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.

Adobe kicks off patch roundup with critical fixes

Adobe kicks off patch roundup with critical fixes

Adobe has delivered its first quarterly roundup of security patches, fixing critical vulnerabilities in Reader and Acrobat that could cause the applications to crash, and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the systems.
David Neal Jun 11 2009 6:50AM Security
Apple slides security fixes into Safari update

Apple slides security fixes into Safari update

In the shadow of Monday's product rollout, Apple has packed a major security update into its Safari browser.
Shaun Nichols Jun 10 2009 3:11PM Security
Microsoft issues latest round of security patches

Microsoft issues latest round of security patches

Microsoft's June security update contains ten bulletins which address some 31 bulletins in Windows, Office and Internet Explorer.
Shaun Nichols Jun 10 2009 2:21PM Security
White House turns to hacker for security advice

White House turns to hacker for security advice

A white hat hacker who set up the Black Hat and Defcon computer conferences has been picked as a member of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).
Iain Thomson Jun 10 2009 6:11AM Security
White House turns to hacker for security advice

White House turns to hacker for security advice

Jeff Moss, aka Dark Tangent, the white hat hacker who set up the Black Hat and DEFCON computer conferences, has been picked as a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).
Iain Thomson Jun 9 2009 12:16PM Security
Centrelink takes in-house security tech to US

Centrelink takes in-house security tech to US

Centrelink is to hold workshops in the United States and Australia in an attempt to have its in-house developed smartcard technology adopted as a world standard.
Staff Writers Jun 6 2009 10:42AM Security
Twitter hit with rogue anti-virus scams

Twitter hit with rogue anti-virus scams

Users of popular blogging platform Twitter fell victim this past week to a scareware scam in which they were offered a "Best Video," but by clicking through, invited onto their computer offers for a rogue security application.
Greg Masters Jun 3 2009 11:06AM Security
Apple patches QuickTime for 10 security holes

Apple patches QuickTime for 10 security holes

Apple has released an updated version of its popular QuickTime software.
Dan Kaplan Jun 2 2009 10:42AM Security
Airport eye scans check two million arrivals into UK

Airport eye scans check two million arrivals into UK

More than two million airline passenger journeys arriving in the UK have used the biometric eye scanners installed at Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham airports since their introduction in 2006, the UK Home Office has revealed.
Bryan Glick Jun 1 2009 3:37PM Security
Questions asked over RFID tags and scanners

Questions asked over RFID tags and scanners

The security of the Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, and its ability to resist malware, has been questioned.
Dan Raywood Jun 1 2009 2:44PM Security
Obama unveils US cybersecurity plan

Obama unveils US cybersecurity plan

President Barack Obama has outlined his plan to enhance cyber security protections in the US.
Shaun Nichols Jun 1 2009 1:08PM Security
EU security agency warns on European network resilience

EU security agency warns on European network resilience

The EU's information security agency has warned of failings in the development of key technologies that are considered vital to the resilience of government and industry networks across Europe.
Dave Bailey Jun 1 2009 6:46AM Networking
Homeland Security to scan fingerprints of travellers exiting the US

Homeland Security to scan fingerprints of travellers exiting the US

The US Department of Homeland Security is set to kickstart a controversial new pilot to scan the fingerprints of travellers departing the United States.
Brett Winterford May 29 2009 5:53AM Security
NSW spends $1.5m to link prison biometric security systems

NSW spends $1.5m to link prison biometric security systems

The New South Wales Department of Corrective Services is looking to integrate the fingerprint and iris detection systems used across several of its 34 prisons.
Brett Winterford May 28 2009 7:43PM Security
Australia shares very little biometric data

Australia shares very little biometric data

Australia is not playing its part in international efforts to share biometric data in the fight against crime and terror, according to experts speaking at the Biometrics Institute conference held in Sydney today.
Brett Winterford May 28 2009 2:49PM Security
Internode turns attention to customer care systems

Internode turns attention to customer care systems

Internode has started a $4 million upgrade to its customer care systems that the ISP says will reduce queues in busy periods and provide more self-service options for customers.
Staff Writers May 26 2009 11:12AM Software
Fortify pushes code audits as XP support ends

Fortify pushes code audits as XP support ends

Fortify has warned that the end of mainstream support for Windows XP means that anyone working on XP-based applications should strengthen their code auditing procedures.
Ian Williams May 26 2009 9:39AM Software
Trend Micro updates security suite for small firms

Trend Micro updates security suite for small firms

Trend Micro has updated its Worry-Free Business Security product, which is designed for small businesses with little or no IT support.
Phil Muncaster May 26 2009 9:39AM Security
IT professionals confused about Web 2.0

IT professionals confused about Web 2.0

Even IT professionals are confused about what constitutes Web 2.0, according to a survey released Wednesday.
Angela Moscaritolo May 22 2009 9:09AM Security
Adobe to issue regular Reader and Acrobat patches

Adobe to issue regular Reader and Acrobat patches

Adobe is to ape the security practices of other technology companies by issuing regular patch updates to Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
David Neal May 22 2009 6:14AM Software

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