Strategic partnership enables customers to manage data retention requirements and advanced persistent threat challenges MELBOURNE Australia – SSI Pacific, a leading independent system integrator in the “Asian Pacific” rim providing world leading Security Intelligence and monitoring solutions for Governments, Telecommunications and Enterprise sectors today announced the finalisation of its strategic... Read more
Yearly Archive: 2013
Australia main conduit for cyber attacks
Australia is emerging as a major conduit for targeted cyber attacks, a report shows, as online criminals shift their gaze towards Asia. The country has become the main location of so-called “command and control” servers, which are used by cybercriminals when they attack governments and businesses. According to a report... Read more
Adobe reports massive security breach
Adobe reported what it called a “sophisticated” cyberattack on its network where hackers gained unauthorized access to confidential customer information including IDs and encrypted passwords. The hack affects some 2.9 million customers worldwide, the company estimates. Information accessed in the attack includes names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration... Read more
NZ retail chain targeted by international cyber criminals
a major retail chain was targeted by cyber criminals in a well planned phishing attack that attempted to convince store staff to install rogue software on their computers. Cybersecurity programme manager Chris Hails refuses to name the chain involved, but told NBR ONLINE, “We were pleased they reported the issue... Read more
The NSA Can’t Replace 90% of Its System Administrators
In the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA’s domestic surveillance activities, the NSA has recently announced that they plan to get rid of 90% of their system administrators via software automation in order to “improve security.” So far, I’ve mostly seen this piece of news reported and commented on straightforwardly. But... Read more
