SC Weekly Wrap - Tuesday September 15, 2015

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Tuesday September 15, 2015

Editor's Note

Good afternoon,

This week iTnews released its State of Security report, which looks at whether Australia's state, territory and federal governments are doing enough to protect the sensitive personal data of their citizens.

To see who came first - and who came last - download the full report here.

Keep an eye out for rolling coverage on the iTnews website this week, and if you think we've missed anything let us know here.

- iTnews team

Latest News

Data loss protection should no longer be an afterthought

By Tony Campbell

[Blog post] Office 2016 might be the saviour of DLP.

South Australia: Where small doesn't equal secure

By Paris Cowan

[Blog Post] Adelaide punching above its weight.

NSW: Can Australia’s largest state grow its infosec teeth?

By Paris Cowan

[Blog post] Turning around a decade of under-performance.

Federal government: A worthy benchmark for IT security?

By Paris Cowan

[Blog post] Is Canberra living up to its own high standards?

Your face is now part of Australia's 'national security weapon'

By Adam Molnar

[Opinion] Should you be worried?

Hacker jailbreaks iOS 9 before release

By Ashley Carman, Staff Writer

But won't reveal details.

Browser makers slowly strangling weak RC4 cipher

By Juha Saarinen

Ancient encryption can be broken "within hours".

UK insurer loses storage device with sensitive customer data

By Juha Saarinen

Names, addresses, bank account details leaked.

US urged to shore up cyber security against Chinese hacking

By Staff Writer

Intelligence chief says tough measures are necessary.

Android ransomware shuts out users by changing lock PIN

By Allie Coyne

Wants US$500 to let phone owners back in.

Researchers find zero-days in Kaspersky, FireEye software

By Tim Ring

Infosec experts take on infosec giants.

Microsoft Patch Tuesday plugs two vulnerabilities under active exploit

By Adam Greenberg

Remote execution flaws uncovered.

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