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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
