Spotlight on cyber security Spotlight on cyber security

Has cyber security in its current form failed? Most information security leaders agree that traditional methods, on their own, aren’t working in the face of the increasing number and severity of threats.

So what are the new and likely future threats? How can cyber security be fixed? Is your infosec team suffering from breach fatigue and, if so, what tools can you put in place to help them?

iTnews will provide some answers to these questions in our Spotlight on cyber security, coinciding with the Australian Information Security Association’s national conference on 18-20 October.

This Spotlight is supported by RSA.

Attackers exploit ancient 'Dirty COW' kernel flaw

Attackers exploit ancient 'Dirty COW' kernel flaw

Dangerous local user privilege escalation possible.
Juha Saarinen Oct 21 2016 9:00AM Security
Website creator Weebly leaks over 43 million accounts

Website creator Weebly leaks over 43 million accounts

Users asked to reset passwords.
Juha Saarinen Oct 21 2016 6:23AM Security
Census outage to cost ABS $30 million

Census outage to cost ABS $30 million

Bureau pledges to do better in 2021.
Paris Cowan Oct 20 2016 10:42AM Financial Services
Bitter feud between partners as IBM deflects eCensus blame

Bitter feud between partners as IBM deflects eCensus blame

NextGen, Vocus refute claims of error.
Allie Coyne Oct 20 2016 9:56AM Security
Yahoo pleads with US govt to clarify email spying order

Yahoo pleads with US govt to clarify email spying order

Transparency requested.
Juha Saarinen Oct 20 2016 8:39AM Security
Why retailers keep getting hacked

Why retailers keep getting hacked

And what the Australian industry is doing about it.
Allie Coyne Oct 20 2016 6:46AM Security
Police arrest Russian tied to 2012 LinkedIn hack

Police arrest Russian tied to 2012 LinkedIn hack

Russia to fight extradition.
Staff Writers Oct 20 2016 6:29AM Security
Govt's data breach notification bill enters parliament

Govt's data breach notification bill enters parliament

Expands on actions that could reduce need to notify.
Ry Crozier Oct 19 2016 12:48PM Security
Australia's first cyber threat sharing centre to open before end of year

Australia's first cyber threat sharing centre to open before end of year

Brisbane to get first pilot facility.
Allie Coyne Oct 19 2016 12:19PM Security
Oracle drops another massive critical security update

Oracle drops another massive critical security update

Researchers find 15,000 vulnerable web servers.
Juha Saarinen Oct 19 2016 11:37AM Security
Malware from the '90s comes back into fashion

Malware from the '90s comes back into fashion

[Blog post] When old becomes new again.
Tony Campbell Oct 18 2016 3:00PM Security
Telstra CISO Mike Burgess quits

Telstra CISO Mike Burgess quits

Three top IT roles now vacant at telco.
Allie Coyne Oct 18 2016 12:20PM Telco/ISP
France's block of Google for terrorism melts govt server

France's block of Google for terrorism melts govt server

Forced internet censorship backfires.
Juha Saarinen Oct 18 2016 9:22AM Strategy
Brandis refuses to table 'unremarkable' WhatsApp comms

Brandis refuses to table 'unremarkable' WhatsApp comms

Wong raises concerns about FOI requests.
Allie Coyne Oct 17 2016 1:35PM Security
Australian MPs still scared of Huawei

Australian MPs still scared of Huawei

DPS CIO quizzed on APH network security.
Allie Coyne Oct 17 2016 11:56AM Security
GlobalSign cert error sees browsers block top websites

GlobalSign cert error sees browsers block top websites

Many sites affected.
Staff Writers Oct 14 2016 2:17PM Security
Verizon hints it could pull out of Yahoo deal after hack

Verizon hints it could pull out of Yahoo deal after hack

Issue is 'material'.
Staff Writers Oct 14 2016 6:41AM Security
Australian e-stores hacked for credit card skimming

Australian e-stores hacked for credit card skimming

Thousands of Magento shopping carts vulnerable worldwide.
Juha Saarinen Oct 14 2016 6:30AM Security
Navy commander put in charge of Australia’s most sensitive systems

Navy commander put in charge of Australia’s most sensitive systems

DHS picks new cyber security chief.
Paris Cowan Oct 13 2016 11:41AM Strategy
Second hacker group targeting SWIFT users

Second hacker group targeting SWIFT users

Australian organisations infected with malware.
Staff Writers Oct 12 2016 9:19AM Security

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