Herpes bot master outed 

Herpes bot master outed

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 24 May 2012 7:57 PM
Lax identity protection leads to downfall.
Targeted attacks cost biz $200k, study says 

Targeted attacks cost biz $200k, study says

In Networks - By Marcos Colon, 23 May 2012 10:08 AM
A recent survey indicates that successful targeted attacks end up costing companies more than $200,000.
Australia included in global file-sharing research 

Australia included in global file-sharing research

In Networks - By Liam Tung, 10 May 2012 9:59 AM
Hints more female pirates live Down Under.
Eavesdropper Android app developed 

Eavesdropper Android app developed

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 8 May 2012 11:53 AM
Proof-of-concept application siphons audio to remote servers.
Oracle issues workarounds for zero-day hole 

Oracle issues workarounds for zero-day hole

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 3 May 2012 11:22 AM
Company moves after public disclosure.
Off-the-shelf kits trigger record number of attacks 

Off-the-shelf kits trigger record number of attacks

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 1 May 2012 7:29 AM
Malware variants more prevalent than ever.
Public sector orgs flunk OWASP Top 10 

Public sector orgs flunk OWASP Top 10

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 30 April 2012 7:54 AM
Research finds 84 per cent of web apps deemed unacceptable against security benchmarks.
BYOD shunned by British Defence 

BYOD shunned by British Defence

In Networks - By Dan Raywood, 26 April 2012 12:00 PM
Policy confuses everyone else
Holes found in Rackspace, VPS.Net cloud services 

Holes found in Rackspace, VPS.Net cloud services

In Applications - By SC Staff, 26 April 2012 11:06 AM
Weak implementations allow dirty data to be tapped.
Samsung TVs, Blu-ray vulnerable to eternal boot loop 

Samsung TVs, Blu-ray vulnerable to eternal boot loop

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 20 April 2012 8:10 AM
Not your typical remote control.
Bug reports fall, bounties exclude amateurs 

Bug reports fall, bounties exclude amateurs

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, Marcos Colon, 19 April 2012 8:22 AM
Less critical flaws go unreported.
Security R&D centre to open in Melbourne 

Security R&D centre to open in Melbourne

In Networks - 16 April 2012 2:37 PM
Research to focus on defence, search, deep packet inspection.
Android concept app siphons sensitive data 

Android concept app siphons sensitive data

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 11 April 2012 11:12 AM
Application bypasses permissions to steal SD and app data.
Instructions published for DIY undetectable malware 

Instructions published for DIY undetectable malware

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 7 April 2012 4:34 PM
Payload pounces from library.
Mobile vulnerabilities top IBM report 

Mobile vulnerabilities top IBM report

In Messaging - By Marcos Colon, 24 March 2012 7:45 AM
Thousands of disclosures studied.
Hacktivism booms but SMBs still pwned by robots 

Hacktivism booms but SMBs still pwned by robots

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 22 March 2012 4:46 PM
Hactivism more prolific than cybercrime, Verizon says.
Data breach costs drop for first time 

Data breach costs drop for first time

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 21 March 2012 11:39 AM
Bucks six-year trend.
Five million machines potentially vulnerable to RDP exploit  

Five million machines potentially vulnerable to RDP exploit

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 20 March 2012 5:21 PM
Scan shows not just 'stupid users' are vulnerable.
Hack reaction caught on pwned webcams 

Hack reaction caught on pwned webcams

In Networks - 5 March 2012 1:44 PM
Internet voting system hacked.
Visa threatens banks over spammer accounts  

Visa threatens banks over spammer accounts

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 1 March 2012 6:00 AM
Delinquent banks scared, shutter spammer bank accounts.
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.
Research offers software salvation from AV friendly-fire 

Research offers software salvation from AV friendly-fire

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 2 February 2012 7:07 PM
Yet it is too underdeveloped to replace existing malware analysis.
Analysis: HTML5 security holes detailed 

Analysis: HTML5 security holes detailed

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 4 January 2012 11:28 AM
Security shortfalls in burgeoning standard.
Tool kills hidden Linux bugs, vulnerabilities 

Tool kills hidden Linux bugs, vulnerabilities

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 22 November 2011 1:45 PM
Seeks out holes in embedded libraries.
Duqu exploits zero-day Microsoft bug 

Duqu exploits zero-day Microsoft bug

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 2 November 2011 8:58 AM
But some say evidence on Stuxnet link is 'circumstantial at best'.
Mobile malware analysis for penny-pinchers 

