPC issued the advice after its Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination...
Release Date: 22 Jan 2019
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HKCERT Annual Report 2017
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Release Date: 31 Jul 2018
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APCERT Cyber Drill 2018 "Data Breach via Malware on IoT"
The Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) today (7 Mar 2018) has successfully completed its annual drill to test the response capabilities of leading Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRT) within the Asia Pacific economies. For the fifth time, APCERT involved...
Release Date: 8 Mar 2018
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HKPC Warns of More Financially-Motivated Cyber Attacks in 2018
With the growing trend of financially-motivated cyber crimes, information security experts at the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) today (18 January 2018) urged enterprises and the public to strengthen their defence against ransom-based cyber attacks.
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Release Date: 18 Jan 2018
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HKCERT and GovCERT.HK Take to Social Media in Fight Against Ransomware
To combat worsening ransomware cyber attacks, the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) of the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) and the Government Computer Emergency Response Team Hong Kong (GovCERT.HK) of the Office of the Government Chief Information...
Release Date: 5 Sep 2017
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HKCERT: Watch out for New Ransomware
In light of the new ransomware attacks on computer users across the world, the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) of the Hong Kong Productivity Council today (28 June 2017) urged the public to be vigilant. Cyber criminals have launched the...
Release Date: 28 Jun 2017
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