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GovCERT.HK Weekly IT Security News Bulletin
2020-W27 (29 June 2020 – 5 July 2020) - Doubled remote desktop brute-forcing in pandemic lockdown - Concern for Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate security risks
2020-W26 (22 June 2020 – 28 June 2020) - Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey - Printers exposed on the Internet
2020-W25 (15 June 2020 – 21 June 2020) - Web skimming on international retail chains - Protect your domain
2020-W24 (8 June 2020 – 14 June 2020) - Proven SMB exploitations of Windows systems - New Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) vulnerability
2020-W23 (1 June 2020 – 7 June 2020) - Mind drive-by-downloads when browsing - Seizure of a whole cloud infrastructure enabled by an injection vulnerability
2020-W22 (25 May 2020 – 31 May 2020) - RangeAmp attacks on websites and CDN servers - 2020 DevSecOps Survey
2020-W21 (18 May 2020 – 24 May 2020) - Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices subject to man-in-the-middle attacks - Leaving employees or contractors involved in 60% of insider incidents - New Domain Name System (DNS) vulnerability leading to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks
2020-W20 (11 May 2020 – 17 May 2020) - Secure WordPress websites against plugin vulnerabilities - 香港企業網絡保安仍有待改善
2020-W19 (4 May 2020 – 10 May 2020) - CursedChrome as a proof-of-concept malicious browser extension - A look into the effectiveness of cyber security investments
2020-W18 (27 April 2020 – 3 May 2020) - Formjacking as a threat to online shopping - Android-based malware evolved for mobile ransomware attacks - Zero-click bugs on Apple operating systems
2020-W17 (20 April 2020 – 26 April 2020) - Secure software with machine learning - Remote desktop access subject to Dynamic Link Library (DLL) side-loading attacks
2020-W16 (13 April 2020 – 19 April 2020) - Common threats to cloud security - Additional cyber risks for Work from Home
2020-W15 (6 April 2020 – 12 April 2020) - Cyber criminals hidden behind SSL certificates - How xHelper Trojan stays immortal on Android devices
2020-W14 (30 March 2020 – 5 April 2020) - A giant hotel chain’s another big data breach within two years - Remote access Trojan spread across industries through the supply chain
2020-W13 (23 March 2020 – 29 March 2020) - Proliferation of hacking tools against industrial control systems - Mobile malware targeting Hong Kong iOS users
2020-W12 (16 March 2020 – 22 March 2020) - Ransomware deployment trends - Mind the risks of virtual meetings
2020-W11 (9 March 2020 – 15 March 2020) - Time to deploy multi-factor authentication - Conficker revives on Internet of Things
2020-W10 (2 March 2020 – 8 March 2020) - SurfingAttack: exploitation of mobile phones by ultrasound across tables - Robot vacuum cleaners may leave consumers’ privacy at risk
2020-W09 (24 February 2020 – 1 March 2020) - Be ready for handling a data breach - Recommended use of longer passwords
2020-W08 (17 February 2020 – 23 February 2020) - Firmware security for peripheral devices - Credential stuffing attacks on application programming interfaces (APIs)
2020-W07 (10 February 2020 – 16 February 2020) - Google Chrome stops Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) downloads - Potential distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks from 12,000 servers
2020-W06 (3 February 2020 – 9 February 2020) - Know what Internet of Things (IoT) devices are connected to your network - Mitigating cloud vulnerabilities
2020-W05 (27 January 2020 – 2 February 2020) - Strong data privacy practices make profit - Implementation faults lead to vulnerable LoRaWAN networks
2020-W04 (20 January 2020 – 26 January 2020) - FTCODE Ransomware upgraded to steal credentials - Underground markets selling access to managed service providers
2020-W03 (13 January 2020 – 19 January 2020) - Mind juice jacking on your mobile devices - Top 10 API security risks
2020-W02 (6 January 2020 – 12 January 2020) - Cyber-attacks on smart cars - SNAKE is the next ransomware to fight against
2020-W01 (30 December 2019 – 5 January 2020) - Official email server compromised for phishing attacks - Exposure of an API key

GovCERT.HK Weekly IT Security News Bulletin