App removes faces from Facebook 

App removes faces from Facebook

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 24 May 2012 3:33 PM
Lets privacy pundits find unauthorised photos on social networks.
Aussie biz face $1.1 million for repeat breaches 

Aussie biz face $1.1 million for repeat breaches

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 23 May 2012 2:37 PM
Proposed reforms could mandate patching, security upgrades.
Cookie compliance deadline looms for Brit sites 

Cookie compliance deadline looms for Brit sites

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 23 May 2012 10:06 AM
Privacy watchdog promises to go easy.
Budget: National ID checks opened to biz  

Budget: National ID checks opened to biz

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 8 May 2012 10:05 PM
Document verification service gets $7.5 million boost.
Veterans Affairs runs fault-ridden feedback system 

Veterans Affairs runs fault-ridden feedback system

In Applications - By John Hilvert, 8 May 2012 5:55 PM
Audit reveals privacy risks in legacy Access system.
Paid VPN services boom in Sweden 

Paid VPN services boom in Sweden

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 2 May 2012 2:41 PM
700,000 go anonymous online.
Information Commissioner strengthens data breach guide 

Information Commissioner strengthens data breach guide

In Risk - By Liz Tay, John Hilvert, 1 May 2012 8:20 AM
Mandatory notification laws yet to come.
Firefox and Opera unveil new security, privacy features 

Firefox and Opera unveil new security, privacy features

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 27 April 2012 10:34 AM
Firefox gets quicker updates, Opera adds Do Not Track.
Google SSL by default appears in Firefox beta 

Google SSL by default appears in Firefox beta

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 22 March 2012 10:55 AM
But secure surfing too slow for Chrome.
Ubuntu disables app logging for privacy  

Ubuntu disables app logging for privacy

In Applications - By Liam Tung, 15 March 2012 9:03 AM
Moves towards a clean slate.
Wiretap law backlash organised by Liberal staffer 

Wiretap law backlash organised by Liberal staffer

In Applications - By Danny Bradbury, 13 March 2012 7:06 AM
Minister backing interception bill hit with doxing campaign.
Android app permissions silently duplicated to advertisers 

Android app permissions silently duplicated to advertisers

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 6 March 2012 12:14 PM
Android applications are sharing users' personal data without their knowledge.
Obama introduces privacy 'Bill of Rights' for online users 

Obama introduces privacy 'Bill of Rights' for online users

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 27 February 2012 8:21 AM
Web giants sign up for 'do not track'.
Attorneys General challenge Google's privacy policy 

Attorneys General challenge Google's privacy policy

In Cloud - By Liam Tung, 24 February 2012 12:12 AM
Regulators pile-up on Google privacy policy.
Hardware giants sign 'global' apps privacy accord 

Hardware giants sign 'global' apps privacy accord

In Applications - By Liam Tung, 23 February 2012 4:30 PM
All apps to show how they handle user information.
Microsoft accuses Google of invading IE privacy 

Microsoft accuses Google of invading IE privacy

In Applications - By Liam Tung, 22 February 2012 10:03 AM
Google brands Microsoft policy 'impractical'.
DIY mobile phone tracking using open source 

DIY mobile phone tracking using open source

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 21 February 2012 1:35 PM
Researchers locate target without help from phone carriers.
Anonymous hacks FTC over Google privacy, ACTA 

Anonymous hacks FTC over Google privacy, ACTA

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 21 February 2012 6:29 AM
Hackers claim to have rooted hundreds of FTC servers.
Student jailed for hacking Facebook 

Student jailed for hacking Facebook

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 20 February 2012 8:44 AM
Not just 'harmless experimentation'.
US critical infrastructure orgs to share data under bill 

US critical infrastructure orgs to share data under bill

In Networks - By Stephen Lawton, 17 February 2012 11:44 AM
But concerns raised that shared data could be used to prosecute "any crime”.
British privacy office fines three councils in two days  

British privacy office fines three councils in two days

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 17 February 2012 11:00 AM
Council fined $118,000 for email bungle.
Lost USB contained info on 1000 school kids 

Lost USB contained info on 1000 school kids

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 10 February 2012 4:37 PM
The details of more than 1,000 school pupils were lost when a USB stick was misplaced by a member of East Lothian Council.
Bug means iPhone thieves get iMessages, too 

Bug means iPhone thieves get iMessages, too

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 6 February 2012 12:18 PM
iMessages relayed to strangers' iPhones.
Privacy Commissioner probes Fairfax hack 

Privacy Commissioner probes Fairfax hack

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 1 February 2012 3:21 PM
Investigation launched into security and privacy compliance.
Fairfax microsites hacked 

Fairfax microsites hacked

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 1 February 2012 12:00 PM
Third party hosted sites give hackers the keys to the front door.
Fined: Rewards company swiped unencrypted student data  

Fined: Rewards company swiped unencrypted student data

In Crypto - By Dan Kaplan, 11 January 2012 8:10 AM
Reports say credit card numbers were transmitted in clear text.
Hackers rewrite smart meter power bill 

Hackers rewrite smart meter power bill

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 9 January 2012 10:44 PM
Energy data shows what movies customers were watching.
Who can access your e-health record? 

