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.

Zyxel firewalls vulnerable to remote code execution

Zyxel firewalls vulnerable to remote code execution

Vendor jumps the gun on patches.
Juha Saarinen May 13 2022 12:22PM Security
Cyber security pros reminded of self-care importance

Cyber security pros reminded of self-care importance

AusCERT 2022: From kindness to resilience.
Nate Cochrane May 13 2022 6:45AM Security
NSW Planning dept finds CISO at Tabcorp

NSW Planning dept finds CISO at Tabcorp

Leader found for newly-formed cyber security arm.
Justin Hendry May 12 2022 1:10PM Training & Development
IBM sprays Log4j bugs in security products

IBM sprays Log4j bugs in security products

Apache Struts utility still causing headaches for admins.
Staff Writer May 12 2022 1:09PM Security
Google adds phishing protection to Workspace apps

Google adds phishing protection to Workspace apps

Zero trust for Slides, Docs and Sheets as well as Gmail.
Juha Saarinen May 12 2022 6:49AM Cloud
Cover-More Group lands new head of cyber security

Cover-More Group lands new head of cyber security

Following the departure of Amit Ghodekar.
Kate Weber May 11 2022 12:00PM Training & Development
Swinburne gets funding for cyber security teaching

Swinburne gets funding for cyber security teaching

Data61, commercial partners provide $1.6m.
Richard Chirgwin May 10 2022 2:09PM Training & Development
Microsoft fixes remote code exec bug in Azure database connector

Microsoft fixes remote code exec bug in Azure database connector

Amazon Redshift ODBC connector found vulnerable.
Juha Saarinen May 10 2022 6:45AM Security
Heroku hackers got account passwords via OAuth token theft

Heroku hackers got account passwords via OAuth token theft

Hashed and salted user passwords exfiltrated.
Juha Saarinen May 6 2022 12:50PM Security
Aruba publishes patches for 21 security bugs

Aruba publishes patches for 21 security bugs

Three allow remote takeover of management systems.
Richard Chirgwin May 6 2022 12:49PM Security
Oracle accredited 'certified strategic' gov cloud provider

Oracle accredited 'certified strategic' gov cloud provider

Joins Microsoft, AWS, local offerings.
Justin Hendry May 6 2022 12:23PM Strategy
'Big tech' data harvesting comes under fire by world central bank group

'Big tech' data harvesting comes under fire by world central bank group

Customers should get more control over personal info.
Marc Jones May 6 2022 6:32AM Financial Services
F5 BIG-IP systems vulnerable to remote takeover

F5 BIG-IP systems vulnerable to remote takeover

Update: researchers demonstrate attacks.
Juha Saarinen May 5 2022 1:00PM Security
Heroku forces user password resets

Heroku forces user password resets

API access tokens invalidated.
Juha Saarinen May 5 2022 6:55AM Security
TfNSW hit by second cyber attack in less than 18 months

TfNSW hit by second cyber attack in less than 18 months

Confirms authorised inspection scheme system data accessed.
Justin Hendry May 4 2022 6:15PM Security
Aruba, Avaya switches susceptible to remote takeover, patches on the way

Aruba, Avaya switches susceptible to remote takeover, patches on the way

TLStorm 2.0 could hit millions of devices.
Richard Chirgwin May 4 2022 12:19PM Security
Clean Energy Regulator swaps Fujitsu for Digital61

Clean Energy Regulator swaps Fujitsu for Digital61

Decade-long IT services run comes to an end.
Justin Hendry May 4 2022 12:19PM Strategy
Large amount of IoT gear menaced by unpatched DNS vulnerability

Large amount of IoT gear menaced by unpatched DNS vulnerability

Maintainer can't fix bug in uClibc and uClibc-ng libraries.
Juha Saarinen May 4 2022 6:55AM Security

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