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.

Further flaws render Shellshock patch ineffective

Further flaws render Shellshock patch ineffective

Patched systems remain vulnerable.
Juha Saarinen Sep 29 2014 10:19AM Security
Rackspace forced to reboot cloud over Xen bug

Rackspace forced to reboot cloud over Xen bug

Sydney servers restart on Wednesday.
Juha Saarinen Sep 29 2014 6:27AM Storage
Apple quick-releases 8.0.2 update for iOS

Apple quick-releases 8.0.2 update for iOS

Follows yesterday's botched patch.
Juha Saarinen Sep 26 2014 10:21AM Telco/ISP
Symantec names replacement for sacked CEO Bennett

Symantec names replacement for sacked CEO Bennett

Interim boss permanently appointed.
Allie Coyne Sep 26 2014 10:04AM Software
First Shellshock botnet attacks Akamai, US DoD networks

First Shellshock botnet attacks Akamai, US DoD networks

Wopbot on the rampage.
Juha Saarinen Sep 26 2014 7:18AM Security
Senate rejects attempt to limit ASIO's access to devices

Senate rejects attempt to limit ASIO's access to devices

Ludlam amendment falls flat.
Allie Coyne Sep 25 2014 2:18PM Security
Inside the legalities of digital signatures

Inside the legalities of digital signatures

What is okay to e-sign in the eyes of the law?
Paris Cowan Sep 25 2014 11:49AM Software
jQuery.com website suffers second attack in a month

jQuery.com website suffers second attack in a month

Site moved to new server.
Juha Saarinen Sep 25 2014 10:59AM Security
iPhone 6 vulnerable to TouchID fingerprint hack

iPhone 6 vulnerable to TouchID fingerprint hack

But researcher not worried about attacks.
Allie Coyne Sep 24 2014 9:03AM Security
Microsoft restructures Trustworthy Computing team

Microsoft restructures Trustworthy Computing team

Moves to Cloud and Enterprise Division.
Juha Saarinen Sep 24 2014 7:13AM Security
The ethics of security

The ethics of security

[Blog post] Where did that zero-day go?
Juha Saarinen Sep 23 2014 2:31PM Security
Telstra expands into digital signatures service

Telstra expands into digital signatures service

Buys stake in DocuSign.
Paris Cowan Sep 23 2014 11:10AM Security
Cloudflare launches open source keyless SSL

Cloudflare launches open source keyless SSL

Crypto expert doubtful.
Juha Saarinen Sep 19 2014 1:38PM Software
Apple patches security issues in OS X Mavericks

Apple patches security issues in OS X Mavericks

Low-level OS component vulnerabilities plugged.
Juha Saarinen Sep 19 2014 5:48AM Software
Apple blocks govt data requests with iOS 8

Apple blocks govt data requests with iOS 8

Moves to strengthen privacy provisions.
Allie Coyne Sep 18 2014 12:05PM Security
US Govt taking 'unnecessary risks' with Healthcare.gov

US Govt taking 'unnecessary risks' with Healthcare.gov

US watchdog finds website still vulnerable one year on.
Allie Coyne Sep 18 2014 11:45AM Security
eBay cross-scripting vulnerability exploited

eBay cross-scripting vulnerability exploited

Auction site slow to respond.
Juha Saarinen Sep 18 2014 8:20AM Security
Chinese hacked US military contractors

Chinese hacked US military contractors

Senate panel releases report.
Staff Writers Sep 18 2014 6:31AM Security
Adobe plugs critical security holes in Acrobat, Reader

Adobe plugs critical security holes in Acrobat, Reader

Delayed priority one patches now available.
Penny Wolf Sep 17 2014 2:00PM Security
Apple gives iCloud two-factor authentication

Apple gives iCloud two-factor authentication

Third-party apps will need passwords generated.
Juha Saarinen Sep 17 2014 11:13AM Security

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