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.

US Justice Department says its emails were breached by SolarWinds hackers

US Justice Department says its emails were breached by SolarWinds hackers

Three percent of O365 mailboxes potentially accessed.
Staff Writer Jan 7 2021 6:14AM Security
RAT scammers pose as the Australian Cyber Security Centre

RAT scammers pose as the Australian Cyber Security Centre

Phone calls and emails targeting Australians.
Juha Saarinen Jan 6 2021 6:50AM Security
ANU uses new security capabilities to help other Unis fend off attacks

ANU uses new security capabilities to help other Unis fend off attacks

Reveals five-year information security program.
Ry Crozier Jan 5 2021 11:37AM Security
SolarWinds hackers accessed Microsoft source code

SolarWinds hackers accessed Microsoft source code

Vendor knew 'for days' before disclosing it.
Raphael Satter and Joseph Menn Jan 1 2021 5:19PM Security
Apple loses court case against security vendor Corellium

Apple loses court case against security vendor Corellium

Court rules iOS virtualisation covered by fair use statute.
Juha Saarinen Dec 30 2020 8:26AM Security
Experts who wrestled with SolarWinds hackers say cleanup could take months

Experts who wrestled with SolarWinds hackers say cleanup could take months

Or longer.
Raphael Satter Dec 28 2020 1:05PM Security
Suspected Russian hackers used Microsoft vendors to breach customers

Suspected Russian hackers used Microsoft vendors to breach customers

Leveraged reseller access.
Joseph Menn and Raphael Satter Dec 26 2020 1:05PM Security
Italian defence group hack targeted military plane details

Italian defence group hack targeted military plane details

Of Europe's biggest unmanned fighter jet programme.
Francesca Landini Dec 24 2020 9:36AM Security
Second hacking team was targeting SolarWinds at time of big breach

Second hacking team was targeting SolarWinds at time of big breach

Not "digitally signed" like the other attack.
Christopher Bing Dec 21 2020 8:47AM Security
CBA builds container-as-a-service platform on AWS, Kubernetes stack

CBA builds container-as-a-service platform on AWS, Kubernetes stack

Sets guardrails and controls for security, regulatory approval.
Ry Crozier Dec 21 2020 6:57AM Cloud
US lawmakers to back $2.5b Huawei, ZTE swap-out fund

US lawmakers to back $2.5b Huawei, ZTE swap-out fund

As part of a year-end spending bill and Covid-19 bill.
David Shepardson Dec 21 2020 6:51AM Networking
Service NSW told to urgently improve data handling after cyber attack

Service NSW told to urgently improve data handling after cyber attack

Audit finds problems by the bucket load.
Justin Hendry Dec 18 2020 5:51PM Strategy
Cyber security left out of cabinet reshuffle

Cyber security left out of cabinet reshuffle

No dedicated cyber portfolio.
Tess Bennett Dec 18 2020 5:38PM Strategy
Microsoft breached in suspected Russian hack using SolarWinds

Microsoft breached in suspected Russian hack using SolarWinds

Company finds "malicous binaries" in its environment.
Joseph Menn , Christopher Bing Dec 18 2020 12:51PM Security
Tyro agrees to independent review after sending 150,000 spam messages

Tyro agrees to independent review after sending 150,000 spam messages

Breached Spam Act.
Justin Hendry Dec 18 2020 12:38PM Financial Services
NAB ramps up control of privileged system access

NAB ramps up control of privileged system access

To protect against security threats.
Tess Bennett Dec 18 2020 6:55AM Financial Services
FireEye, GoDaddy and Microsoft flick SolarWinds SUNBURST 'killswitch'

FireEye, GoDaddy and Microsoft flick SolarWinds SUNBURST 'killswitch'

Actor likely to remain in infected networks, however.
Juha Saarinen Dec 17 2020 12:25PM Security
Service NSW finds cyber attack impacted 80,000 fewer customers

Service NSW finds cyber attack impacted 80,000 fewer customers

But only after wrongly notifying 25,000 people.
Justin Hendry Dec 16 2020 11:28AM Security
Hackers at centre of sprawling spy campaign turned SolarWinds' dominance against it

Hackers at centre of sprawling spy campaign turned SolarWinds' dominance against it

Update server could be accessed last year with 'solarwinds123' password.
Raphael Satter , Christopher Bing , Joseph Menn Dec 16 2020 10:17AM Security
How to choose a WAF that's right for you

How to choose a WAF that's right for you

Stop the bots. Download this F5 guide to web application firewalls
Dec 15 2020 5:29PM

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