Spotlight on Cyber Security Spotlight on Cyber Security

Most infosec leaders agree that traditional security methods, on their own, are no longer enough to combat advanced new threats. But what new techniques and strategies are they using? What lessons have they learnt from breaches?

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 10-12 October.

Intel hit with 32 lawsuits over Spectre, Meltdown

Intel hit with 32 lawsuits over Spectre, Meltdown

Mostly customer class actions.
Muvija M Feb 19 2018 6:12AM Security
Hackers stole $7.6m from Russian bank via SWIFT

Hackers stole $7.6m from Russian bank via SWIFT

Digital heists becoming more frequent.
Jack Stubbs Feb 19 2018 6:12AM Security
Govt to ditch PKI certs for Medicare look-up system

Govt to ditch PKI certs for Medicare look-up system

DHS to accelerate move to PRODA.
Justin Hendry Feb 16 2018 1:11PM Security
Nine flaws discovered in Dell EMC's Isilon platform

Nine flaws discovered in Dell EMC's Isilon platform

Vulnerable to cross-site request forgeries and privilege escalation.
a Staff Writer Feb 16 2018 9:14AM Security
Thousands of FedEx user records exposed by unsecured S3 bucket

Thousands of FedEx user records exposed by unsecured S3 bucket

Company investigating leak.
Staff Writers Feb 16 2018 6:22AM Security
Australia joins UK, US to blame Russia for NotPetya

Australia joins UK, US to blame Russia for NotPetya

Moscow decries Western campaign.
Sarah Young and Denis Pinchuk Feb 16 2018 6:15AM Financial Services
Russian hacker gets 12-year US prison sentence

Russian hacker gets 12-year US prison sentence

For role in scheme that stole 160 million credit card numbers.
Staff Writers Feb 15 2018 11:33AM Security
Intel offers bounties for Meltdown, Spectre bug hunters

Intel offers bounties for Meltdown, Spectre bug hunters

Up to US$250,000 for side-channel flaws.
Juha Saarinen Feb 15 2018 7:45AM Hardware
Microsoft tries again with Spectre fix for Windows

Microsoft tries again with Spectre fix for Windows

Also patches Adobe Flash zero-day.
Juha Saarinen Feb 14 2018 8:45AM Security
Equifax hires Home Depot's CISO

Equifax hires Home Depot's CISO

As firm reveals more data was stolen.
Staff Writers Feb 13 2018 11:23AM Security
Critical Cisco flaw under active exploit

Critical Cisco flaw under active exploit

'Patch immediately'.
Allie Coyne Feb 12 2018 10:44AM Security
Australian govt sites hijacked by crypto coin miner

Australian govt sites hijacked by crypto coin miner

Accessibility tool compromised.
Allie Coyne Feb 12 2018 7:38AM Security
Winter Olympics suffers cyber attack

Winter Olympics suffers cyber attack

During opening ceremony.
Karolos Grohmann Feb 12 2018 6:14AM Security
Banks told how much of their data can be opened

Banks told how much of their data can be opened

Transformed data allowed to stay in-house.
Ry Crozier Feb 9 2018 3:28PM Security
SA govt targets rising cyber incidents in new strategy

SA govt targets rising cyber incidents in new strategy

Gives itself a year to get up to scratch.
Justin Hendry Feb 9 2018 11:00AM Strategy
Chrome will mark all HTTP sites 'not secure' from July

Chrome will mark all HTTP sites 'not secure' from July

Ramps up name and shame campaign.
Staff Writers Feb 9 2018 10:18AM Security
Intel releases Spectre fix for Skylake CPUs only

Intel releases Spectre fix for Skylake CPUs only

Promises versions for other processors.
Juha Saarinen Feb 9 2018 6:40AM Hardware
WordPress update breaks future updates

WordPress update breaks future updates

Fix requires manual installation.
Allie Coyne Feb 8 2018 1:56PM Software
DHS set to become govt's exclusive digital identity provider

DHS set to become govt's exclusive digital identity provider

Currently building "myGov IdP" for Govpass.
Justin Hendry Feb 8 2018 6:30AM Strategy
US arrests 36 people in $677m cyber fraud takedown

US arrests 36 people in $677m cyber fraud takedown

Australia caught up in bust of 'In Fraud' scheme.
Sarah N. Lynch Feb 8 2018 6:08AM Financial Services

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