Facebook leaks 6 million users’ contact information
25 June, 2013Facebook has revealed that it inadvertently leaked the contact information of about six million of its users since last year.
NSA spy scandal recap: Snowden disappears; Europe unhappy with surveillance; Tech companies push back
18 June, 2013The recent exposure of the US National Security Agency’s (NSA) previously secret electronic surveillance program, PRISM, has triggered a glut of news stories around the globe over the last couple of weeks. Here’s a quick guide to the last week’s events.
IF Telecom leaks customer data; Google to drop US$1.3 billion on social mapping dev Waze
11 June, 2013Australian telco IF Telecom leaks customer details via a publicly accessible server, and Google is reportedly set to buy social mapping developer Waze for more than US$1 billion.
ASIO blueprints stolen by Chinese hackers - or were they?
03 June, 2013Adding even more ambiguity to the ASIO building blueprint hack story that first surfaced last week, Australian national security officials have denied reports that building plans for ASIO’s new headquarters were stolen by Chinese hackers.
US has evidence of Apple e-book conspiracy; Privacy commish probes Telstra over data breach
28 May, 2013 by Andrew CollinsA US judge reckons that the country’s Justice Department has evidence showing that Apple conspired to raise e-book prices; and in local news, the federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into Telstra’s recent leak of some customers’ personal data.
Australian government caught blocking websites on the sly
21 May, 2013The federal government has been caught quietly blocking access to websites, leading some to declare that it has attempted to sneak mandatory web filtering in on the sly.
The personalisation conundrum: using website personalisation without alienating customers
07 May, 2013 by Andrew CollinsPersonalisation is one of the most polarising aspects of e-commerce today: while many website operators love the potential benefits to their bottom line, users often consider it a breach of privacy and a corruption of the levelling effect the internet has on markets around the globe.
Revealed: draft Australian data breach laws
07 May, 2013Details of potential data breach notification laws in Australia were revealed last week when the Federal Attorney-General’s Department shared its Exposure Draft Privacy Amendment (Privacy Alerts) Bill 2013 with a small number of key stakeholders.
Third-party breaches
01 May, 2013 by Marc Bown, Managing Consultant, Trustwave Spiderlabs, APACMany companies use partners to support their core business needs. Do those partnerships leave you and your data vulnerable to attacks?
QBE sends 100 Aussie IT jobs to India; White House Twitter hoax briefly wipes US$136.5bn off US market
30 April, 2013 by Andrew CollinsLast week, insurer QBE announced plans to cut 100 IT jobs in Australia and take them to India, while a hoax tweet about a bombing at the White House sent US stock markets plummeting.
DDoS protection keeps Betstar.com.au running
29 April, 2013Online betting website Betstar.com.au was recently taken down, when a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack aimed at a competitor in the same co-location data centre took Betstar’s site with it. Betstar decide it was time to implement DDoS protection.
HP WebInspect 10.0 application-security solution
26 April, 2013HP WebInspect 10.0 is an application-security solution that replicates real-world attacks through a guided testing process, enabling organisations to develop and deliver secure web applications and web services.
Controlling who is accessing your data
16 April, 2013 | Supplied by: VaronisWith various information security standards to adhere to, Mercy Health and Aged Care Central Queensland needed transparency into who was accessing its data, and what they were doing with it. They found a solution with Varonis DatAdvantage and DataPrivilege.
Privacy Watch: NZ Govt leaks 83,000 citizens’ data; Microsoft hands over Aussie cloud user data to cops
02 April, 2013 by Andrew CollinsIn privacy news, the NZ government’s Earthquake Commission leaks 83,000 citizens’ personal data, while Microsoft details how it handed over information of about 2600 Australian users to authorities.
Largest cyberattack ever; Dell in three-way buyout bidding war; Telecom NZ reveals UFB plans
02 April, 2013 by Andrew CollinsIn the news this week: spam-fighter Spamhaus comes under largest cyberattack ever, two new Dell suitors enter the picture and Telecom New Zealand reveals pricing for its Ultra-Fast Broadband services.
