The week in security: Cybercriminals celebrate NDB’s first anniversary with... more breaches
The week in security: Cybercriminals celebrate NDB’s first anniversary with... more breaches
David Braue | 25 Feb | Read more
The week in security: Cybercriminals celebrate NDB’s first anniversary with... more breaches
David Braue | 25 Feb | Read more
While spending on cybersecurity expertise would seem to be a no-brainer, the large number of companies without formal inhouse expertise suggests another ongoing, underlying challenge in finding and securing those skills within the current competitive market.
By CSO staff | 22 Feb | Read more
Over 59,000 GDPR breaches have been recorded since the legislation became active in May, but there have only been 91 fines handed down – leading some to wonder whether regulators simply can’t keep up.
David Braue | 11 Feb | Read more
International flights will now be risky for the SamSam ransomware's alleged creators.
With so much change all the time, how can executives best prepare their businesses to meet the security challenges of the coming years? CSO Australia, in conjunction with Mimecast, explored this question in an interactive Webinar that looks at how the threat landscape has evolved – and what we can expect in 2019 and beyond.
Legacy data warehouse architectures may have been designed for large amounts of data – but even massive warehouses would struggle to manage, much less analyse, the 20 to 30 terabytes of operational data that nbn™ Australia collects on a daily basis.
David Braue | 07 Nov | Read more
The combination of loose regulation, the Wild West of cryptocurrency trading and a hunger for massive and fast financial returns created a perfect storm in Japan. The recent hack of the Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange triggered the illicit transfer of about 520M units of XEM with a value of about $538M.
Anthony Caruana | 18 Oct | Read more
No more passwords, Microsoft promises.
Some digital signage could be missing from upcoming PGA tournaments.
Driven by the inexorable push crush towards digital transformation, investment in cloud services has snowballed in recent years.
David Braue | 10 Jul | Read more
Australia will also join US and UK in condemning North Korea for the WannaCry.
An unencrypted USB flash drive detailing airport security and anti-terror measures was found on a street and sparked an investigation by Heathrow Airport.
Victoria Police has raised the bar on password security for Australian consumers to dizzying heights, marking Stay Safe Online Week with an exhortation for users to use passwords with at least 16 characters in them and to rely on 2-factor authentication for bank accounts, social media, and online payments.
David Braue | 12 Oct | Read more
Ransomware and pretend-ransomware are terrible for your business, but they could help spawn the cyber insurance market.
CISOs are getting more clout than ever but it’s not translating into cross-business partnerships or far-reaching security strategies, according to a new survey of the CISO’s role that found just 51 percent of companies have an organisation-wide information security strategy.
David Braue | 20 Sep | Read more
More Australian organizations are falling prey to email fraudsters.
Hacking a encrypted messaging app is now worth $500,000, or more than twice an exploit for hacking a mobile via cop-controlled mobile tower.
Although just 1 in 3 Australian companies believe they need to be compliant with forthcoming European Union privacy regulations, the remainder are likely to find themselves commercially disadvantaged if they don’t do the same, a senior European cloud-industry executive has warned.
David Braue | 22 Aug | Read more
A report on the utilisation of telecommunications-interception legislation revealed that Australian authorities accessed over 237,000 records last year using new metadata-retention powers.
David Braue | 21 Aug | Read more
The replacement of corporate door-access keycards is picking up pace as ever-smarter Internet of Things (IoT) authorisation systems are fed a growing volume of contextual information, a leading access-control executive has said while acknowledging the challenges of securing user access while retaining user convenience.
David Braue | 18 Aug | Read more