Recent articles by Staff Writer

US lawmaker says Facebook move to cut off researcher access is 'deeply concerning'

US lawmaker says Facebook move to cut off researcher access is 'deeply concerning'

Political ad data source cut off.
Staff Writer Aug 5 2021 7:08AM Software
Websites back up after brief global outage linked to Akamai

Websites back up after brief global outage linked to Akamai

Second disruption in a month.
Staff Writer Jul 23 2021 6:45AM Networking
Russian security chief says Moscow will work with US to find hackers

Russian security chief says Moscow will work with US to find hackers

A week after US and Russian leaders pledged cooperation.
Staff Writer Jun 24 2021 12:16PM Security
Facebook's Workplace tool reaches 7 million paid subscribers

Facebook's Workplace tool reaches 7 million paid subscribers

Up more than 40 percent from a year earlier.
Staff Writer May 5 2021 12:22PM Cloud
Australian cyber security consultancy reportedly helped unlock San Bernardino iPhone

Australian cyber security consultancy reportedly helped unlock San Bernardino iPhone

Washington Post investigation details long-held secret.
Staff Writer Apr 15 2021 7:13AM Security
NAME:WRECK vulnerabilities could impact 100 million servers, IoT devices

NAME:WRECK vulnerabilities could impact 100 million servers, IoT devices

Patches and mitigations available.
Staff Writer Apr 13 2021 2:52PM Networking
Facebook says data on 530 million users 'scraped' before September 2019

Facebook says data on 530 million users 'scraped' before September 2019

Stemmed from misuse of a feature.
Staff Writer Apr 7 2021 12:25PM Security
Six former eBay staff charged with cyberstalking

Six former eBay staff charged with cyberstalking

Campaign waged against critical blog.
Staff Writer Jun 16 2020 6:48AM Security
Amazon to block police use of facial recognition for a year

Amazon to block police use of facial recognition for a year

While new laws are brokered.
Staff Writer Jun 11 2020 8:08AM Security
Apple patches iOS to address unc0ver jailbreak

Apple patches iOS to address unc0ver jailbreak

Which exploited zero-day in Darwin XNU kernel.
Staff Writer Jun 2 2020 6:27AM Security
Cisco servers compromised using SaltStack flaws

Cisco servers compromised using SaltStack flaws

Impacted six servers associated with older versions of a network simulation tool.
Staff Writer May 29 2020 6:03AM Networking
RMIT to set up 'business-driven' cyber security research centre

RMIT to set up 'business-driven' cyber security research centre

To be led by Deakin cyber security academic.
Staff Writer Mar 3 2020 1:22PM Security
Edith Cowan University builds $3m SOC

Edith Cowan University builds $3m SOC

To train students in cyber security.
Staff Writer Jan 29 2020 2:04PM Security
Wyze accidentally exposes internal analytics database

Wyze accidentally exposes internal analytics database

Finds no evidence it was accessed by anyone.
Staff Writer Dec 30 2019 9:55AM Security
Maastricht University pulls all IT offline after ransomware attack

Maastricht University pulls all IT offline after ransomware attack

Incident under internal and police investigation.
Staff Writer Dec 28 2019 12:49AM Security
Citrix vulnerability could expose 3500 Aussie companies

Citrix vulnerability could expose 3500 Aussie companies

Vendor urges admins to mitigate "immediately".
Staff Writer Dec 24 2019 12:11PM Networking
Twitter discloses Android app flaw that could allow account takeovers

Twitter discloses Android app flaw that could allow account takeovers

Urges users to update.
Staff Writer Dec 21 2019 10:17AM Security
Police arrest 281 worldwide in BEC scam crackdown

Police arrest 281 worldwide in BEC scam crackdown

Conspirators 'stole more than 250,000 identities'.
Staff Writer Sep 11 2019 9:30AM Security
Cloudflare cuts 8chan off from DDoS protection

Cloudflare cuts 8chan off from DDoS protection

Though notes it won’t address the root problem.
Staff Writer Aug 5 2019 12:19PM Security
Wolters Kluwer takes down cloud services after malware infection

Wolters Kluwer takes down cloud services after malware infection

Impacts Australian users of CCH software.
Staff Writer May 8 2019 12:57PM Cloud

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