A buried government review found that users are deeply unsatisfied with the outcomes of complaints lodged with the Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN), as an academic shared with the audience at the recent AISA Australian Cyber Conference.
David Braue | 22 Oct | Read more
During the recent Australian Cyber Conference, hosted by AISA, Qasim Khan - a cybersecurity specialist with one of the leading bank in New Zealand - discussed how he created a tool, called pkit finder, to search for phishing kits that have found their way onto servers. Using his tool, he has found about 3000 unique phishing kits an about a year.
Anthony Caruana | 19 Oct | 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
Multi-factor authentication, or MFA, is fast becoming the default practice as organisations seek to bolster their security by strengthening the entry point into systems and applications.
Anthony Caruana | 18 Oct | Read more
During this year's AISA national conference, now renamed as the Australian Cyber Conference, a panel discussion with Lynwen Connick from ANZ, Rachael Falk from Telstra, Michelle Price from AustCyber and Vanessa Pegueros from DocuSign discussed their careers and what can be done to ensure there is diversity in our cybersecurity workplaces.
Anthony Caruana | 17 Oct | Read more
More than three-quarters of the people using the government-backed Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN) cybersecurity reporting service have been dissatisfied with its lackluster outcomes, according to an internal government review that was so negative that it was buried for nearly two years.
David Braue | 17 Oct | Read more
Security executives believing they can prevent mass leakage of personally identifiable information (PII) must adjust their expectations because most PII is already available on the dark Web and even on public indices, high-profile security journalist Brian Krebs has warned.
David Braue | 12 Oct | Read more
Businesses are “insanely following the path to disaster” by ignoring the role of people and process in minimising cybersecurity risk and overinvesting in technology instead, a former United States CISO and cybersecurity executive has warned.
David Braue | 11 Oct | Read more
More than 400 young hackers are waking from their first decent sleep in two days after four teams from the University of NSW (UNSW) beat out the competition to dominate this year’s Cybersecurity Challenge Australia (CySCA) 2018.
David Braue | 11 Oct | Read more
Industry recruiters are watching closely as this year’s Cyber Security Challenge Australia (CySCA) – bigger than ever thanks to a surge in TAFE enrolments, 40 percent growth in participants and record numbers of women – has driven furious competition comes into its final hours.
David Braue | 10 Oct | Read more