China a minimal cyber security threat: Paper
Despite growing concern about China’s cyber-warfare capabilities, Australia and other Western nations have little to worry about when it comes to their national security.
Tim Lohman | 31 Oct | Read more
Despite growing concern about China’s cyber-warfare capabilities, Australia and other Western nations have little to worry about when it comes to their national security.
Tim Lohman | 31 Oct | Read more
Cloud providers and customers are ignoring the importance of securing online services against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks at their own peril.
Tim Lohman | 16 Sep | Read more
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) will spend up to $2.2 million on prototyping new cyber security technologies to help ‘future proof’ Australia’s defence capabilities.
Tim Lohman | 06 Sep | Read more
The decommissioning of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) across Australia over the next few years could accelerate the deterioration of one of communication technology’s most valuable assets: Trust.
Tim Lohman | 13 Sep | Read more
CenITex, the Victorian Government's shared services IT agency, will adopt a new IT governance, risk and compliance (ITGRC) package to improve its information security function.
Tim Lohman | 31 Aug | Read more
Hacktivist group Anonymous appears to have taken ownership of the Turkish domain of International Center for Human Development as part of its latest protest action, Operation Turkey.
Tim Lohman | 07 Jul | Read more
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is to shortly carry out a series of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance assessments and reviews aimed at addressing any deficiencies or gaps in current ICT systems.
Tim Lohman | 29 Jun | Read more
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has warned of a new telco scam doing the rounds which promises refunds to current and former VIPtel customers.
Tim Lohman | 24 Jun | Read more
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has called for calm following the revelation that Apple has applied for a patent which could disable iPhones from video recording live music.
Tim Lohman | 21 Jun | Read more
The quality of printing and design software available to the consumer is now so high that criminals are using the technology to start up their own document forging businesses, a parliamentary joint committee on Law Enforcement has heard.
Tim Lohman | 17 Jun | Read more
The Western Australia Auditor General, Colin Murphy, has identified significant vulnerabilities to cyber threats in all of the agencies examined for his 2011 Information Systems Audit Report.
Tim Lohman | 15 Jun | Read more
WA Police will make use of IP cameras connected by wireless to lift the security surrounding the leaders of some 70 countries and their entourages at the forthcoming 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) meeting to be held in Perth.
Tim Lohman | 31 Mar | Read more
In a sign of the growing government acceptance of cyber attacks as genuine threats to national security, Australia will develop its first Cyber White Paper.
Tim Lohman | 03 Jun | Read more
Sony has issued a frequently asked questions (FAQ) guide for its customers following weeks of non-service for its PlayStation Network (PSN) due to repeated hacking attacks.
Tim Lohman | 17 May | Read more
Defence is to overhaul the electronic access card system which controls staff access to facilities in the Canberra region amid decreasing overall performance of the security system.
Tim Lohman | 13 May | Read more