The week in security: As bugs persist, maybe Australians really should care more about privacy
Australia’s government may have been moving to tighten data privacy and access laws but Australians
David Braue | 24 Sep | Read more
Australia’s government may have been moving to tighten data privacy and access laws but Australians
David Braue | 24 Sep | Read more
125 new vulnerabilities identified as testing finds popular devices can be readily compromised.
David Braue | 20 Sep | Read more
Nearly half of businesses have no way to detect whether their Internet of Things (IoT) devices have been breached by outsiders, according to a new global study that found respondents are looking to government bodies to establish and enforce stronger IoT security guidelines.
David Braue | 16 Jan | Read more
The uncertain security climate created in the wake of the WannaCry ransomware outbreak is becoming the “new normal”, experts warned as the security world pivoted away from the immediate implications of the attack. Analyses flew thick and fast; survival stories were traded; and scammers targeted victims and buried malware in purported fixes for the problem.
David Braue | 29 May | Read more
Exuberance over Internet of Things (IoT) technologies has led many businesses to ignore security in rollouts that are overly complex and poorly planned, an IoT specialist has warned as newly released figures hint at the true scope of the burgeoning IoT security threat.
David Braue | 24 May | Read more
With the CSO Perspectives roadshow in full swing this month – with sessions still to come in Brisbane, Sydney, and Wellington – security practitioners across Australia were treated to insights from black-hat turned white-hat hacker Mark Loveless and concerns about problems such as the dangerous world of the Internet of Things (IoT).
David Braue | 21 Mar | Read more
IoT security gets a moment in the spotlight at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress.
Record-setting distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks based on the Mirai Internet of Things (IoT) botnet technique have pushed the challenge facing the cybersecurity industry to a completely new level, a security specialist has warned in the wake of a research report flagging a year-on-year explosion in detected DDoS attacks.
David Braue | 18 Nov | Read more
Accenture's acquisition of Australian security innovator Redcore is the latest in a series of strategic moves by major consulting firms that are filling out their capabilities in areas of fast-growing demand including cybersecurity and the Internet of Things (IoT).
David Braue | 31 Aug | Read more
Despite large vendors' market positioning around Internet of Things (IoT) security threats, tech-deficient consumers are spooked by IoT threats and are overwhelmingly looking to their antivirus software providers to help them secure their devices, according to a new consumer survey.
David Braue | 21 Mar | Read more
Bob Griffin is a long time senior executive at RSA. In that role, his primary focus is on a research project in Europe looking at security analytics on the smart grid. With the rapid proliferation of end point devices we’re seeing, particularly with the rise of the Internet of Things, or IoT, he brings some valuable insights from one of the oldest industries of the modern world.
Anthony Caruana | 08 Mar | Read more
Taiwan computer maker Asus must undergo independent security audits for the next 20 years as part of a settlement over the sale of insecure routers.
Granular, mathematically-proven security controls built into NICTA's military-grade seL4 operating system will provide a model for countering the “naiveté” of Internet of Things (IoT) developers favouring functionality over security, the head of the organisation's Data61 research program believes.
David Braue | 12 Oct | Read more
This week's launch of the Apple Watch has provided a focal point for security vendors who are flooding the market with new capabilities designed to prevent the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm from becoming a runaway security threat.
David Braue | 12 Mar | Read more
Despite years of education about security threats, software developers in Australia and elsewhere are still writing code that is too insecure and will open up massive holes as the Internet of Things (IoT) develops, IBM's X-Force security arm has warned as a prologue to recent research that found most malware threats continue to come from outside of Australia but can nonetheless affect all countries.
David Braue | 26 Nov | Read more