Google drops “Android for Work” because plain Android is so secure
Google is confident that security and privacy features built into Android make it mature enough to warrant shedding the name Android for Work for enterprise features.
Google is confident that security and privacy features built into Android make it mature enough to warrant shedding the name Android for Work for enterprise features.
Connected gadgets are sure to show up under Christmas trees next month but Australians are still well behind the curve when it comes to securing them, one technologist has warned as new survey results suggest that many users still can’t pick out a phishing email – and that 4 in 5 users have no idea their home Wi-Fi networks have the potential to be compromised.
David Braue | 24 Nov | Read more
Time’s up for a pesky browser extension that’s infected 1.2 million Windows PCs with adware since September, according to Microsoft.
Many businesses are investing heavily in increasingly-commoditised mobile device management (MDM) tools that are failing to address the real issues facing organisations trying to securely utilise mobile devices, the head of BlackBerry’s security software efforts has warned as the company signed on a raft of new ANZ clients.
David Braue | 04 Nov | Read more
Are you confident in your abilities to secure the corporate network? You shouldn’t be, according to consultancy firm Accenture.
A firm with operations in India and the US has been charged for using pop-up ads to scare consumers into calling tech support to pay for services they don’t need.
Apple’s major iOS 10 update is rolling out across the globe today, and on top of a long list of new features it also brings a handful of important security fixes.
Oceania CACS is one of the most important events on the ISACA annual calendar.
Anthony Caruana | 13 Sep | Read more
Australian security specialist firm Redcore was snapped up by global consulting giant Accenture in a move to fill out its security capabilities. Those capabilities are being driven not only by the rush to build out security skills, but by the desire to be more deeply involved in a culture of threat intelligence and sharing that experts believe is helping level the fight against hackers.
David Braue | 05 Sep | Read more
If you’re seeing scary ads claiming your Android phone is infected with malware, you might have installed a legitimate looking app that contains dodgy ad-serving software.
Samsung may dominate worldwide smartphone sales, but Huawei is doing a far better job of keeping its smartphones secure by one measure.
The Department of Defense’s newly expanded bug bounty was just as much about hacking government culture as it was about finding actual software flaws.
The threat of employees bringing their own smartphones and software to work was entirely overblown. But consumerisation can still be headache.
A UNSW review of Australia's government cybersecurity policies has slammed a “relative lack of attention” to persistent policy gaps and shortcomings that it says have kept the country well behind its peers in areas such as education and training policies, and planning for security breaches causing critical-infrastructure disasters.
David Braue | 01 Jun | Read more
A cybersecurity skills-development partnership between Sydney's Macquarie University and Optus Business will ramp up quickly to push hundreds or thousands of cybersecurity-skilled engineers, researchers and business executives, into the skills-hungry Australian market, a university administrator has predicted.
David Braue | 01 Jun | Read more
These terms should look familiar. They're similar to the common terminology used to discuss the identity and access management (IAM) infrastructure, but something is different.
Pam Dingle | 30 May | Read more
Google has an Android patching problem and it has hatched a plan pressure Android partners into resolving it.
Tech firms like Apple still need to convince a lot of people that using their smartphone for contactless payments isn’t a major security risk.
Australian online-classified site Gumtree was hacked and used to spread malware via online display ads, while a large US healthcare provider was shut down after a malware infection and only partially recovered days later.
David Braue | 04 Apr | Read more
Many companies looking to secure their endpoints are struggling with “very confusing” messaging that complicates the process of extending policy-based security to those endpoints, a security strategist has warned on the eve of the release of an endpoint-security tool designed to better integrate endpoint controls with privileged-account management policies.
David Braue | 03 Feb | Read more