Site blocking ineffective at stopping piracy: IA
18 February, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAfter Village Roadshow filed legal action seeking to have an alleged piracy site blocked under new site blocking rules, IA has argued that this and other government approaches to stopping piracy are ineffective.
Australia and NZ expand agreement to fight spam
15 February, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingACMA and New Zealand's NZDIA have expanded their collaboration to tackle spam, malware and phishing scams to cover wider sharing of information and tools.
Check Point Software Technologies SandBlast Agent security solution
12 February, 2016 | Supplied by: Check Point Software Technologies LtdCheck Point Software Technologies has launched Check Point SandBlast Agent, which defends endpoints with advanced protection technologies, both on premise and remotely. Forensic analysis accelerates understanding of the full attack to maximise response capabilities.
Cisco drops $2bn on IoT buy; Autodesk cuts 925 jobs; T9000 spies on Skype users
11 February, 2016 by Andrew CollinsCisco plans to acquire Jasper Technologies for about $1.98 billion, almost 1000 jobs to go in Autodesk restructure, and Palo Alto reveals a Trojan that can spy on Skype users.
Check Point 700 Series appliances
11 February, 2016 | Supplied by: Check Point Software Technologies LtdCheck Point Software Technologies has unveiled the Check Point 700 Series appliances, an enterprise-grade threat prevention solution designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) of up to 100 employees.
Cupid's arrow could sting for CIOs this Valentine's Day
10 February, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA study of 25 of the most popular dating apps on iOS found that many could violate companies' BYOD, privacy and confidentiality or risk profile policies.
Australia's Micron21 fends off a 90 Gbps DDoS attack
02 February, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAustralian data centre service provider Micron21 has successfully defended against the largest DDoS attack it has ever faced using mitigation technology from NSFOCUS.
Today is international data privacy day
28 January, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingTo mark this year's international data privacy day, NAIDANZ, the industry body representing Australia's secure information disposal industry, has asked individuals and companies to be aware of how secure their private data is.
Major bug found in Linux kernel
22 January, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA potentially serious vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been uncovered, while Apple has issued patches for nine vulnerabilities in OS X and iOS.
App stores open the door to security vulnerabilities
21 January, 2016 by Chris Williams* | Supplied by: Securus GlobalThe current app store situation is a vector for malware to be accidentally loaded onto a user's device and then gain access to the corporate network.
Virus hits Melbourne hospital; Aussie hotels in Hyatt hack; Exetel to compensate customers
21 January, 2016 by Andrew CollinsWin XP systems at a Melbourne hospital have been hit with a virus, Sydney and Canberra Hyatt hotels listed in hack, and Exetel forced to recant over contract changes.
Only half of companies confident in security capabilities
21 January, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOnly 54% of respondents to Cisco's annual security survey are confident in their ability to defend against cyber attacks, and only 45% are confident they can scope and contain attacks.
WatchGuard Technologies AP300 Secure Wireless Access Point
20 January, 2016 | Supplied by: WatchGuard Technologies IncWatchGuard Technologies has launched the AP300 for secure wireless access to protect against network attacks for workplaces and public spaces.
61 government agencies want access to telco metadata
19 January, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe government has disclosed that 61 agencies, including federal and state departments, regulatory bodies and even one city council, have requested access to data under the metadata retention scheme.
Old IE support ends; BlueScope's espionage worries; BoM's outage woes
19 January, 2016 by Andrew Collins
Support ends for older versions of Internet Explorer; Bluescope's internal espionage case; and the Bureau of Met suffers a meltdown.
