Security

Mimecast expanding investment in Australia

25 August, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Data and email security company Mimecast is investing in improving Australian cyber resilience after experiencing strong growth in the market.


No More Ransom disrupts WildFire ransomware

25 August, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The collaboration between Kaspersky Lab, Intel Security and Dutch and European police to combat ransomware has scored a victory against the WildFire strain.


Accenture buys Australian security firm Redcore

24 August, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Accenture has agreed to buy Melbourne-based Redcore to expand Accenture Security's capabilities in IAM and security-as-a-service.


Three keys to securing our cybersecurity future

22 August, 2016 by Garry Barnes, Practice Lead, Governance Advisory, Vital Interacts (Australia), and ISACA spokesperson | Supplied by: Information Systems Audit and Control Association

Now that the election is over, it's time for the federal government to get back to business and implement its Cybersecurity Strategy.


Passwords are broken: Centrify executive

22 August, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Visiting Centrify executive David McNeely believes it is time to address the fact that passwords are the weak link in security, responsible for the majority of data breaches.


40% of Aussie orgs not prepared for insider threats

19 August, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The disproportionate focus on perimeter defence in IT security has left many Australian organisations unprepared to deal with malicious insider threats.


OAIC examines Census attack; Oracle MICROS breach; Linux TCP weakness

18 August, 2016 by Andrew Collins

Privacy Commissioner satisfied no Census data was stolen, Russian criminals breach hundreds of Oracle systems, and dangerous Linux security weakness found.


Ixia iBypass VHD bypass switch

17 August, 2016 | Supplied by: Keysight Network Solutions

Ixia has released iBypass VHD, a modular, high-density, inline bypass switch.


Attackers scraping data from LinkedIn

15 August, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

LinkedIn has filed a lawsuit seeking to identify and obtain an injunction against unknown attackers who have been illegally scraping data from the enterprise social media platform since December.


Security summit for Sydney in September

15 August, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Palo Alto Networks' first Australian cybersecurity summit will bring together a number of local and international experts to discuss how organisations should shape their security strategies.


'Strider' targets Europe, Asia; Telstra's 5G tests; ACCC to study comms market

11 August, 2016 by Andrew Collins

Symantec says many targets have been attacked with 'Strider' malware, ACCC to scrutinise competition in the comms market, and Telstra to test Ericsson's 5G technology.


AUSTRAC team to target online terrorism

11 August, 2016

Australia's primary financial intelligence agency, AUSTRAC, has established a new cyber team dedicated to identifying online terrorism financing activities, money laundering and financial fraud.


Checkpoint SandBlast Agent malware protection for web browsers

11 August, 2016 | Supplied by: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd

Check Point has released SandBlast Agent for browsers, with zero-phishing technology.


Ceding control to attackers — without knowing it

10 August, 2016 by Vincent Goh, Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific, CyberArk | Supplied by: CyberArk Software (Australia) Pty

IT security strategies are not complete unless they protect access to administrator credentials and improve domain controller security.


ABS blames DDoS attacks for census outage

10 August, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The government is sending mixed signals as to the cause of last night's eCensus system outage, with the ABS blaming DDoS attacks and the Prime Minister attributing the cause to hardware failures.


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