Time to upgrade from XP, consultancy warns
27 March, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingPure Hacking has urged Australian individuals and businesses still using Windows XP to upgrade now, before Microsoft pulls the support plug on the OS next month.
83% of companies unprepared for a security breach
20 March, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAlthough three in four companies have suffered a security incident in the last two years, just 17% are fully prepared for a future breach, a survey suggests.
Cybercrims exploit missing flight MH370 concerns
20 March, 2014Cybercriminals are using the mystery surrounding missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 as a way to infect unsuspecting internet users with malware.
Ads pass explicit content as top mobile threat vector
13 March, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMalicious mobile ads have passed explicit content as the top content exposing users to mobile threats, but explicit content remains the most potent threat, according to Blue Coat Systems.
Aussie firms unprepared for Privacy Act changes
05 March, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNew changes to Australia's Privacy Act which come into effect this month could catch up to three in five Australian organisations unprepared, and leave them liable to penalties.
360 million login credentials found for sale
04 March, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingHundreds of millions of usernames and passwords are being sold on the black market, and security experts agree that in the wrong hands, stolen passwords can be more damaging than stolen credit card numbers.
Pace of malware attacks doubled in 2013
03 March, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA malware attack on enterprises occurred once every 1.5 seconds in 2013, and there were command and control servers in nearly every country worldwide, according to FireEye.
Android dominates mobile threat landscape
26 February, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAndroid appears to have emerged as the platform of choice for mobile malware authors, accounting for more than 96% of all infections traced by FortiGuard Labs during 2013.
Govt leaks 10,000 asylum seekers' personal data
20 February, 2014 by Andrew CollinsThe Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection has leaked the personal details of about 10,000 asylum seekers in detention, potentially endangering lives. Two investigations have been launched into the leak.
Akamai completes purchase of DDoS vendor Prolexic
19 February, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAkamai has acquired DDoS specialist Prolexic for about $411 million (US$370 million), as part of plans to offer security products designed to protect enterprises at both the web and application layers.
Kickstarter hacked, CC info allegedly safe
18 February, 2014 by Andrew CollinsPopular crowd-funding website Kickstarter has been hacked, with attackers accessing the data - including mailing addresses, phone numbers and encrypted passwords - of several of the website's users.
Kaspersky and Absolute feud over vulnerability allegations
17 February, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingHow hard are security companies expected to try to contact vendors before publishing reports that may cast their products in a bad light? The controversy ensuing from a report published last week by Kaspersky Lab revolves around this question.
Top five access control trends for 2014
17 February, 2014 by Jordan Cullis, Director of Sales, Australia and New Zealand, HID GlobalAccess control solutions will continue to evolve in the coming year, including the increasing prevalence of multifactor authentication, mobile access control and NFC-based authentication.
New Spanish cyber threat may be nation-state-sponsored
13 February, 2014Security researchers have uncovered a potentially nation-state-sponsored, Spanish language-based cyber threat that has been active since at least 2007.
With data privacy in the spotlight, encryption use grows
13 February, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAround 35% of businesses polled in a survey of eight markets including Australia have adopted enterprise-wide encryption in response to consumer concerns and cyber threats.
