Cyber espionage between nations has reached such damaging levels it risks not only the trust between friendly countries, but the future of the internet itself. That is the view of Eugene Kaspersky, the ebullient chief executive of Russian security firm Kaspersky Labs, who is in Canberra this week to... Read more
Category Archive: Cyber Defence
Cyber cops probe the deep web
In the past few weeks, the glare of news-media scrutiny has shone on the murky, mysterious world of the darknet, that online territory estimated to be many times bigger than the ordinary internet most of us access daily from the comfort of our computers and smartphones using web browsers... Read more
US proposes corporate cybersecurity standards
What 3000 people think A US bureau has unveiled a draft of voluntary standards that companies can adopt to boost cybersecurity — part of an attempt to protect critical industries without setting restrictive and costly regulations. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a nonregulatory agency that is... Read more
35,000 sites including Fortune 1000 hacked via nasty vBulletin hole
Some 35,000 websites including those run by fortune 1000 companies that use proprietary internet message board vBulletin have been hacked via a dangerous flaw in the software. Security experts criticised the company for not adequately informing customers. Many of the affected sites had malware foisted on their sites which... Read more
News Corp’s Australian newsletter database exposed online, leaking personal information
An IT security vulnerability found on all of News Corp’s major metropolitan websites in Australia and uncovered by an IT security expert gave the expert the potential to access all of its newsletter subscribers’ highly personal information, including their household income. Other details found to have been exposed included... Read more