Rapid escalation in the sophistication of CryptoLocker and other ransomware – particularly in Australia – will rapidly clear out a field of contenders as security tools vendors push hard to find new ways of protecting against the malicious software, a security executive of one endpoint security vendor has predicted.
David Braue |
14 May |
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Microsoft says its replacement for Internet Explorer, known as Edge, will be much tougher to hack than previous browsers.
Liam Tung |
12 May |
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Most Australians value their privacy and consider it when sharing information online, but a scathing review of privacy compliance by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has been reinforced by survey results suggesting that most Australians feel there are still inadequate privacy controls in place.
David Braue |
07 May |
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Growing demand for wireless data has boosted usage of public Wi-Fi networks for mobile traffic offloading, but a wireless expert has warned that it's still early days for new standards boosting the security and roaming capabilities of public Wi-Fi services.
David Braue |
07 May |
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The leak of world leaders' passport details by Australia's Department of Immigration and Border Protection made news around the world, but new figures suggest that such breaches are far from isolated incidents, with human error – and not outside hacking, as many might believe – the biggest source of compromise in government agencies.
David Braue |
06 May |
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Now in its 20th year, Symantec has released its annual threat report. We spoke with Piero DePaoli, Senior Director for Global Product Marketing for Information Security at Symantec at the recent RSA Conference.
Anthony Caruana |
04 May |
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Nobody is sure just how yet, but it's clear that the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) model is going to have significant implications for the structure and delivery of security long into the future. Privacy is likely to be one significant concern, even as the first anniversary of Australia's revamped Privacy Act passed amidst assessments that it is promoting new levels of accountability.
David Braue |
04 May |
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As the merciless onslaught of data-security attacks continues to claim success after success, organisations are increasingly warming to the promise of threat intelligence in helping prevent, catch, and deal with attacks much more effectively than in the past. Yet with its reliance on large volumes of security information, threat intelligence remains out of the reach of many organisations.
David Braue |
04 May |
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Organisations recognise the importance of data security in the future, but are struggling to translate that knowledge into clear policies that demonstrate transparency and trust, a new survey has found.
David Braue |
01 May |
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Australian availability of cloud-based analytics services will drive even broader adoption of threat-intelligence tools as cloud services enable large-scale collection and targeted analysis of massive quantities of log and threat data, a local big-data expert has predicted.
David Braue |
30 Apr |
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Controlling user access privileges has always been essential to enterprise security, but today's cloud and mobile-driven computing environments make that control hard to maintain. Thankfully, combining time-honoured remote access technologies with increasingly intelligent – and portable – business policies offers new promise for those struggling to extend internal security measures to outside IT services.
David Braue |
11 May |
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Since announcing its plan to separate into two publicly traded companies, Symantec has appointed Sanjay Rohatgi as the sales leader for its enterprise security business and support customers and partners in Asia Pacific & Japan.
Anthony Caruana |
29 Apr |
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Barracuda Networks’ web filter is exposed to man-in-the-middle network attack due to a critical flaw in a feature used to inspect SSL traffic on corporate network.
Liam Tung |
29 Apr |
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The market for cloud and managed security services may be hotting up, but Australian companies will continue investing in standalone security appliances at almost double the global average over the next five years, a new market assessment from market analyst IDC has forecasted.
David Braue |
28 Apr |
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We spoke with Richard Moulds, the vice president of product strategy at Thales e-Security, at the recent RSA Conference held in San Francisco about the role of encryption in a number of different security issues.
Anthony Caruana |
28 Apr |
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Companies may have been delivering work desktops to remote users over the Internet for many years, but many organisations are only now discovering how effectively remote-desktop technology can be leveraged to improve the overall security of the new workspace as a service (WaaS) paradigm.
David Braue |
05 May |
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To protect citizens against mass-surveillance, a European Parliament study has recommended the EU finance open source audits and bug bounties, and consider restricting the export of personal data to give a space for local cloud services to emerge.
Liam Tung |
28 Apr |
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The emerging model of the Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly changing the way organisations think about IT security – but IoT's unique characteristics are also likely to send ripples through conventional security architectures by forcing a fundamental rethink about how corporate data is managed and protected.
David Braue |
27 Apr |
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E-commerce platform Magento has stressed its customers need to update to the latest version of its software following reports of new attacks that could expose credit card details.
Liam Tung |
27 Apr |
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They say you should never perform with children or animals. Juniper Networks’ CSO Chris Hoff found that out the hard way when he was upstaged by nine year old Reuben Paul. Reuben created a fake website, injected it with a Java exploit and executed a social engineering attack on Hoff at the RSA Conference.
Anthony Caruana |
25 Apr |
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