iTnews Weekly Security Wrap - Tuesday July 23, 2019

+ Equifax's $996m data breach settlement fallout; $16m lost to identity thieves this year; and more

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Tuesday July 23, 2019

Latest News

Citrix's 6TB hack made possible by weak passwords

By Brendon Foye

Vendor couldn't combat a brute force password spraying attack.

Equifax's $996m data breach settlement spurs calls for new rules

By Pete Schroeder

"It's a parking ticket, not a penalty."

Australians lost $16m to ID theft so far this year

By Matt Johnston

Prompts fresh warning to report incidents.

Chrome's Incognito Mode has loophole

By Simon Sharwood

Google will close it on July 30 to stop detection of private browsing.

NSW launches ID recovery service for cyber attack victims

By Matt Johnston

For NSW govt customers.

Therapeutic Goods Admin issues security guidance for medical devices

By Simon Sharwood

'Please do security right and see your doctor if pain persists' is the gist of it.

Aussie finance sector attributes the most data breaches to "hacking"

By Ry Crozier

Out of 25 industry verticals.

Anti-encryption laws 'imperil' cross-border data access deal with US

By Juha Saarinen

Govt shoots itself in the foot with crypto-busting laws?

Hackers steal millions of Bulgarians' financial data

By Angel Krasimirov and Tsvetelia Tsolova

More than 110 databases compromised.

Home Affairs could tap telcos for MAC and IP addresses, port numbers

By Ry Crozier

As more organisations use data retention laws.

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Microsoft admits it couldn't afford its own cloud

Atlassian reboots performance reviews to combat 'brilliant jerks'

NSW Police smash fake telco technician scam syndicate

Vic govt to build state's first digital twin

'Polarising' Oracle and 'disjointed' IBM remain cloud also-rans

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