Latest Security News

• 21 May 2013

• News: Digital strongboxes won't solve whistleblower problem for journalists

  Strongbox preserves anonymity at the price of authenticty

• News: Telstra in the sights of Privacy Commissioner

  Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has begun an investigation after some Telstra customer's phone numbers, names and home addresses contained in spreadsheets were found online during a Google search.

• News: NextDC awarded ISO quality management certification

  NextDC (ASX: NXT) has received a quality management system certification from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).

• News: Bit9, FireEye, Palo Alto Networks team to hit zero-day malware

  Bit9 has teamed with FireEye and Palo Alto Networks, which each have sandboxing technologies, in order to share information related to zero-day attack code.

• 20 May 2013

• News: Opinion varies on action against Chinese cyberattacks

  New cyberespionage attack by People's Liberation Army prompts calls for action such as sanctions, but experts are mixed on best response

• News: Chinese hackers resume attacks on U.S. targets

  For the last three months or so, the U.S. government and some of its defense contractors have engaged in a war of shame on China to pressure it to cool its cyber-attacks on U.S. targets. The campaign appeared to be yielding results, but it seems that Chinese hackers were only catching their breath.

• News: Govt asks industry for help to stem security breaches

  IT security firms have been asked to put themselves up for membership of a special-purpose panel to provide security services across all of government.

• News: Peculiar malware trail raises questions about security firm in India

  Security firm Norman, investigating cyber-espionage-related to a Norwegian telecom company, the Pakastani government and others, says a lot of its findings lead to the word "Appin," which happens to be the name of a security outfit in India whose website indicates it does work for the Indian military.

• News: Attack on Telenor was part of large cyberespionage operation with Indian origins, report says

  A recent intrusion on the computer network of Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor was the result of a large cyberespionage operation of Indian origin that for the past few years has targeted business, government and political organizations from different countries, according to researchers from security firm Norman Shark.

• News: Facebook, financial firms targeted by online maurauders

  Online lowlifes were busy last week spreading infections online, targeting Facebook and several financial institutions, according to malware fighters.

• News: Pressure mounts for building in security during application development

  Microsoft survey of IT pros and developers worldwide found only 37% worked for organizations that built products with security in mind

• News: Why don't risk management programs work?

  When the moderator of a panel discussion at the recent RSA conference asked the audience how many thought their risk management programs were successful, only a handful raised their hands. So Network World Editor in Chief John Dix asked two of the experts on that panel to hash out in an email exchange why these programs don't tend to work.

• News: Yahoo Japan says 22 million user IDs may have been stolen

  Yahoo Japan, the country's largest Web portal, said up to 22 million user IDs may have been leaked during a hack that was discovered last week.

• 17 May 2013

• News: Texas drone bill sparks a battle

  The battle to find a balance between privacy concerns and the beneficial use of drones for commercial and law enforcement purposes is in sharp focus in a bill that's winding its way through the Texas legislature.

• News: Alleged tech support scammers settle FTC charges

  Operators of two alleged tech support scams that charged consumers hundreds of dollars to supposedly fix their computers have settled charges from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

• News: Nation's critical infrastructure cyber defenses weak, DHS tells hearing

  Experts criticize government's threat sharing, noting it wants the private sector to be generous but it's stingy with the private sector

• News: Police arrest Anonymous suspects in Italy

  Italian police arrested four suspected hackers Friday, accusing them of having taken control of the Italian branch of the Anonymous network.

• News: Researchers uncover new global cyberespionage operation dubbed SafeNet

  Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyberespionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government ministries, technology companies, media outlets, academic research institutions and nongovernmental organizations from over 100 countries.

• News: Big Data Investigations: Opportunity and Risk

  Experts say large-scale security analytics can cut through the noise to find key intelligence. But connecting the dots can lead to legal trouble

• News: Experts ding DHS vulnerability sharing plan as too limited

  Without universally availability, plan could miss smaller businesses hackers could use as an entry point to critical infrastructure companies

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