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APCERT Cyber Drill 2020 "Banker Doubles Down on Miner"
The Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) recently (11 March 2020) successfully completed its annual drill to test the response capability of leading Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs/CERTs) within the Asia Pacific economies. The theme of this year’...
Release Date: 13 Mar 2020
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HKPC Urges for Greater Vigilance Against New Technologies-related Cyber Attacks
The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) today urged enterprises and the public to keep up their vigilance against an anticipated surge in cyber attacks arising from the use of new technologies such as AI, Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G communications, after its...
Release Date: 16 Jan 2020
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HKCERT and Microsoft Hong Kong Launch City's First Healthcare Cyber Security Watch Programme
In recent years, the HKSAR Government has advocated the use of innovative technology to enhance the services of the Hong Kong healthcare system to support the development of Smart City. These include setting up a big data analytics platform to facilitate healthcare-related research, adopting a...
Release Date: 13 Dec 2019
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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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