+ Malware drive-by attack triggered Australia's first cyber emergency; Federal government cyber resilience almost unchanged after three years; Govt proposes national cyber regime for IoT; and much more

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WEEKLY SECURITY WRAP

Tuesday November 19, 2019

  Latest News  

NAB triples annual cyber warchest to $150m

By Julian Bajkowski

“Every day there are attempts to attack our environment; every day we are beating them back.”

Malware drive-by attack triggered Australia's first cyber emergency

By Justin Hendry

First details of Parliament hack emerge.

Federal government cyber resilience almost unchanged after three years

By Justin Hendry

Dozens of agencies still struggling with mandatory infosec controls.

Govt proposes national cyber regime for IoT

By Justin Hendry

Voluntary code to apply to smart devices such speakers, TVs.

NAB sheds new light on data breach incident, outages

By Julian Bajkowski

Affected customers revised down as staff cop mandatory training.

Australia Post signs for cloudy endpoint security

By Simon Sharwood

Carbon Black splashes down in AWS Australia to serve letter-deliverer and other clients.

NSW iVote system may have been vulnerable to voter fraud at election

By Justin Hendry

Susceptible to Scytl flaw uncovered earlier this year.

SA opens first cyber training centre

By Matt Johnston

To meet growing student demand.

Louisiana government computers knocked out after ransomware attack

By Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter

As results from the close gubernatorial election in the southern state await certification.

Internet shutdown for Iran amidst nationwide protests

By Juha Saarinen

Third day of disconnect.

Interpol plans to condemn encryption spread, citing predators, sources say

By Joseph Menn

Could provide cover for more countries to pass laws barring unbreakable encryption.

Intel issues fixes for critical flaws in drivers and firmware

By Juha Saarinen

God mode driver could afford attacker near-omnipotent control.

WikiLeaks founder Assange has unsuitable computer in jail, court told

By Staff Writer

Struggling to prepare for his case fighting extradition to the United States.

Ransomware attack at Mexico's Pemex halts work, threatens to cripple computers

By Adriana Barrera

Hackers try to wring ransom from Mexican state oil firm.

Microsoft updates terms on data privacy amid EU probe

By Staff Writer

Deals with European Union institutions failed to protect data in line with EU law.

US grants Huawei new 90-day licence extension

By David Shepardson

As regulators continue crafting rules on firms that pose national security risks.

Hackers hit UK Labour Party with back-to-back cyberattacks

By Jack Stubbs and Kylie MacLellan

Web services flooded with malicious traffic in an attempt to force them offline.

US to extend license for its companies to continue business with Huawei - sources

By David Shepardson and Steve Holland

After adding Huawei to an economic blacklist in May.

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