Who can access your e-health record?

In Risk - By Brett Winterford, 3 January 2012 4:08 PM
Plenty, but nobody specifically.
Government stalls on privacy proposals 

Government stalls on privacy proposals

In Web/client - By John Hilvert, 22 December 2011 2:17 PM
An active commitment to inaction.
No Facebook privacy from media 

No Facebook privacy from media

In Risk - By Brett Winterford, 21 December 2011 8:02 AM
Users offered no safety from Facebook-trawling.
Cookie-cutter compliance can't cut it 

Cookie-cutter compliance can't cut it

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 15 December 2011 6:31 AM
Try harder.
Telstra resets 60k passwords after privacy gaffe 

Telstra resets 60k passwords after privacy gaffe

In Networks - By Brett Winterford, 12 December 2011 11:21 AM
Accounts indexed by Google.
CarrierIQ: Don't root, don't remove, don't worry 

CarrierIQ: Don't root, don't remove, don't worry

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 8 December 2011 7:05 AM
But vendors warned to disclose tracker apps.
CVs, tax returns on USBs sold at CityRail auction 

CVs, tax returns on USBs sold at CityRail auction

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 7 December 2011 2:54 PM
NSW Privacy office slams RailCorp.
Microsoft privacy chief says U-Prove slow to move 

Microsoft privacy chief says U-Prove slow to move

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 2 December 2011 4:05 PM
Redmond's efforts to reign-in information overload a tough sell.
Facebook faces 20 years of privacy audits 

Facebook faces 20 years of privacy audits

In Networks - By Liam Tung, 1 December 2011 1:23 PM
Zuckerburg defends Facebook's track record.
Australia's eHealth record a security 'disaster' 

Australia's eHealth record a security 'disaster'

In Risk - By Brett Winterford, 28 November 2011 10:54 AM
AusCERT chief warns of need for new approach.
Britian: Cybercrime no excuse to censor web 

Britian: Cybercrime no excuse to censor web

In Networks - By Tom Brewster, 3 November 2011 9:52 PM
Internet must be free, open and not stifled by government.
Britain follows Adelaide in call to cull trolls 

Britain follows Adelaide in call to cull trolls

In Messaging - By Tom Brewster and Darren Pauli, 21 October 2011 10:08 AM
Anonymity allowed "under exemption".
HTC user data exposed to web apps 

HTC user data exposed to web apps

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 4 October 2011 10:57 AM
HTCLoggers.apk binded to TCP.
Sony's hacked security cleared by Aust. privacy office  

Sony's hacked security cleared by Aust. privacy office

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 29 September 2011 4:31 PM
Takes word on infrastructure integrity.
Data breach laws to follow privacy paper 

Data breach laws to follow privacy paper

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 28 September 2011 3:17 PM
Disclosure laws will be fast tracked if government receives evidence of poor security and worsening breaches in organisations.
1.6 million Brit IDs dumped 

1.6 million Brit IDs dumped

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 19 September 2011 10:59 AM
Health service numbers, names, addresses and birthdates sent to landfill.
Child abuse tip-offs sent unencrypted 

Child abuse tip-offs sent unencrypted

In Crypto - By Stewart Mitchel, 16 September 2011 12:18 PM
British police website endangered citizen information for "several months".
Doin' time for data breaches? 

Doin' time for data breaches?

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 16 September 2011 7:21 AM
UK privacy watchdog has called for prison sentences to be considered for data breaches.
Coming soon: Track, lock and wipe your Intel laptop 

Coming soon: Track, lock and wipe your Intel laptop

In Applications - By SC Staff, 16 September 2011 7:21 AM
More technologies emerge from McAfee-Intel buy.
British health service criticised for data breach 

British health service criticised for data breach

In Risk - By SC Staff, 8 September 2011 2:09 PM
Memory stick forgotten.
British gov watchdog wants privacy tought in schools 

British gov watchdog wants privacy tought in schools

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 31 August 2011 9:47 AM
Office wants kids to be privacy-savvy.
Zombie cookies shot dead, again 

Zombie cookies shot dead, again

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 2 August 2011 2:17 PM
Etags will bypass browser blocks.
Ad agency stealing web history 

Ad agency stealing web history

In Applications - By Stewart Mitchell, 21 July 2011 11:33 AM
Ignores do-not-track requests.
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