Ex-NSA bug bounty startup Synack lands $21m, eyes Australia for growth
A crowdsourced bug hunting firm founded by former NSA analysts is plotting an expansion into Australia the Asia Pacific.
Wireless / Mobile Security — News
Apple patches iPhone Broadcom wi-fi bug; Samsung Galaxy may be affected too
Apple races out a patch for a iOS devices that likely also affects Samsung's Galaxy S7 and a number of other Android smartphones too.
Rising SaaS star Slack “lucky” to have been breached early on, CSO says
A widely publicised security breach two years ago was “probably the most valuable thing that could have happened” to rapidly growing business collaboration vendor Slack, the company’s chief security officer has said as the company steadily pushes towards its highly anticipated IPO.
David Braue | 22 Mar | Read more
Could AI-powered multi-factor authentication kill the password at last?
The confluence of new technologies is set to help businesses move away from password-based authentication towards a more-secure, less-invasive approach that relies heavily on behavioural monitoring and a range of inputs from smartphones and other devices.
David Braue | 22 Mar | Read more
CSO Perspectives – Security readiness is the key to effective response
At this year's CSO Perspectives Roadshow Leon Fouche, BDO's national leader for cyber security walked the audience through a number of different security reports to paint a picture of the threats today's world is facing.
Anthony Caruana | 22 Mar | Read more
The week in security: Aussie security startups should “go for it”; CSO Perspectives roadshow underway
With the CSO Perspectives roadshow in full swing this month – with sessions still to come in Brisbane, Sydney, and Wellington – security practitioners across Australia were treated to insights from black-hat turned white-hat hacker Mark Loveless and concerns about problems such as the dangerous world of the Internet of Things (IoT).
David Braue | 21 Mar | Read more
IBM preps Watson to watch enterprise smartphones and IoT devices
IBM has rolled out its Watson cognitive capabilities to do battle with rival enterprise mobile device management (MDM) platforms.
US Gov backs Google’s alarm: warns against HTTPS interception products
The US Government has warned organizations to take extra precautions when using TLS inspection software due to widespread problems with certificate validation.
Earn up to $15k for hacking Microsoft’s Office Insider previews
Microsoft wants hackers to focus on malicious attachments and macros.
Australian businesses failing to convince young women about ICT’s possibilities
Australian businesses need to stop talking about diversity and undertake concrete steps to remedy the chronic under-representation of women and minority groups within ICT roles, an Australian Computer Society (ACS) executive has warned as figures suggest that efforts to attract women to ICT-related roles continue to flounder.
David Braue | 24 Feb | Read more
Microsoft's Edge browser to raise the cost of hacking Windows 10
Microsoft's Windows 10 Edge will prevent malware loading into memory. Does that make it more secure than Google's Chrome?
Will ransomware attackers target critical infrastructure next?
Researchers from Georgia Tech have demonstrated that it is possible to ransom a water treatment plant by hacking its control systems.
Australia’s DSD has new top tips to stop ransomware and CEO spoofing
Australia's Defence Signals Directorate has update its mitigation strategies to protect organisations against both targeted attackers, fraudsters and cybercrimrinals.
No free lunch with free Android VPN apps, CSIRO finds
If you installed a free Android VPN app to view geo-blocked content on your phone, there’s a high chance it was harboring malware, according to new research.
Businesses hobbled by deficiencies in security resourcing as IoT-driven DDoS volumes surge
Targeted attacks have made DDoS attacks part of everyday life – but businesses aren’t ready
David Braue | 25 Jan | Read more
Android HummingBad malware returns to Google Play
A new variant of the HummingBad malware has infiltrated Google's Play Store via bogus apps.
With IoT exploited and trust damaged, experts predict “lucrative chaos” as threats fly thick and fast in 2017
The security industry’s predictions for 2017 have been flying thick and fast in the leadup to the Christmas break, but consistency between the key themes suggests that the safe money is on a rise in damaging distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and increasingly sophisticated human-targeted compromises.
David Braue | 23 Dec | Read more
Knowledge is power in the cybersecurity war
Every breach, whether it’s a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, hack of a corporate database or phishing attack starts in the same place. An endpoint device is accessed and used by an unauthorised party or a user is coerced into using that endpoint in an unintended way.
Anthony Caruana | 06 Dec | Read more
Google fixes 74 Android bugs and rolls out Nougat 7.1.1
Android 7.1.1 is ready to install for Nexus and Pixel devices, bringing with it features previously available only to Pixel devices and the December patch, which fixes 40 issues covering 74 vulnerabilities.
Audacious Android scam hacks a million Google accounts to boost app ratings
A new Android scam is hacking Google accounts just to help apps get discovered in Google Play’s crowded marketplace of two million apps.