Numerous industries experience patient data breaches
14 January, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA study of patient data breaches in 25 countries including Australia found that 18 of the 20 industries examined had fallen prey to such a breach, but many companies are not even aware they retain such data.
EFA joins global call for governments to support encryption
12 January, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingEFA, the Australian Privacy Foundation and other Australian organisations have co-signed a global open letter asking governments to reject any policy that would threaten strong encryption online.
Cybercriminals to change how they operate in 2016
14 December, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingBitdefender is predicting significant changes to the business of cybercrime in 2016, with APTs focusing more on obfuscation than persistence and malicious adware becoming more popular.
'Cybersecurity tick' scheme for SMEs
11 December, 2015New Zealand businesses with good cybersecurity practices could receive a 'cybersecurity tick' under a proposed scheme to encourage SME action against cyber attacks.
DDoS attacks were more frequent but smaller in Q3
09 December, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingGlobal DDoS activity surged 180% year-on-year in the third quarter to set a new record for the frequency of attacks, Akamai's research indicates, but attack volumes and durations also declined.
Apple's OS X had most vulnerabilities in October
04 December, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-Embling
Apple and Adobe products topped the October list of the top 20 most vulnerable products in a report from Flexera, but Microsoft had the most products represented in three monthly top 20s due to Flash flaws.
26,000 routers at risk; BlackBerry exits over surveillance; 6.4m kids' data exposed
03 December, 2015 by Andrew CollinsTelstra leaves 26,000 customers' Cisco devices open to attack, BlackBerry to quit Pakistan due to government snooping, and toymaker VTech's customer data stolen.
A10 Networks Thunder Convergent Firewall
30 November, 2015 | Supplied by: A10 Networks Australia Pty LtdThe A10 Networks Thunder Convergent Firewall (CFW) is a stand-alone security product that leverages the ACOS Harmony platform.
Tackling the security of 'things'
30 November, 2015 by Andrew CollinsHigh-profile incidents of hackers compromising connected devices have given some CIOs pause when it comes to embracing the Internet of Things.
Cat spam reveals weaknesses; Dell shipped PCs with in-built dangers; Don't walk and text
26 November, 2015 by Andrew CollinsTwitter users get cat-spammed, Dell says it "unintentionally introduced a security vulnerability", and dangerous texting on campus.
Telstra is launch customer for Wynyard's cyber solution
18 November, 2015 | Supplied by: Wynyard GroupTelstra has inked a NZ$3.2 million deal with Wynyard Group to use its new Advanced Cyber Threat Analytics solution to seek out cyberthreats inside its networks.
Qld's TAFE and education department websites hacked
12 November, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingQueensland Government CIO Andrew Mills has disclosed that unknown attackers infiltrated the websites of TAFE Queensland and the education department, illegally accessing private data.
Britain to track every website users visit
06 November, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingBritain has announced plans for widespread new surveillance powers including a requirement for local ISPs to store the records of all websites a user navigates to.
Mozilla adds tracking protection to Firefox
05 November, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMozilla's Firefox web browser has been upgraded to offer tracking protection by default in Private Browsing mode, automatically disabling elements that track user behaviour across websites.
FireEye discovers another iOS vulnerability
05 November, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingFireEye researchers have uncovered a potentially backdoored ad library in use in thousands of iOS apps that could enable attackers to compromise sensitive user data, such as audio and stored files.
