Video on Watch out for New Ransomware (Chinese only)
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 attacks through phishing email campaigns. An infected computer would try to infect other machines in the local network quietly for up to an hour before rebooting to display the ransom notice. It would attack computers with an unpatched Microsoft Windows vulnerability, first discovered in the WannaCry attacks. Also, machines in the local network that the infected computer has domain administrative rights over would be commanded to install the ransomware.
As of 5pm today, HKCERT has not received any local reports of the ransomware. However, it has earlier issued a security alert to urge computer users to take the following remedial and preventive measures:
The public may learn more details about the new variant ransomware security alert from HKCERT website For incidents reporting or enquiries, please contact the HKCERT hotline at tel: (852) 8105 6060, or email: hkcert@hkcert.org. For other media enquiries, please contact Justina Shum at tel. (852) 2788 5895 or email: justina@hkpc.org.
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Mr Jonathan Ho
General Manager
Corporate Communication
Tel: (852) 2788 6390
Fax: (852) 2788 5056
Email: jonathanho@hkpc.org
Website: www.hkpc.org
28 June 2017
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