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First 'Heartbleed' attacker charged
Mounties nab tax data thief.
LaCie's online payment system breached
Customer details exposed for almost a year.
US retailers agree to share cyber threat data
Result of Target attack.
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Heartbleed used to steal Canadian taxpayer data Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | 6 days ago | Comment Now 
Mounties investigating.
 
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Expansion of mass FBI biometrics database raises concerns Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | 6 days ago | Comment Now 
Facial recognition of innocent people.
 
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Westpac NZ tests fingerprint scanning for mobile app Powered by SC Magazine
By Penny Wolf | Apr 14, 2014 | Comment Now 
Money at your fingertips.
 
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Boffins pop Google production server Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Apr 14, 2014 | Comment Now 
Google replies with meme, funds road trip.
 
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Bot masters in cut-throat DDoS fight Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Apr 14, 2014 | Comment Now 
DDoS reaches 300,000 connections a minute.
 
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NSA denies exploiting 'Heartbleed' bug Powered by SC Magazine
Apr 14, 2014 | Comment Now 
Claims no knowledge of vulnerability before this month.
 
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Heartbleed redux: Private SSL keys, routers, clients exposed Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Apr 14, 2014 | Comment Now 
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse.
 
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Govt plots national IT security policy Powered by SC Magazine
By Allie Coyne | Apr 14, 2014 | Comment Now 
DSTO to take lead.
 
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ACCC subscriber email addresses exposed Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Apr 11, 2014 | Comment Now 
Security researcher reports breach.
 
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US urges businesses to share cyber threat data Powered by SC Magazine
Apr 11, 2014 | Comment Now 
Not in breach of collusion laws, officials advise.
 
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Google rolls out continual app security scan for Android Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Apr 11, 2014 | Comment Now 
Malware threat exaggerated?
 
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Aussie big business exposed to dangerous 'heartbleed' hole Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Apr 10, 2014 | Comment Now 
Patching the bug is just the start.
 
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HP pays $115 million to settle US corruption probes Powered by SC Magazine
Apr 10, 2014 | Comment Now 
Bribed foreign governments for contracts, SEC says.
 
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British spies' comms interception cleared by watchdog Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Apr 10, 2014 | Comment Now 
Acted within legal limits.
 
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Banks call for end to regulatory burden on technology Powered by SC Magazine
By Allie Coyne | Apr 9, 2014 | Comment Now 
Want room to innovate.
 
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Admins scramble to plug giant OpenSSL security hole Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Apr 9, 2014 | Comment Now 
Mass password and certificate changes required.
 
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US movie studios sue Megaupload, Dotcom Powered by SC Magazine
Apr 8, 2014 | Comment Now 
Acted as 'unlawful hub for mass distribution', lawsuit claims.
 
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InfoSec spending must evolve as front lines blur Powered by SC Magazine
By Munir Kotadia | Apr 8, 2014 | Comment Now 
‘They’ are already in your network.
 
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Serious OpenSSL bug renders websites wide open Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Apr 8, 2014 | Comment Now 
Heartbleed headache.
 
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'Nearly unbreakable' crypto modeled off human body Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Apr 7, 2014 | Comment Now 
Generates unlimited number of keys, cuts out noise.
 
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Dangerous new Zeus malware fools anti-virus Powered by SC Magazine
By Tim Ring | Apr 7, 2014 | Comment Now 
Trojan tricks systems.
 
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Hacker holds key to free flights Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Apr 4, 2014 | Comment Now 
Claims to generate boarding passes with Apple Passbook.
 
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Experian investigated over data breach Powered by SC Magazine
By Jim Finkle | Apr 4, 2014 | Comment Now 
Exposure of 200m social security numbers.
 
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HP opens Sydney global security response centre Powered by SC Magazine
By Munir Kotadia | Apr 2, 2014 | Comment Now 
Links up with UK, USA.
 
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iiNet slams metadata 'fallacy' Powered by SC Magazine
By Allie Coyne | Apr 2, 2014 | Comment Now 
Rails against Govt approach to mandatory data retention.
 
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Banks pull out of Target, Trustwave data breach lawsuit Powered by SC Magazine
Apr 2, 2014 | Comment Now 
After Trustwave denies involvement.
 
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HP agrees to pay $57m to settle webOS lawsuit Powered by SC Magazine
Apr 2, 2014 | Comment Now 
Shareholders miffed by Apotheker's management.
 
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CommBank urges Govt to update cyber security strategy Powered by SC Magazine
By Allie Coyne | Apr 1, 2014 | Comment Now 
Customers need banking confidence during Snowden era.
 
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AWS accused of scanning Android app in secret key hunt Powered by SC Magazine
By Munir Kotadia | Apr 1, 2014 | Comment Now 
Making the cloud safer for all?
 
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Font flaw allowed Keybase copycats Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Apr 1, 2014 | Comment Now 
Security teams pounce.
 
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The illusion of a paper perimeter Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Apr 1, 2014 | Comment Now 
[Opinion] In social engineering defence, training is everything.
 
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NSA infiltrated RSA security more deeply than thought Powered by SC Magazine
Apr 1, 2014 | Comment Now 
Second tool discovered.
 
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Word, Excel malware creeping under radar of sysadmins Powered by SC Magazine
By Tim Ring | Mar 31, 2014 | Comment Now 
Stealthy Crigent virus discovered.
 
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Microsoft promises to stop searching user accounts for stolen material Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Mar 31, 2014 | Comment Now 
Privacy the focus.
 
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Trustwave denies responsibility in Target data breach Powered by SC Magazine
Mar 31, 2014 | Comment Now 
Says relationship was misrepresented.
 
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US, UK spies targeting satellite providers Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Mar 31, 2014 | Comment Now 
Chancellor Merkel spied on again.
 
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SendGrid hands customer to hacker Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Mar 28, 2014 | Comment Now 
Silver-tongued swindler sways staffer.
 
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Target lawsuit a ‘call to action’ for PCI DSS compliance Powered by SC Magazine
By Munir Kotadia | Mar 28, 2014 | Comment Now 
Make the effort more than once a year.
 
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Govts seek increasing volumes of data from Google Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Mar 28, 2014 | Comment Now 
Australian authorities make 780 requests in six months.
 
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Sixteen NSW agencies still have no DR, audit finds Powered by SC Magazine
By Paris Cowan | Mar 27, 2014 | Comment Now 
Slow progress on IT security.
 
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BlackBerry's enterprise container gets US security clearance Powered by SC Magazine
Mar 27, 2014 | Comment Now 
Can run on Apple, Android devices.
 
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Banks sue Target over security breach Powered by SC Magazine
By Jonathan Stempel | Mar 27, 2014 | Comment Now 
The fallout continues.
 
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auDA to trial DNSsec in .au Powered by SC Magazine
By Juha Saarinen | Mar 26, 2014 | Comment Now 
Updated: Four month test.
 
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Banking trojan infections double in Australia Powered by SC Magazine
By Munir Kotadia | Mar 26, 2014 | Comment Now 
Takes over PC and then attempts to infect victim's mobile device.
 
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eBay passwords revealed as username+123456 Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Mar 26, 2014 | Comment Now 
Flaw allowed anyone to log in to user accounts.
 
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Attacks target Microsoft Word zero day Powered by SC Magazine
By Darren Pauli | Mar 26, 2014 | Comment Now 
Google reports flaw with Rich Text Format docs.
 
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Security flaw believed to affect all Android devices Powered by SC Magazine
By Tim Ring | Mar 24, 2014 | Comment Now 
Indiana Uni, Microsoft researchers discover vulnerability.
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