DHS alert: Asus offers patch for hijacked Live Update Windows 10 utility
Asus recommends users install a new version of software that hijacked and delivered through its official website.
Asus recommends users install a new version of software that hijacked and delivered through its official website.
Critics say the The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program, managed by MITRE, is falling far behind in its mission to catalog and identify all known vulnerabilities. Its defenders say a new model is closing that gap.
Taylor Armerding | 11 Jul | Read more
The government's recent launch of the national Cyber Security Strategy (CSS) left few surprises for this week's 2016-17 Budget, but clarification around where the $230m in funding will come from did highlight the relative priority of cybersecurity to the variously involved arms of the government.
David Braue | 04 May | Read more
The federal government's new $230m cybersecurity strategy will rally private and public-sector experts to put the country on a war footing against nation-state adversaries and those targeting Australian corporate interests, with a range of initiatives designed to formalise the country's evolving cybersecurity capabilities.
David Braue | 21 Apr | Read more
CERT advisory urges QuickTime removal due to vulnerabilities, Apple does too
Steve Ragan | 18 Apr | Read more
Attackers exploiting the Shellshock vulnerability that was discovered in a widely used component of Mac OS X, Linux and Unix had infected by Thursday hundreds of systems with exploratory malware.
Antone Gonsalves | 26 Sep | Read more
PayPal caused a storm on Tuesday after freezing, albeit temporarily, the crowd-funding account of anti-government snooping email startup, ProtonMail — but PayPal says it was just a technical problem.
The disbanding of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) in the government's recently delivered budget may compromise the ability to effectively enforce tougher Australian privacy laws introduced in March, one analyst has warned.
David Braue | 01 Jun | Read more
The European Commission took a big step toward creating an enhanced pan-European system of security and surveillance Wednesday when it launched a proposal to set up a new independent agency to manage massive IT systems used by border control authorities.
Paul Meller | 25 Jun | Read more
Microsoft's advice on disabling Windows' "Autorun" feature is flawed, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) said Wednesday, and leaves users who rely on its guidelines to protect their PCs against the fast-spreading Downadup worm open to attack.
Gregg Keizer | 22 Jan | Read more