Changing motivations have made profit-minded hackers a clear and present danger
Hacking for fun and profit? Not so much; these days it’s mostly just about profit.
David Braue | 24 Jul | Read more
Hacking for fun and profit? Not so much; these days it’s mostly just about profit.
David Braue | 24 Jul | Read more
Organisational security capabilities may be improving on a regular basis but a confluence of issues means that security personnel are fighting an ever-widening ‘effectiveness gap’ that is keeping them on the back foot, a senior Cisco Systems security executive has warned.
David Braue | 13 Mar | Read more
CSOs that take a reactive approach to security are setting themselves up to fail in the face of attacks from an increasingly agile and professional cybercrime industry, warned speakers at a packed Security Innovation Day that helped to kick off the Cisco Live! 2017 conference in Melbourne.
David Braue | 09 Mar | Read more
A growing governmental focus on cybersecurity issues has contributed to a marked upswing in cybersecurity investment that is now often being driven from the board level, according to the head of Cisco Systems’ local security business.
David Braue | 02 Mar | Read more
Managed cloud services may be helping all kinds of businesses expand into new operational areas – but it’s CSOs that are in the firing line as they face the challenge of securing not only their own infrastructure, but the customer-facing services that lie at the heart of the company’s digital transformation.
David Braue | 01 Mar | Read more
Australia’s burgeoning cybersecurity market continues to attract investment as security vendors ramp up their local presence to woo businesses searching for increasingly sophisticated malware solutions.
David Braue | 09 Feb | Read more
The looming opening of Cisco Systems’ new ANZ headquarters is the latest in a series of investments that confirm security vendors are serious about establishing themselves within the increasingly problematic cybersecurity landscape expected to dominate strategizing during 2017.
David Braue | 24 Jan | Read more
With peak retail season settling down, many were weighing the damage that hackers had wrought in recent weeks. After Hyatt Hotels said its payment-processing systems had been hit by malware, others were warning that payment terminals were often affected by poor security decisions that enabled mass fraud by hackers. Authorities dismantled a gang of criminals that had stolen 200,000 euros from ATMs infected with malware, while online vandals were said to have set a DDoS record after pummeling the BBC Web site.
David Braue | 12 Jan | Read more
Information-security vendors have put their strong support behind a new national effort to boost science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, with six strong IT-security brands actively supporting the top-down effort to increase student interest and participation in STEM-related career pathways.
David Braue | 17 Nov | Read more
Young Australians learned about safe online behaviour earlier than their international peers and are more likely to consider a career in IT security, but few students have actually met an IT-security professional half are unaware of what the career actually involves, security-industry giant Raytheon has reported after conducting global research into the next generation of workers' readiness to fill the yawning IT-security skills gap.
David Braue | 27 Oct | Read more
Installing rogue firmware on embedded devices has long been a concern for security researchers, and it seems that such attacks have started to gain ground with hackers.
Lucian Constantin | 13 Aug | Read more
More than a year into her role as head of Australia's top-level Australian Centre for Cyber Security (ACCS), Dr Jill Slay is driving information-security research and skills-building investments and is encouraged by the strong buy-in from government and industry – but admits even her organisation isn't immune from the skills deficit that is plaguing the private sector.
David Braue | 06 Aug | Read more
If you're still waiting for your reservation to come up as Microsoft rolls out Windows 10, we can't blame you for being eager to get your virtual hands on Microsoft's latest OS. But if you get an email encouraging you upgrade to Windows 10, you'll want to exercise a little caution, lest you get taken by scammers.
Nick Mediati | 04 Aug | Read more
Cisco Systems recently realized that its Unified Communications Domain Manager (Unified CDM) software contains a default privileged account with a static password that cannot be changed, exposing the platform to hacking by remote attackers.
Lucian Constantin | 03 Jul | Read more
Australian companies are the world's fourth-largest recipients of network security-related patents, according to a new analysis that has evaluated the patent portfolios of leading organisations by business line and geography.
David Braue | 03 Jul | Read more