Data breach laws to drive class actions: IIA 

Data breach laws to drive class actions: IIA

'Real risk of harm' seen as ambiguous.
Drupal breach compromised a million accounts 

Drupal breach compromised a million accounts

Passwords reset.
Greens call for inquiry into ASIO blueprint theft 

Greens call for inquiry into ASIO blueprint theft

Alleged hack not a resourcing issue, party suggests.
ITV and Sky hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army 

ITV and Sky hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army

Follows Twitter security two-factor authentication upgrade.
Data breach notification law introduced to Parliament 

Data breach notification law introduced to Parliament

Govt aims for March 2014 deadline.
ASIO blueprints, Defence documents stolen 

ASIO blueprints, Defence documents stolen

Chinese hackers raid government networks.
Google hackers wanted intel on Chinese spook monitoring 

Google hackers wanted intel on Chinese spook monitoring

US intel sought.
22M accounts exposed in Yahoo Japan breach 

22M accounts exposed in Yahoo Japan breach

Users have been urged to change their passwords as a precaution.
Hacker Aush0k fronts Sydney court 

Hacker Aush0k fronts Sydney court

Faces three charges in adjourned trial.
Hackers steal credit card data, passwords from domain registrar 

Hackers steal credit card data, passwords from domain registrar

Says its encryption is sufficient.
Vic Police documents leaked to Melbourne bikies 

Vic Police documents leaked to Melbourne bikies

Data security chief to eye police infosec controls.
UK 24-hour breach notification not a big burden 

UK 24-hour breach notification not a big burden

Enterprises can handle it but not small biz.
Exclusive: Data breach notification bill revealed 

Exclusive: Data breach notification bill revealed

Privacy Commissioner to compel public breach disclosure under draft.
Vulnerable US dams database breached 

Vulnerable US dams database breached

Privileged access rights handed out.
Dreyfus backs mandatory data breach laws 

Dreyfus backs mandatory data breach laws

More talks on the cards.
ColdFusion zero day used in web host hack 

ColdFusion zero day used in web host hack

Hole patched.
Mandatory data breach notification: a checklist 

Mandatory data breach notification: a checklist

SC Magazine helps you prepare for the inevitable.
Commbank hack a dud 

Commbank hack a dud

Breached credentials almost two years old.
Vendors audited by Vic Govt infosec chief 

Vendors audited by Vic Govt infosec chief

No mercy for sloppy security.
CommBank builds security fault tree after RSA breach 

CommBank builds security fault tree after RSA breach

Shares defensive security models with rival Big Four, industry players.
Hacker raids Aunty, dumps 44,560 email addresses  

Hacker raids Aunty, dumps 44,560 email addresses

Old website confirmed hacked.
Microsoft joins watering hole victims Apple, Facebook 

Microsoft joins watering hole victims Apple, Facebook

'Small number' of computers popped.
Bit9 hacked five months before detection 

Bit9 hacked five months before detection

Company suspects larger attack campaign.
Google account takeovers down 99 percent 

Google account takeovers down 99 percent

Gmail login attempts tested against 120 variables.
Anonymous dumps US State Dept database 

Anonymous dumps US State Dept database

#oplastresort revenge hack.
Anonymous dumps 600k accounts from popular Israeli site 

Anonymous dumps 600k accounts from popular Israeli site

PwnedList collects 30 million stolen credentials after #OpIsrael hack.
Telecom NZ says 22,500 Xtra email accounts hacked 

Telecom NZ says 22,500 Xtra email accounts hacked

Yahoo! 'assures' password changes kill spam.
Canadian Govt loses personal data on 583,000 students 

Canadian Govt loses personal data on 583,000 students

Bans use of portable media.
Sony fined $377,000 for PlayStation breach 

Sony fined $377,000 for PlayStation breach

Privacy commissioner says Sony should have patched.
UNSW hacked, servers shut down 

UNSW hacked, servers shut down

Motivations behind festive hacks unclear.
Loan agency loses data on 583K Canadian students 

Loan agency loses data on 583K Canadian students

External hard drive lost.
Hackers claim raid on CCTV sites 

Hackers claim raid on CCTV sites

#NaziGods says it found government logins and emails during raid.
Hacker nabs Yahoo! site backups 

Hacker nabs Yahoo! site backups

Finds website flaws.
Hackers claim exploit cache in raid 

Hackers claim exploit cache in raid

Rival vulnerability service hacked.
22k records stolen in Australian Defence Force Academy hack 

22k records stolen in Australian Defence Force Academy hack

Database hit by SQL Injection
One million users compromised in US insurer breach 

One million users compromised in US insurer breach

Company mum on hack details.
NASA employs full disk encryption for devices 

NASA employs full disk encryption for devices

Staff forbidden from removing devices.
Stolen Nasa laptop contained sensitive staff information 

Stolen Nasa laptop contained sensitive staff information

Employee data lost.
South Carolina tax breach also affects 657k businesses 

South Carolina tax breach also affects 657k businesses

Forensic investigators probe deeper.
Hackers steal over 75 percent of South Carolina social security numbers 

Hackers steal over 75 percent of South Carolina social security numbers

Some 3.6 million Social Security numbers and 387,000 credit and debit cards stolen.
Roxon issues discussion paper on mandatory data breach laws 

Roxon issues discussion paper on mandatory data breach laws

Law enforcement activities could be exempt.
Adobe revokes all code signed since 10 July 

Adobe revokes all code signed since 10 July

Follows attack.
IEEE says proxy "anomaly" caused 100k password breach 

IEEE says proxy "anomaly" caused 100k password breach

Blames proxy provider.
100k IEEE clear text passwords exposed on FTP server 

100k IEEE clear text passwords exposed on FTP server

A Romanian researcher blows lid on security gaffe.
Fake databases to catch out leaky cops 

Fake databases to catch out leaky cops

Officers to set up fake crime scenes under anti-corruption bill.
US patient records stolen by staff, possibly sold 

US patient records stolen by staff, possibly sold

Miami hospital hit by second breach this year.
Hackers hack British police database, publish logins 

Hackers hack British police database, publish logins

Dozens of officers affected.
Saudi oil company back online after cyber sabotage attempt  

Saudi oil company back online after cyber sabotage attempt

But Saudi Aramco silent on Shamoon.
Half a million credit cards stolen from Aussie business 

Half a million credit cards stolen from Aussie business

Consumers could be fleeced millions, banks on high alert.
Privacy probes launched into AAPT, Melbourne IT 

Privacy probes launched into AAPT, Melbourne IT

Data breach investigated.
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