Police arrest truckie over 'Evil' network hack 

Police arrest truckie over 'Evil' network hack

In Hackers - By Ry Crozier, 27 July 2011 10:21 AM
Updated: Distribute.IT says it's the same 'Evil' that destroyed its servers.
Microsoft calls Google on key government credentials 

Microsoft calls Google on key government credentials

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 12 April 2011 10:16 AM
Google denies it misled court.
HBGary Federal faces Congressional probe 

HBGary Federal faces Congressional probe

In Hackers - By Greg Masters, 25 March 2011 10:59 AM
May have conspired to sabotage opponents.
AFACT to try taking iiTrial to High Court 

AFACT to try taking iiTrial to High Court

In Hackers - By Ry Crozier, 24 March 2011 3:28 PM
Seeks to overturn authorisation ruling.
iiNet proposes demerit system for alleged pirates 

iiNet proposes demerit system for alleged pirates

In Hackers - By Ry Crozier, 16 March 2011 2:27 PM
Calls for "independent body" to police allegations.
Former CommVault MD sues over sacking 

Former CommVault MD sues over sacking

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 14 February 2011 3:15 PM
Vendor seeks partners' support in Federal Court case.
Hacker accomplice gets five years prison 

Hacker accomplice gets five years prison

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 19 April 2010 9:32 AM
Sold credit card data, aided hacking.
AFP abandons legal pursuit over blacklist leak  

AFP abandons legal pursuit over blacklist leak

In Web/client - By Ry Crozier, 8 February 2010 3:51 PM
Communications watchdog beefs up security after incident.
Aussie net scammers stung after $1.2m haul 

Aussie net scammers stung after $1.2m haul

In Hackers - 26 August 2009 2:52 PM
"Quacks" shut down by joint U.S.-Australia investigation.
Australian police draw flack over cyber crime fiasco 

Australian police draw flack over cyber crime fiasco

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 21 August 2009 10:38 AM
Hackers' forum sting backfires.
Six steps to a secure web 

Six steps to a secure web

In Web/client - By Brett Winterford, 22 July 2009 9:57 AM
E-crime fighters plead for global links and money.
Scam email hits the Australian Federal Police 

Scam email hits the Australian Federal Police

In Messaging - By Lilia Guan, 3 July 2009 1:39 PM
No organisation is sacred in the eyes of online scammers.
Obama appoints federal CTO 

Obama appoints federal CTO

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 21 April 2009 10:12 AM
US President Barack Obama has appointed the federal government's first-ever chief technology officer (CTO).
Email ruse uses Federal Reserve Bank name to drop PDF exploit 

Email ruse uses Federal Reserve Bank name to drop PDF exploit

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 17 November 2008 10:03 AM
Bucking the trend of declines in spam last week, a new socially engineered attack is making the rounds.
Hacker runs up US$12,000 Federal phone bill 

Hacker runs up US$12,000 Federal phone bill

In Networks - By Shaun Nichols, 25 August 2008 9:48 AM
A hacker who compromised phone systems for the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) left the government with a US$12,000 phone bill.
Microsoft arms Australian Federal Police with cyber weapons  

Microsoft arms Australian Federal Police with cyber weapons

In Web/client - By Lilia Guan, 7 March 2008 1:01 PM
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) will receive a technology boost in the fight against child predators and paedophiles with the launch of an online tracking system, developed ...
Federal judge shuts down site that leaks confidential information 

Federal judge shuts down site that leaks confidential information

In Web/client - By Jack Rogers, 21 February 2008 9:52 AM
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the disabling of a website that discloses confidential information, a precedent-setting ruling that may raise a legal challenge to ...
Forum on high tech crime kicks off in Canberra  

Forum on high tech crime kicks off in Canberra

In Risk - 27 November 2007 3:59 PM
The Australian Federal Police kicked-off a two day international forum on high tech crime in Canberra today featuring delegates from six countries and several Australian agencies.
US Federal cybercrime bill introduced in House 

US Federal cybercrime bill introduced in House

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 16 May 2007 9:39 AM
Two congressmen on Monday introduced a bipartisan cybersecurity bill that proponents say will modernise regulations while providing law enforcement with more resources to ...
Budget allocates $13.6M  

Budget allocates $13.6M

In Hackers - 10 May 2007 7:33 AM
Australians will soon have access to a national e-security alert service that will provide security warnings as part of the Federal Budget.
US Federal ID theft task force recommends national breach identification law, tougher standards 

US Federal ID theft task force recommends national breach identification law, tougher standards

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 26 April 2007 10:16 AM
A White House-sanctioned commission on identity theft backed the creation of a national breach notification law this week.
Data of 45.7 million card holders accessed in US retailer breach 

Data of 45.7 million card holders accessed in US retailer breach

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 30 March 2007 10:22 AM
TJX Companies revealed late Wednesday in a regulatory filing that hackers stole data from at least 45.7 million credit card holders when they illegally accessed the discount ...
Secret Service and Homeland Security team up on cybercrime education facility 

Secret Service and Homeland Security team up on cybercrime education facility

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 14 March 2007 8:00 AM
An ambitious idea by a state district attorney's association has led to the creation of a first-of-its-kind federal facility designed to train local law enforcement officials ...
US Judge sentenced to prison for child porn 

