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• 01 May 2013

• How-Tos: How to use SteganPEG to hide documents in images

  If you want to keep certain documents private, or share them with a friend without using encryption, what you need is SteganPEG. This free steganography tool lets you hide documents - or just about any file - in a JPEG image. Here's how to do it.

• News: Groups criticize FBI plan to require Internet backdoors for wiretaps

  Privacy groups are denouncing a federal government move to force Internet companies like Facebook and Google to build backdoors that would let the FBI and other agencies snoop in on real time online communications.

• News: The 7 elements of a successful security awareness program

  A list of action items for CSOs looking to bolster their security awareness programs.

• News: Google Play changes bring cautious optimism on Android security

  Making app updates available only via the store will improve security on Google's mobile platform, but experts are not sure how much

• News: LivingSocial breach scope widens on finding of 60% sharing logins

  Finding of heavy password sharing across more sensitive sites like banks worrying because odds of criminals gaining access improve

• News: Good privacy builds brand trust: Ernst & Young

  With less than 12 months to go before the introduction of the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012, Australian enterprises are being encouraged to see the changes as a way to build customer trust through good privacy practices.

• News: CBA plans to build privacy technologies into its products

  Customer demand for secure mobile banking has led the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) to start investigating the development of privacy technologies to be built into its products and services.

• News: A10 airs Thunder line of ADCs, along with more DDoS protection

  A10 Networks this morning announced a new line of application delivery controllers -- distinct from the existing AX series -- dubbed "Thunder," saying that the new units offer more capacity in a smaller footprint.

• News: Aging networking protocols abused in DDoS attacks

  Aging networking protocols still employed by nearly every Internet-connected device are being abused by hackers to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

• News: Mozilla moves to stop spyware company from spoofing Firefox

  Mozilla sent a cease-and-desist letter on Tuesday to a European company that created a piece of spyware masquerading itself as the Firefox browser.

• 30 April 2013

• News: EFF: Trust Twitter -- but not Apple or Verizon -- to protect your privacy

  Verizon and MySpace scored a zero out of a possible six stars in a test of how far 18 technology service providers will go to protect user data from government data demands.

• News: Splunk Adds Statistical Analysis to Enterprise Security App

  Analysis of machine-generated data can play an important role in a sophisticated layered defense for your data and systems, but getting there can be challenging even with advanced intelligence platforms.

• News: Apache web servers targeted by stealthy 'Cdorked' malware

  Security researchers have discovered a new Apache web server backdoor that is so stealthy it leaves almost no trace of its redirection behaviour on the hard drive or in server log files.

• News: Enfield council moves to protect sensitive emails

  Enfield Council is controlling the distribution of sensitive data by email in line with the HM Government Security Policy Framework.

• News: Control and security of corporate open-source projects proves difficult

  Open source has become a staple for software development in the enterprise, but keeping track of it and maintaining security for it remains an elusive goal, according to a survey of more than 3,500 data architects and developers published today by Sonatype, which provides component lifecycle management products and also operates the Central Repository for downloading open-source software.

• News: Trend Micro seeks to make Amazon Web Services more secure

  Trend Micro today announced a slate of cloud-based security services that it says protect servers for Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers.

• News: Online monitoring scheme bad news for security, opponents say

  While such backdoors would help U.S. law enforcement, it would also provide a new vector for state-sponsored hackers

• News: Apache servers ambushed by sophisticated backdoor attacks

  Researchers at Sucuri and Eset say the attacks, which delivers the Blackhole malware kit to site visitors, leaves no trace on servers

• News: Privacy Commissioner launches Guide to Information Security

  The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s Privacy Week has begun in earnest with the unveiling of a Guide to Information Security in Sydney today.

• Opinion: How to avoid the best malware scams

  Malware can make life miserable by infecting your PC, laptop or smartphone and even stealing your money. Here are four of the top scams and how to avoid getting caught out.

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