Advertisements placed in Web sites and mobile applications using ad networks and exchanges are four times as likely to have malware than those sourced directly from publishers, according to an analysis of advertising malware and safety that also found Australia's rate of ad fraud is lower than that in comparable European countries.
David Braue | 25 Apr | Read more
"Securing the future will be very different to what it’s been like security get past and securing the present,” says Joan Pepin, the CSO of Sumo Logic.
Anthony Caruana | 24 Apr | Read more
John Carlin is an Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice in the US and runs the National Security Division. He is responsible for prosecuting cyber criminals in the United States that threaten the interests of the country. It was the first new litigation division created in 50 years and came from a recommendation of the 9/11 Commission and pulled together several different government entities that, until then, didn’t share information easily.
Anthony Caruana | 23 Apr | Read more
Security analytics has become a “key” tool in implementing effective security breach detection capabilities, Gartner has advised as the recent launch of several new managed security services (MSS) offerings brings new hosted and analytics security capabilities to the Australian market.
David Braue | 23 Apr | Read more
The Office of Personnel Management in the United States is responsible vast volumes of personal information. They’re responsible for the data relating to potential, current and past employees of the government. IT Security Operations Director Jeff Wagner is responsible for protecting this data against a constantly changing threat landscape. He’s taken a non-traditional approach to not only respond to threats in seconds with fewer resources, but also uncover previously hidden threats that were lurking on the network.
Anthony Caruana | 22 Apr | Read more
Loud music, a spectacular video presentation and an auditorium full of info sec professionals. It’s that time of the year - the opening of RSA Conference.
Anthony Caruana | 22 Apr | Read more
Potentially millions of WordPress websites may be exposed to hackers through a flaw that has seeped into multiple plugins through unclear recommendations in official WordPress documentation.
NetIQ has announced general availability of NetIQ Access ManagerTM 4.1 and NetIQ Advanced Authentication Framework 5.1. The technologies adaptively tailor the appropriate level of identity verification for each situation to keep access simple for users without compromising security.
Anthony Caruana | 20 Apr | Read more
As if it wasn't enough that security staff were playing a continuous game of catch-up – investigating an average of 1.5 security breaches per week even as research reveals institutional investors don't believe company boards have the security threat under control – it turns out Australians' world-leading love of social media has made us world-leading targets for ransomware purveyors and malware criminals that are using extremely complex techniques against us.
David Braue | 20 Apr | Read more
The next version of Chrome will include a new security policy that may make it easier for developers to ensure “HTTPS” websites aren’t undermined by insecure HTTP resources.
Public-sector organisations suffered by far the most security incidents but had proportionally the fewest out of 20 surveyed industries in which data was confirmed lost, Verizon has found in a major data-breach report that also concluded security teams have less time than ever to act against new attacks.
David Braue | 15 Apr | Read more
Resource-stretched CSOs were forced to investigate an average of 1.5 security incidents every week last year and lost significant amounts of time playing catch-up with ever-nimbler cybercriminals, a survey of IT and security professionals has found.
David Braue | 15 Apr | Read more
The Russian Interior Ministry has arrested the alleged leader a gang operating the Svpeng Android banking malware and ransomware aimed at English speaking targets.
A set of concrete guidelines for government digital service delivery marked the first deliverables from the fledgling Digital Transformation Office (DTO), with mandatory compliance with the 36-element Protective Security Policy Framework among the security-related regulations agencies must now follow.
David Braue | 14 Apr | Read more
Some of the biggest banks Wall Street are leaving a "backdoor" wide open for hackers by failing to extend security governance to high risk suppliers.
Australian companies' migration away from Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 is gathering steam as security concerns grow and the venerable platform enters its last 100 days before joining the ranks of Microsoft's end-of-life (EOL) platforms.
David Braue | 08 Apr | Read more
The Federal Bureau of Investigations has warned Wordpress admins to patch their sites to halt website defacements that use ISIS name to grab headlines.
Already gaining currency as conduits for biometric and two-factor authentication, smartphones are now jockeying to replace the humble metal key and magnetic swipe card by providing highly manageable remote access to secure facilities.
David Braue | 07 Apr | Read more
Linux Australia, the open source body behind the linux.conf.au shindigs, has revealed hackers may have stolen the database it uses to manage its annual conferences.
Improving interoperability between encryption key management solutions will facilitate the use of encryption to improve governance – and prevent government intervention and hacker theft of sensitive data, a Brisbane-based intellectual property lawyer has argued in addressing a global security conference in the US.
David Braue | 03 Apr | Read more