US Judge sentenced to prison for child porn

In Hackers - By Ericka Chickowski, 22 February 2007 10:32 PM
A former judge was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison on Tuesday for possession of child pornography that was initially found by a Canadian hacker vigilante who tipped ...
Keyloggers steal US$35,000 from users of savings program 

Keyloggers steal US$35,000 from users of savings program

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 23 January 2007 7:50 AM
The users of a retirement savings and investment plan for US federal employees were targeted by keyloggers last month, with cybercriminals making off with about US$35,000 from ...
Federal education loan site exposes personal info of up to 21,000 

Federal education loan site exposes personal info of up to 21,000

By Dan Kaplan, 24 August 2006 11:11 PM
Count the Department of Education as the latest federal agency to experience a privacy breach after the personal information of as many as 21,000 student borrowers accidentally ...
Federal charges for alleged net phone hacker 

Federal charges for alleged net phone hacker

By Dan Kaplan, 8 June 2006 10:26 PM
Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a Miami man on charges he ran a scheme that hacked into the calling networks of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to route ...
Federal IT security well below self-set standard 

Federal IT security well below self-set standard

By Ericka Chickowski, 16 March 2006 10:31 PM
The U.S. House Government Reform Committee released its Federal Computer Security Scorecards today, and the results were not good for most government agencies.
Former federal auditor cops to hacking charge 

Former federal auditor cops to hacking charge

By Frank Washkuch, 2 March 2006 7:14 PM
An IT security expert once employed by the federal government now faces a five-year jail term after pleading guilty to monitoring the email and PC use of his superior, the U.S. ...
NIST updates cryptography guidelines for U.S. Federal Agencies  

NIST updates cryptography guidelines for U.S. Federal Agencies

By William Eazel, 30 January 2006 9:51 AM
In a bid to help U.S. federal agencies protect sensitive, but unclassified information, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated guidelines for ...
Federal data mining not doing enough to protect privacy 

Federal data mining not doing enough to protect privacy

By Marcia Savage, 30 August 2005 5:17 PM
Data mining efforts at five federal agencies did not follow all rules for ensuring privacy of personal information, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability...
Software quality, FISMA top federal CISO concerns 

Software quality, FISMA top federal CISO concerns

By Marcia Savage, 29 August 2005 5:35 PM
Software quality and FISMA compliance topped a list of concerns expressed by federal CISOs in a recent survey.
Agency infosec weaknesses threaten federal data 

Agency infosec weaknesses threaten federal data

By Marcia Savage, 15 July 2005 9:40 PM
Weaknesses in information security policies and practices at 24 federal agencies put federal information and data systems at risk, according to a report by the Government ...
Federal agencies at risk over IPv6 

Federal agencies at risk over IPv6

By Marcia Savage, 30 June 2005 10:52 AM
Most major federal agencies have not begun planning to transition to Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), putting agency information and systems at risk, according to a report ...
Federal agencies need to bolster efforts against new threats 

Federal agencies need to bolster efforts against new threats

By Marcia Savage, 14 June 2005 2:18 PM
Emerging threats such as phishing and spyware pose hazards to federal IT systems and more needs to be done to protect them, according to a report released Monday by the ...
Federal agencies need tighter contractor security 

Federal agencies need tighter contractor security

By Marcia Savage, 24 May 2005 5:24 PM
Federal agencies need to do more when it comes to ensuring the security of contractors providing IT services and systems, according a report by the Government Accountability ...
Lax wireless security at federal agencies 

Lax wireless security at federal agencies

By Marcia Savage, 18 May 2005 5:19 PM
Federal agencies have not secured their wireless networks, despite well-known risks associated with WLANs, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
Federal officials eyeing expansion of Air Force-Microsoft initiative 

Federal officials eyeing expansion of Air Force-Microsoft initiative

By Marcia Savage, 14 March 2005 9:45 PM
Federal officials are talking about expanding the U.S. Air Force's initiative with Microsoft, which will produce secure standard configurations of Microsoft software, to other ...
OMB: Federal agencies making progress in security 

OMB: Federal agencies making progress in security

By Marcia Savage, 4 March 2005 5:10 PM
The federal government is making progress in security but much work remains, according to a report issued this week to Congress by the Office of Management and Budget.
Commerce Secretary approves federal ID standard 

Commerce Secretary approves federal ID standard

By Marcia Savage, 3 March 2005 5:11 PM
U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez has approved a new smart-card based identification standard for federal agencies.
Federal cybersecurity gets low grade 

Federal cybersecurity gets low grade

By Marcia Savage, 18 February 2005 9:34 PM
Federal agencies received an overall D+ grade in cybersecurity in the annual report card for 2004. The Department of Homeland Security received a failing grade.
USDA National Finance Center certified as PKI provider for federal agencies 

USDA National Finance Center certified as PKI provider for federal agencies

By Marcia Savage, 10 August 2004 5:02 PM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Finance Center was officially named a certified provider of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) services for the federal government.
Bill would enhance federal agencies' infosec planning 

Bill would enhance federal agencies' infosec planning

By Marcia Savage, 25 June 2004 12:14 AM
Two legislators have submitted a bill that would amend the Clinger-Cohen Act to boost federal agencies’ infosec planning.
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