Perth man faces spam action in NZ 

Perth man faces spam action in NZ

Government files High Court case.
AusCERT2012: ACT targets staff jailbreaks 

AusCERT2012: ACT targets staff jailbreaks

Personal data nuked.
Information Commissioner strengthens data breach guide 

Information Commissioner strengthens data breach guide

Mandatory notification laws yet to come.
Google employees knew of wi-fi snooping 

Google employees knew of wi-fi snooping

Search giant releases full FCC report.
Security R&D centre to open in Melbourne 

Security R&D centre to open in Melbourne

Research to focus on defence, search, deep packet inspection.
CrimTrac shores up security for child abuse database 

CrimTrac shores up security for child abuse database

Image matching software also upgraded.
Visa expels Global Payments after card breach 

Visa expels Global Payments after card breach

Cause remains shrouded in mystery.
Iran revives plan for national intranet 

Iran revives plan for national intranet

Hopes to completely control web use by August.
EU security agency issues cloud SLA checklist 

EU security agency issues cloud SLA checklist

Guidance for public sector cloud procurement.
Apple devices pass Defence security check 

Apple devices pass Defence security check

Government cleared to use idevices.
Conroy opens undergrad pen test competition 

Conroy opens undergrad pen test competition

Seeks to entice with Black Hat conference ticket.
Four-month extension approved in DNSChanger case 

Four-month extension approved in DNSChanger case

Enterprises gain extra time to remove trojan.
Anonymous attacks, defaces security firm website 

Anonymous attacks, defaces security firm website

Responds to international hacker arrests.
US Air Force cancels iPad order 

US Air Force cancels iPad order

Russian security risk?
SKA Organisation suffers document server breach 

SKA Organisation suffers document server breach

Pulls website offline to address issue.
Trend Micro open sources spyware tool 

Trend Micro open sources spyware tool

Hijack This pushed to SourceForge.
HP Australia to build new security consulting team 

HP Australia to build new security consulting team

Brings Vistorm capability to region.
Microsoft to fix Internet Explorer hole 

Microsoft to fix Internet Explorer hole

Patch Tuesday to include nine fixes for 21 vulnerabilities.
Locking down Linux.conf.au 

Locking down Linux.conf.au

Conference organisers zero in on rogue wireless access points.
Who can access your e-health record? 

Who can access your e-health record?

Plenty, but nobody specifically.
StratFor hack: 50,000+ victims, and counting 

StratFor hack: 50,000+ victims, and counting

AntiSec movement threatens to release 2.7 million emails.
Security bug in Windows 7 detected 

Security bug in Windows 7 detected

Exploited via Apple's Safari browser.
Australia's eHealth record a security 'disaster' 

Australia's eHealth record a security 'disaster'

AusCERT chief warns of need for new approach.
Micron21 deploys tokens to virtual server users 

Micron21 deploys tokens to virtual server users

Chooses non-RSA system after technical evaluation.
Duqu detection kit released 

Duqu detection kit released

Security pros still needed to monitor results.
Britian: Cybercrime no excuse to censor web 

Britian: Cybercrime no excuse to censor web

Internet must be free, open and not stifled by government.
Berners-Lee questions third party control of personal data 

Berners-Lee questions third party control of personal data

Calls for data owners to have greater control over data sharing.
Kaspersky launches Endpoint Security 8 

Kaspersky launches Endpoint Security 8

Includes anti-virus, a system watcher and integration with cloud-based threat intelligence.
Industry remembers security heavweight Schultz 

Industry remembers security heavweight Schultz

Gene Schultz, who died on Sunday at the age of 65, is remembered as one of the most accomplished and respected professionals in the field of cybersecurity.
Challenges ahead for Windows 8's built-in antivirus 

Challenges ahead for Windows 8's built-in antivirus

Anti-virus firms may file lawsuits.
Oracle patches 'Apache Killer' flaw 

Oracle patches 'Apache Killer' flaw

Attackers could crash HTTP Servers running Apache 2.0 or 2.2.
Zeus trojan nets 20-year old $3.2 million 

Zeus trojan nets 20-year old $3.2 million

US tracking Russian hacker.
Microsoft, Adobe announce forthcoming patches 

Microsoft, Adobe announce forthcoming patches

'Important' Patch Tuesday bulletins from Microsoft and 'critical' updates from Adobe.
Britain's G-Cloud strategist plays down security concerns 

Britain's G-Cloud strategist plays down security concerns

Government CIOs chided for hiding behind security concerns.
Fair punishment for data breaches? 

Fair punishment for data breaches?

Stakeholders ponder penalties and mandatory notification laws.
Ponemon lashes out at thumb drive 'negligence' 

Ponemon lashes out at thumb drive 'negligence'

Employers, employees in firing line.
Self-service passwords cuts costs for Optus 

Self-service passwords cuts costs for Optus

Curbs 'bad behaviour' among outsourcers and employees.
Telstra security exonerated in mailing list error 

Telstra security exonerated in mailing list error

Privacy Commissioner fingers human error, not systemic failure.
Dimension Data and McAfee bag CenITex security deal 

Dimension Data and McAfee bag CenITex security deal

Technology to streamline security management and improve efficiency.
End user group lists cloud computing demands 

End user group lists cloud computing demands

Open Data Center Alliance blueprint aims to cut IT budgets by 15 percent.
Symantec cuts Australian R&D staff 

Symantec cuts Australian R&D staff

Australians caught in global consolidation.
DDoS takes Atlassian offline 

DDoS takes Atlassian offline

Denial of service hampers popular hosted software service.
Brennan IT rolls out Arbor's Peakflow as SecureView service 

Brennan IT rolls out Arbor's Peakflow as SecureView service

White-labelled managed service to keep out the hacktivists.
Android DreamDroid two: rise of laced apps 

Android DreamDroid two: rise of laced apps

DreamDroid Light hits up to 130,000.
Lockpicking 101 for busy IT professionals 

Lockpicking 101 for busy IT professionals

AusCERT: Securing your information is about more than firewalls and software.
Adobe kills zombie cookies 

Adobe kills zombie cookies

Adobe cookies can no longer be un-deleted, which should make security and privacy pundits happy.
ATM hacker gets three years prison 

ATM hacker gets three years prison

Hacker accessed default passwords from online manuals to make ATMs spew cash.
Fraud tops Aussie fear index 

Fraud tops Aussie fear index

New Zealand fear index spikes.
New index a step to trading IT security risks 

New index a step to trading IT security risks

Sets March base.
Researchers propose cyberwar framework 

Researchers propose cyberwar framework

Honeypots, web mining lead counter-terrorism offensive.
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