AISA faces member revolt
06 February, 2017 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe board of AISA, the industry body for Australia's infosec sector, is resisting an attempt by a group of disgruntled members to vacate the entire board and hold a full re-election.
Privacy complaints grew 7.7% in FY16
02 February, 2017 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe OAIC has released statistics indicating renewed public interest in privacy issues and accessing government information via Freedom of Information requests.
180,000 servers still vulnerable to Heartbleed
31 January, 2017 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingDespite a fix being available for nearly two years, around 180,000 servers worldwide are still vulnerable to the Heartbleed SSL exploit, including several thousand in Australia.
Ransomware shuts guests out of hotel rooms
31 January, 2017 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingIn two high-profile incidents, attackers shut down an Austrian hotel's entire IT system and ransomware infected 70% of Washington DC police's public CCTV video recorders.
Half of US adults don't trust govt with their data
30 January, 2017 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAround 50% of US adults have no or little confidence that the US government can protect their personal data and 70% anticipate major cyber attacks on the nation's infrastructure within the next five years.
Many Android VPN apps are not secure: CSIRO
27 January, 2017 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAn analysis by the CSIRO of 283 Android VPN apps on Google Play found that many contain malware, third-party tracking libraries and code that raises a host of other security and privacy concerns.
Android devices at risk of attack
25 January, 2017Researchers have uncovered vulnerabilities to SMS-based attacks in Android phones.
Microsoft fends off appeal in foreign data case
25 January, 2017 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA US appeals court has declined to reconsider an earlier verdict holding that Microsoft does not need to provide US law enforcement agencies with access to emails stored on overseas servers.
Canberra establishes Critical Infrastructure Centre
23 January, 2017 by Jonathan NallyThe federal government has launched a Critical Infrastructure Centre to manage security risks to Australia's critical national infrastructure.
Telstra wins legal battle over metadata
20 January, 2017 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe OAIC has failed in its appeal to overturn an earlier verdict overruling its order for Telstra to provide metadata collected about subscribers.
Lack of security basics creates vulnerability, says HPE
19 January, 2017A new report from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) shows that a large percentage of organisations are vulnerable to cyber threats.
Ericsson, Telstra demo encrypted 10 Gbps link
19 January, 2017 by Jonathan NallyEricsson and Telstra say they have successfully demonstrated an ability to encrypt data securely while in transit between Los Angeles and Melbourne at 10 Gbps.
Consumers hold firms responsible for data breaches
18 January, 2017 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA survey of consumers in markets including Australia found that 70% put the onus on organisations to protect their personal information from online data breaches, and a majority would stop frequenting a business that lost their data.
No backdoor in WhatsApp, say experts
16 January, 2017 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingDevelopers of the encryption used by messaging app WhatsApp have rejected claims that a vulnerability in the system potentially allows backdoor access to encrypted messages.
Phishers rely on overconfidence, study shows
13 January, 2017Many people believe they are smarter than the criminals behind phishing schemes, and are consequently caught out by them, research shows.