Mobile malware analysis for penny-pinchers

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 26 October 2011 10:23 AM
Better than emulators, cheaper than Faraday cages.
Adobe thwarts Apple spy cam trick 

Adobe thwarts Apple spy cam trick

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 21 October 2011 5:27 PM
Click me, touch me, press me, pwned.
SSL creator slays BEAST 

SSL creator slays BEAST

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 18 October 2011 9:02 AM
Hackers have "better things to do".
Researcher discloses vulnerability to firm, gets police visit 

Researcher discloses vulnerability to firm, gets police visit

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 13 October 2011 5:03 PM
Millions exposed by super hole.
Victoria keeps Myki cards, downplays hack 

Victoria keeps Myki cards, downplays hack

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 12 October 2011 3:00 PM
A million smartcards based on a system breached by cryptographers will be issued to the public.
Defence flags risk in airport screening 

Defence flags risk in airport screening

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 27 September 2011 8:42 PM
Human operators a weak spot.
BIOS rootkit attacks China 

BIOS rootkit attacks China

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 16 September 2011 7:23 AM
But attack scope is limited.
Mobile malware up 273%, vendor says 

Mobile malware up 273%, vendor says

In Applications - By SC Staff, 14 September 2011 3:50 AM
New strain detected on average every 12 seconds.
Cybercrime costs $367b a year. Really? 

Cybercrime costs $367b a year. Really?

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 8 September 2011 2:10 PM
Digital crime rivals illegal drug trade, says Symantec.
Death worm phones home over DNS 

Death worm phones home over DNS

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 1 September 2011 10:19 AM
The Windows Morto worm uses DNS TXT records to contact servers.
Crims on top of mobile game says expert 

Crims on top of mobile game says expert

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 26 August 2011 11:12 AM
Malware with root access a sign of the times.
Manual vulnerability discovery gets smarter, faster 

Manual vulnerability discovery gets smarter, faster

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 22 August 2011 2:56 PM
Automated vulnerability research falls short.
Fingerprint tech sniffs coffee, cigarettes 

Fingerprint tech sniffs coffee, cigarettes

In Applications - By Miya Knights, 9 August 2011 9:53 AM
Biometric tech tracks what suspects have been touching.
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.
Lazy auditors lay Australia's security bare 

Lazy auditors lay Australia's security bare

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 15 July 2011 3:38 PM
"Lowest common denominator" approach and groupthink expose organisations to risk.
Trojan talks over Tor 

Trojan talks over Tor

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 29 June 2011 1:13 PM
Malware traffic gets anonymised, encrypted.
Security researchers find IE zero-day 

Security researchers find IE zero-day

In Applications - By SC Australia Staff, 28 June 2011 8:55 PM
Attacker runs two zero-days from one server.
ID system may turn tide on data breaches 

ID system may turn tide on data breaches

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 28 June 2011 4:03 PM
Identity framework removes need to hand over details to shop online.
Industrial systems at risk from criminal Stuxnet investments 

Industrial systems at risk from criminal Stuxnet investments

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 27 June 2011 2:17 PM
Malware to be built on the shoulders of Stuxnet.
Staff ignorant to mobile security policies: McAfee 

Staff ignorant to mobile security policies: McAfee

In Messaging - By SC Australia Staff, 31 May 2011 6:10 PM
Australian businesses pay twice as much for lost devices than those overseas.
Call for banks to blacklist spammers 

Call for banks to blacklist spammers

In Messaging - By Darren Pauli, 31 May 2011 9:27 AM
Experts argue that industry should take point on anti-spam efforts.
Travel, education sectors most vulnerable to phishing  

Travel, education sectors most vulnerable to phishing

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 25 May 2011 6:33 AM
Report skirts the edge of the law in the name of research.
Corporates warned of Qakbot worm boom 

Corporates warned of Qakbot worm boom

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 23 May 2011 11:49 AM
A swarm of new worm variants have emerged in recent months.
Win 7 malware spikes, drops for XP 

Win 7 malware spikes, drops for XP

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 13 May 2011 8:29 AM
Vulnerabilities continue to decline, and exploits are getting more difficult.
Fraud tops Aussie fear index 

Fraud tops Aussie fear index

In Risk - 5 May 2011 12:55 PM
New Zealand fear index spikes.
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