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AusCERT 2013: Deploying BYOD in a government environment

Strong executive desire to use iPhones led the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities to start looking for solutions that would separate government from personal information.Sunday, 26 May, 2013

Schnucks wants federal court to handle data breach lawsuit

St. Louis-based grocery chain Schnuck Markets has claimed that a potential class action lawsuit filed against it in an Illinois state court over a recent data breach really belongs in federal court because of the case's scope and damages involvedSaturday, 25 May, 2013

Google's latest Penguin update lets you squeal on spammy websites -- as well as anyone else

The latest version of Google's sophisticated anti-spam algorithm, dubbed Penguin 2.0, was announced yesterday in an official blog post from the company's well-known webspam czar, Mike Cutts.Saturday, 25 May, 2013

AusCERT 2013: What's it like to be a 'Nigerian scam' victim?

Feelings of shame and despair at being conned out of $300,000 by a convincing Nigerian based email scam led Queensland interior decorator Jill Ambrose to attempt suicide twice.Saturday, 25 May, 2013

AusCERT 2013: Police urge banks to install ATM chip technology

Australians will continue to be ripped off by international crime syndicates unless banks fast track the rollout of ATM chip technology, according to Queensland Police Detective Superintendent Brian Hay.Friday, 24 May, 2013

DHS warns employees that years-old database hole puts their privacy at risk

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Thursday said it has notified employees and others with DHS clearance to be on alert for potential fraud due to a vulnerability discovered in software used by a vendor to process personally identifiable information (PII) for background investigations. The software hole in had been there since July 2009.Friday, 24 May, 2013

U.S. urged to let companies 'hack-back' at IP cyber thieves

U.S. companies should be allowed to take aggressive countermeasures against hackers seeking to steal their intellectual property, contends the private Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property.Friday, 24 May, 2013

AusCERT 2013: NBN users need security professionals' help, says Google

Google has urged security professionals to help Australians stay safe on the National Broadband Network (NBN).Friday, 24 May, 2013

Corporations need to balance data transparency and security: legal experts

The Internet is driving greater transparency of information but has also created more risk for corporations drowning in customer data, according to two legal experts.Thursday, 23 May, 2013

Cyber safety awareness is not enough: AISA

Cyber safety awareness may still be lacking amongst the wider community, but so is information on how people can protect themselves from attacks, according to research from the Australian Information Security Association (AISA).Thursday, 23 May, 2013

Telstra in the sights of Privacy Commissioner

Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has begun an investigation after some Telstra customer's phone numbers, names and home addresses contained in spreadsheets were found online during a Google search.Wednesday, 22 May, 2013

NextDC awarded ISO quality management certification

NextDC (ASX: NXT) has received a quality management system certification from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).Wednesday, 22 May, 2013

Bit9, FireEye, Palo Alto Networks team to hit zero-day malware

Bit9 has teamed with FireEye and Palo Alto Networks, which each have sandboxing technologies, in order to share information related to zero-day attack code.Tuesday, 21 May, 2013

Peculiar malware trail raises questions about security firm in India

Security firm Norman, investigating cyber-espionage-related to a Norwegian telecom company, the Pakastani government and others, says a lot of its findings lead to the word "Appin," which happens to be the name of a security outfit in India whose website indicates it does work for the Indian military.Tuesday, 21 May, 2013

Chinese hackers master art of lying low

China's remarkable success in infiltrating U.S. government, military and corporate networks in recent years shouldn't be seen as a sign that the country is gaining on the U.S. lead in cybertechnology, security experts say. They're just very persistent and very good at remaining undetected for long periods of time.Monday, 20 May, 2013

Why don't risk management programs work?

When the moderator of a panel discussion at the recent RSA conference asked the audience how many thought their risk management programs were successful, only a handful raised their hands. So Network World Editor in Chief John Dix asked two of the experts on that panel to hash out in an email exchange why these programs don't tend to work.Monday, 20 May, 2013