'Crashover' malware for power sector can cause black outs
Researchers uncover well-crafted malware that's designed to disrupt core electricity substation equipment to cause outages.
Researchers uncover well-crafted malware that's designed to disrupt core electricity substation equipment to cause outages.
On Thursday 1 December 2016, cybersecurity experts from across the country will come together to discuss the continually evolving and growing world of cybersecurity. With a focus on bridging the gap between business users and technologists, the 2016 Asia Pacific Cyber in Business Conference is all about getting the IT back office and business coalface communicating and working together.
Anthony Caruana | 29 Nov | Read more
Australian and Asia-Pacific businesses are suffering from “inadequate” response times to potentially crippling distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that are becoming both easier for cybercriminals to launch and more effectively targeted to cause real business damage, according to a newly released global survey of DDoS experiences.
David Braue | 06 Oct | Read more
Traffic is chaotic enough in major cities, but imagine how much worse it would be if a criminal hacker got control of the traffic lights.
Antone Gonsalves | 30 Aug | Read more
Nuclear Regulatory Commission employees were tricked into disclosing passwords and downloading malware in three phishing attacks that occurred over a three-year period.
Antone Gonsalves | 20 Aug | Read more