News

• Information security still lacking at WA universities: report

  Little progress has been made with securing Western Australia universities and TAFEs against cyber security attacks, according to the Audit Results Report 2012 tabled by Western Australian Auditor General, Colin Murphy.

• Department of Defence security training needed: analyst

  The focus on cyber security in the Department of Defence’s White Paper is a good start but retraining and upgrading skills that are in short supply at present is needed according to one security analyst.

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  Defence White Paper plans for cyber warfare

  Reducing vulnerability to cyber attacks is a high priority for the Department of Defence and work needs to be done to improve its networks according to a new white paper released today.

• Anittel reduces customer malware problems with Webroot

  Managed service provider Anittel Group (ASX: AYG) has reduced the number of hours fixing customer malware problems since it chose Webroot as its managed antivirus service.

• Australian universities to research Web threats with Trend Micro

  Trend Micro has teamed up with Deakin and Macquarie universities for the purposes of online security research and development.

• FireEye hires its first A/NZ regional director

  In order to better serve customers in Australia and New Zealand, FireEye has hired its first A/NZ regional director Phil Vasic.

• Three Australian retailers sign with Visa CyberSource

  Visa subsidiary CyberSource has been selected by the Flight Centre, Cotton On and Kathmandu to secure online payments when customers are booking flights or buying apparel.

• Reserve Bank of Australia confirms 2011 malware attack

  The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has today confirmed that it was the victim of a targeted email-based virus attack in 2011 following an Australian Financial Review investigation.

• Australia signs up to Europe Convention on Cybercrime

  Australia has become the 39th country to sign as a party to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime meaning that local law enforcement agencies will be able to obtain data about cybercrime from international partner agencies.

• ABC hack a lesson for other companies: security experts

  The data breach of 49,500 audience usernames and hashed versions of passwords from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) website Making Australia Happy should serve as a lesson for other companies that deal with personal information, according to security industry experts.

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  UPDATED: ABC confirms TV program website hack

  The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has confirmed that a website related to the 2010 TV program Making Australia Happy was breached with 49,500 usernames and hashed versions of passwords leaked.

• Security incidents going unreported: CERT Australia

  Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Australia has called for more Australian organisations to report cyber security issues to the police following the results of its annual survey.

• Virgin Australia warns customers about fake itinerary emails

  Virgin Australia has sent out an alert to customers warning them about fake travel itinerary emails which may contain a virus or spyware.

• Qantas email scam plays on human vulnerabilities: IDC

  A Qantas email scam, which contains malware, shows that humans are still the “most vulnerable vector” for cyber criminals to target, according to a security analyst.

• Rabobank reduces malware risk with new authentication services

  Customers of Rabobank Australia and New Zealand are being offered two factor secure authentication services when they transact online following the signing of a deal with US-based security vendor ThreatMetrix.