Security staff recognise the importance of rapid response to security incidents but are still struggling to implement actionable response policies and spend most of their time in ‘firefighting mode’, according to a user survey that also found businesses are dealing with an average of 346 security incidents every week.
David Braue | 21 Jul | Read more
IBM says that more than four billion records were leaked online in 2016, including a mix of credit card data, passwords and personal health information. The number of different bits about people’s private lives leaked online last year were up from 600 million exposed records in 2015, and one billion exposed records in 2014.
A local pitchfest brought together Australian security innovators and some very interesting ideas that reflect the future of Australian infosec. Speakers highlighted the need for curiosity and diversity. Along similar lines, one of Australia’s newest certified cybersecurity experts warned that the security community needs to undergo significant cultural change.
David Braue | 31 Oct | Read more
Snapchat says its payroll department leaked confidential data to attackers who posed as the company’s CEO Evan Spiegel in a phishing email.
Avid Life Media (ALM), the parent of hacked dating site Ashley Madison, has offered a CAD $500,000 (AUD $524,764) reward for information leading to the Impact Team hackers.
Adobe is racing out a patch to fix a flaw in Flash Player that was secretly used by Italian surveillance software outfit Hacking Team — until details of it were leaked on Sunday.
The biggest danger: Employees using apps such as Dropbox, Box and SugarSync for tucking away business documents to take home for work
Antone Gonsalves | 27 Mar | Read more
From autosaved spreadsheets to test systems using real data -- CISOs warn of five oft-overlooked sources of data leaks
David Geer | 14 Jan | Read more