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
The US election had the tech world – and, indeed, the entire world – waiting with bated breath as the FBI decided, again, not to charge Hillary Clinton in its investigation of her private email server.
David Braue | 14 Nov | Read more
Ashton Kutcher is best known as an actor and producer, but he is also a successful tech investor having taken stakes in companies such as Airbnb, Foursquare, Meerkat, Spotify and Uber.
Stephen Withers | 08 Nov | Read more
As Joomla websites were being attacked en masse using recently patched exploits and owners of Belkin WeMo devices were advised to update before their devices were exploited in global zombie botnets, some were wondering whether developers will ever get better at writing secure code.
David Braue | 08 Nov | Read more
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
Bruce Schneier has been advocating for personal privacy for many years.
Anthony Caruana | 01 Nov | Read more
With over two decades of experience working in the world information security risk and data protect, Tenable Network Security Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board Ron Gula has seen it all.
Anthony Caruana | 27 Oct | Read more
Blockchain distributed-ledger technology is opening up new frontiers for financial services and other companies, but security specialists are pushing for early action on both blockchain and related account-management technologies to avoid the punishing security breaches being seen due to Internet of Things (IoT) shortcomings.
David Braue | 25 Oct | Read more
With about five billion IoT devices connected today, with growth expected to reach 25 to 38 billion over the next five years it's clear something needs to be done to arrest the threat of billions of devices being recruited for nefarious purposes.
Anthony Caruana | 25 Oct | Read more
A Russian citizen arrested by Czech police on Wednesday is a key suspect behind a breach at LinkedIn that affected 117 million accounts.
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.
Efforts to meet the data-deletion requirements of the European Union's ' right to be forgotten' policy have delivered new methods of data tracking and management that are intrinsically related to securing mainframe platforms as they transition into the cloud era, according to the head of mainframe-software specialist Compuware.
David Braue | 11 Oct | Read more
End-to-end encryption in messaging apps is meant to protect users’ privacy, but the way Google did it in its new Allo app may perversely endanger private communications, according to Electronic Frontiers Foundation.
Australian business executives are proving to be desirable targets for scammers that have been remarkably successful at using business email compromise (BEC) (also known as 'whaling') schemes to wring millions of dollars from unwitting victims. Yet even as they struggle to clamp down on losses to scammers breaches of the so-called human firewall, those same businesses are also becoming key contributors to efforts to stop BEC in its tracks.
David Braue | 19 Sep | Read more
IT industry luminaries united for industry organisation ISACA's Oceania CACS event, with digital disruption high on the agenda and experts expounding on issues such as the ongoing cyber security skills crisis, the gender-based skills gap, a top-down view of the cybersecurity response from the AFP's point of view, and the security issues at the Department of Chickens.
David Braue | 19 Sep | Read more
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.
Progressive Australian businesses are proactively integrating their applications with the growing array of security controls BlackBerry has acquired and developed in its reinvention as an enabler for secure mobility, the company's newly appointed regional head has said as results show sales of its security software oustripping its hardware sales for the first time.
David Braue | 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
Gartner’s Research Director for Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Brian Reed recently presented at the company’s annual Security and Risk Management Summit, held in Sydney.
Anthony Caruana | 25 Aug | 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.