ACIC: Business email fraud victim numbers rise in Australia
More Australian organizations are falling prey to email fraudsters.
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
Unskilled remote attackers could access patient records from vulnerable radiation dose management software.
Governments must be held to higher standards than private enterprises, a former deputy head of the US National Security Agency has said as he backs user behaviour monitoring technology that might have helped his employer catch Edward Snowden before his infamous leaks.
David Braue | 14 Aug | Read more
Adopting a strict policy of zero-knowledge encryption has helped uphold the ideals behind secure-messaging provider SafeSwiss, but the Christchurch-originated company’s founder concedes that privacy measures have slowed the organic growth of competing platforms.
David Braue | 11 Aug | Read more
Governments must be held to higher standards than commercial entities when it comes to protecting citizens’ privacy, a former deputy head of the US National Security Agency has said while noting that increasingly complicated threats have nonetheless necessitated a fresh look at security and privacy.
David Braue | 08 Aug | Read more
UK's guidance for smart car makers encourages defence-in-depth, encryption, and software updates.
Pharmaceutical company Merck said |it would take a long time to rebuild worldwide operations that have been crippled by the Petya malware attack, while there were revelations that the malware’s attack on Cadbury would cause a $140m hit on parent company Mondelez’s revenues.
David Braue | 07 Aug | Read more
UK security researcher credited with saving US firms from WannaCry ransomware held by US authorities.
Malware caused product shipping delays, hitting revenue growth for the quarter.
Recent ransomware attacks underscore the importance of a unified global response.
Australian IT decision-makers are more confident than overseas peers that their midsized businesses are “completely ready” to deal with IT security threats – but they may be underinvesting in security as a result, according to new research that pegged the cost of the average successful attack at $1.89m.
David Braue | 02 Aug | Read more
Decentralisation caused by growing adoption of cloud-based services has created new challenges for network security policies, the head of a fast-growing packet monitoring specialist has said while warning that network security can no longer be designed around the assumption of aggregated services and data demand.
David Braue | 01 Aug | Read more
Apple's firmware for the HomePod points to a new face unlock feature for the iPhone 8 that replaces Touch ID.
Google claims its caught an Israeli cyber-arms dealer distributing Android spyware on the Play Store.
It's just as shady and dangerous as ever, but something has changed in the way the dark web does business, and it will look very familiar to IT buyers.
Josh Fruhlinger | 24 Jul | Read more
Trained continually by ever-expanding masses of security data, AI promises to finally help CSOs keep up with the flood
David Braue | 24 Jul | Read more