Security is everyone’s business
Whether you work for a big enterprise or small business, you have people that look after your IT and cybersecurity needs.
Craig Ford | 06 Dec | Read more
Whether you work for a big enterprise or small business, you have people that look after your IT and cybersecurity needs.
Craig Ford | 06 Dec | Read more
Developers should probably stop using Exhibitor, a once popular tool for managing Apache Zookeeper-based distributed applications.
I love the idea of passenger drones and flying cars. I grew up watching “The Jetsons” on Saturday morning’s thinking that would be us one day
Craig Ford | 25 Sep | Read more
Does your department or agency have a bird’s eye view of the company network or is its activity viewed ‘through a glass darkly’?
Albert Kuo | 23 Sep | Read more
Firstly I want to give a clear warning about this article, this is going to be a bit broody as I am very disappointed in our progress, actually, lack of progress is a better way to put it.
Craig Ford | 02 Jul | Read more
Over the first 6 months of 2019, I am seeing more and more accounts being taken over by malicious actors on office 365 and google mail where the attacker will create some rules in the backend to redirect emails of interest into deleted items, RSS feeds or any other folder they think may be overlooked by the user.
Craig Ford | 26 Jun | Read more
Cyberattacks emanating from Iran have prompted a warning from US officials to use two-factor authentication.
This article is derived from a random thought I had during a presentation at the AusCERT2019 conference at the end of last month.
Craig Ford | 21 Jun | Read more
On May 13, a major security flaw in the popular messaging app, WhatsApp, was announced. The pervasive vulnerability, which affected both Apple and Android devices, allowed malicious actors to inject commercial spyware by ringing up unsuspecting targets using the WhatsApp’s VOIP-based call function.
Phil Zongo and Darren Argyle, CISM | 19 Jun | Read more
Machines have come a long way over the last 20 years and it would be naive to think they will not continue to advance with the same leaps and bounds in the next 20 years.
Craig Ford | 17 Jun | Read more
Despite efforts by both the government and private sector, data breaches continue to rise. What’s going wrong? Australia has neglected one big factor in its battle to prevent breaches: data masking.
Richard Gerdis, Delphix | 13 Jun | Read more
Wow, I have to say a lot happened in the last two days of May 2019. I am not sure where exactly I should start but let's make it simple and start from the beginning – 4:30 am on Thursday the 30th of May.
Craig Ford | 04 Jun | Read more
Passwords are an archaic and painful way for users to securely authenticate themselves. They are one of the biggest issues that security teams need to deal with in an enterprise, they are constantly stolen or cracked due to user poor security practices.
Craig Ford | 27 May | Read more
This is not the first time I have written about smart technologies and the risks that they can pose but I wanted to narrow the view a little with this particular piece and focus specifically on smart home technology and some risks they pose to you and your families that you may not have considered but really should.
Craig Ford | 23 May | Read more
Updates are a funny thing, we all know that updates are released for our systems to fix bugs, security issues or add improvements to the functionality.
Craig Ford | 21 May | Read more
A CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) is the pinnacle of successes and the aim for many a security engineer in the industry but many will never achieve this level of success.
Craig Ford | 21 May | Read more
This is a conversation I find myself having almost every day and I believe that the message isn’t really sinking in on the dangers of using public or free Wi-Fi.
Craig Ford | 13 May | Read more
Over the years I have heard of some really well-crafted social engineering attacks, it is a really great way for malicious actors and Pentester's alike to get past well-trodden security measures.
Craig Ford | 13 May | Read more
Cybercrime is a problem that costs the Australian economy up to 1 billion a year in direct costs alone according to ACIC (Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission)
Craig Ford | 10 May | Read more
Security is a hard gig, honestly, it really is. We need to know about all the threats that haven't even come to be yet, protect the organisation with all the latest blinky light solutions as well as know the ins and outs of every application and its implications to your company.
Craig Ford | 29 Apr | Read more