Security

Consumers hold firms responsible for data breaches

18 January, 2017 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

A 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-Embling

Developers 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, 2017

Many people believe they are smarter than the criminals behind phishing schemes, and are consequently caught out by them, research shows.


Audit program announced by ISACA

12 January, 2017

ISACA has released a new audit program based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework.


Tech Insight: Andy Solterbeck, Cylance Asia Pacific

06 January, 2017 | Supplied by: Cylance Inc

In our Tech Insights series, we speak with ICT leaders to get their view on what the year ahead holds. Today we talk security with Cylance's Andy Solterbeck.


Data retention scheme prompts privacy concerns from IA

21 December, 2016

Privacy concerns have been raised by Internet Australia (IA) after the federal government called for a radical expansion of its data retention scheme.


Cybercrime targeted by Vodafone response centre

19 December, 2016

A Cyber Defence and Response Centre (CDRC) will be built as part of deal between Vodafone Hutchison Australia, Dimension Data and FireEye.


The inside threat to your security

14 December, 2016 by Guy Eilon, Senior Director & General Manager, Forcepoint ANZ | Supplied by: Forcepoint

Employees are your most valuable asset… but they can also be your biggest security risk.


The year ahead: security predictions for 2017

14 December, 2016 by Dan Slattery, Senior Information Security Analyst, Webroot | Supplied by: Webroot Pty Ltd

As we approach 2017, now is the time to start rethinking your cyber protection, says Webroot's Dan Slattery.


Security spending does not equal maturity: Gartner

12 December, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Organisations spend an average of 5.6% of their IT budgets on security, but often falsely conflate spending with security maturity and do not have a true understanding of their security spending.


When criminals hijack your brand for phishing

08 December, 2016 by James Turner, Advisor, IBRS | Supplied by: IBRS

Phishing is not an IT problem — it is an age-old confidence trick brought into the age of the internet, and your business needs to be ready for it.


Trump urged to boost security in first 100 days

05 December, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology is calling on the nation's next president to take urgent action to improve public-private collaboration before, during and after cyber attacks.


Digital currency protected by new industry code

01 December, 2016

The first Australian Digital Currency Industry Code of Conduct has been launched by the Australian Digital Currency and Commerce Association (ADCCA).


Android malware infects over one million Google accounts

01 December, 2016

New Android malware called Gooligan is infecting 13,000 vulnerable devices every day.


Failed malware attack disrupts internet services in Germany

29 November, 2016 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

A failed malware attack on a specific brand of routers, potentially linked with the Mirai IoT botnet, caused significant broadband outage for around 900,000 customers of Deutsche Telekom.


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