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.

Britain must boost cyber attack capacity, PM Johnson says

Britain must boost cyber attack capacity, PM Johnson says

Against foreign enemies.
David Milliken Mar 15 2021 12:40PM Security
US government to respond to SolarWinds hackers in weeks

US government to respond to SolarWinds hackers in weeks

Senior official says.
Staff Writer Mar 15 2021 6:49AM Security
Govt to scrutinise foreign research collaboration on 'emerging' IT

Govt to scrutinise foreign research collaboration on 'emerging' IT

Will be screened like military and dual-use tech.
Staff Writers Mar 12 2021 10:47AM Security
Ex-contractor accessed Vic govt IT system 260 times a year after leaving

Ex-contractor accessed Vic govt IT system 260 times a year after leaving

Former department breached privacy laws.
Justin Hendry Mar 12 2021 6:55AM Security
ASIO's Mike Burgess says he knows who attacked ANU

ASIO's Mike Burgess says he knows who attacked ANU

But says it's not his place alone to publicly make that attribution.
Ry Crozier Mar 11 2021 3:44PM Security
New critical vulnerabilities found in F5 devices

New critical vulnerabilities found in F5 devices

Can be used to remotely commandeer BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems.
Juha Saarinen Mar 11 2021 8:33AM Security
Verkada surveillance cameras at Tesla supplier, hundreds more businesses breached

Verkada surveillance cameras at Tesla supplier, hundreds more businesses breached

Admin credentials found online.
Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin Mar 10 2021 10:13PM Security
DTA spins up hosting certification regime

DTA spins up hosting certification regime

Two years after releasing strategy.
Justin Hendry Mar 10 2021 7:12PM Strategy
Govt, agencies struggle to contain scope creep fears around surveillance powers

Govt, agencies struggle to contain scope creep fears around surveillance powers

Telco metadata laws cast a long shadow.
Ry Crozier Mar 10 2021 7:03PM Cloud
European Banking Authority says email servers targeted by attackers

European Banking Authority says email servers targeted by attackers

No data exfiltrated.
Ry Crozier Mar 9 2021 12:48PM Financial Services
ABS rebuilds incident response ahead of 2021 Census

ABS rebuilds incident response ahead of 2021 Census

Processes live-tested on a storage incident last year.
Ry Crozier Mar 8 2021 12:37PM Security
Antivirus pioneer John McAfee charged with cryptocurrency fraud

Antivirus pioneer John McAfee charged with cryptocurrency fraud

Stemming from two schemes.
Jonathan Stempel and Chris Prentice Mar 8 2021 6:46AM Financial Services
More than 20,000 US organisations compromised through Microsoft email flaw

More than 20,000 US organisations compromised through Microsoft email flaw

Leaves channels for remote access spread far and wide.
Joseph Menn, Raphael Satter and Trevor Hunnicutt Mar 8 2021 6:46AM Security
eftpos applies to become first non-govt digital ID exchange operator

eftpos applies to become first non-govt digital ID exchange operator

Ahead of connectID launch in June.
Justin Hendry Mar 5 2021 12:42PM Strategy
NSW govt's mandatory data breach reporting scheme unlikely before 2022

NSW govt's mandatory data breach reporting scheme unlikely before 2022

Another round of consultations now on the cards.
Justin Hendry Mar 5 2021 6:50AM Security
Okta to buy Auth0 for $8.3 billion

Okta to buy Auth0 for $8.3 billion

Will become integrated 'over time'.
Ry Crozier Mar 4 2021 11:45AM Cloud
Avast boosted by work-from-home trend

Avast boosted by work-from-home trend

Helping it to meet financial expectations.
Paul Sandle Mar 4 2021 12:59AM Security
Urgent patches out for exploited Exchange Server zero-days

Urgent patches out for exploited Exchange Server zero-days

Attacks attributed to Chinese state-sponsored group.
Juha Saarinen Mar 3 2021 9:24AM Security
Google teams up with Allianz, Munich Re to insure its US cloud users

Google teams up with Allianz, Munich Re to insure its US cloud users

Will price risk based on security controls in place.
Staff Writer Mar 3 2021 12:04AM Cloud
Overcoming data security challenges in a hybrid, multicloud world

Overcoming data security challenges in a hybrid, multicloud world

This IBM paper covers key issues to consider when it comes to overcoming data security challenges in a hybrid, multicloud world.
Mar 2 2021 7:26PM

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