Mitnick to school Australia on Black Hat mindsets
Kevin Mitnick, arguably the world’s most famous hacker, is coming to Australia as part of a conference tour of the region later this month.
Andrew Colley | 09 Nov | Read more
Kevin Mitnick, arguably the world’s most famous hacker, is coming to Australia as part of a conference tour of the region later this month.
Andrew Colley | 09 Nov | Read more
The Australian Information Security Association (AISA) Awards is a prestigious annual event that recognises extraordinary information security professionals that have promoted excellence and innovation in the field. One of the unique things about this year’s AISA Awards is that, for the first time, the Diversity category was included. This highlights the importance and impact of diversity in the field, recognising the continuous efforts of the driven men and women making a difference in this space. Let’s meet some of the amazing nominees for this year:
The concept of online marketplaces was pioneered by eBay and Amazon many years ago. But these horizontal marketplaces are now being disrupted by vertical marketplaces such as Uber and Airbnb, which use technology to greatly improve the experience of buying and selling of traditional offline transactions. In doing so, these organisations have a well thought out value proposition which is flawlessly executed.
Nigel Phair | 20 Sep | Read more
One of the key themes coming from this year’s Risk Management and Security Summit, held by Gartner, is that the battle against cybercrime and data theft is as much about resilience and detecting breaches as preventing them. Having the right tools in place to detect a breach or some sort of unauthorised activity is critical.
Anthony Caruana | 31 Aug | Read more
Gartner’s Research Director for Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Brian Reed recently presented at the company’s annual Security and Risk Management Summit, held in Sydney.
Anthony Caruana | 25 Aug | Read more
As security professionals, we spend a lot of time focussing on external threats.
Anthony Caruana | 25 Aug | Read more
Scammers put a fake Android security patch app in Google Play to infect smartphones.
If you haven’t received the latest security patches from Google, your Android phone is almost certainly vulnerable to one of the so-called ‘Quadrooter' bugs that affects nearly every Android device on earth.
There's no smoking gun, but researchers have found evidence that hackers are targeting opponents of China’s claim to the South China Sea.
Metadata has been in the news over the last couple of years.
Anthony Caruana | 02 Aug | Read more
Google has started to roll out HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to prevent people from accidentally using the insecure version of Google's URLs.
Cyber security remains the biggest obstacle to the development of the so-called “Internet-of-Things”, according to IT research firm Gartner.
Andrew Colley | 26 Jul | Read more
European law enforcement and global tech firms have joined forces to help victims fight the crypto-ransomware scourge.
A culture of quickly paying ransomware extortionists has not only made Australian businesses high-profile targets for further attacks but risks destroying corporate reputations through the direct funding of organised crime, security experts have warned as ransomware volumes continue to pummel unprepared businesses.
David Braue | 25 Jul | Read more
In a win for desktop security, Mozilla is taking one more step to reduce the web’s dependence on Adobe’s buggy Flash Player browser plugin.