Twitter buys anti-malware firm 

Twitter buys anti-malware firm

In Applications - By SC Staff, 26 January 2012 1:39 AM
Makes second play in infosec market in as many months.
Crackers target French Government's G20 plans 

Crackers target French Government's G20 plans

In Hackers - By Tom Brewster, 8 March 2011 8:57 AM
Over 150 computers compromised.
Obama orders plugs for IT system leaks 

Obama orders plugs for IT system leaks

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 6 January 2011 9:07 AM
Lie detectors, leaks and audits.
Pirate hound reported for shoddy IT systems  

Pirate hound reported for shoddy IT systems

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 28 September 2010 2:12 PM
Law firm now under privacy attack.
Stuxnet malware threat continues, targets control systems 

Stuxnet malware threat continues, targets control systems

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 22 July 2010 2:47 PM
Microsoft issues "Fix It" temporary remedy for vulnerability.
HP bolsters security for converged infrastructure 

HP bolsters security for converged infrastructure

In Networks - By Shaun Nichols, 30 June 2010 10:36 AM
Updates security appliances.
Microsoft hits back over Windows security claims 

Microsoft hits back over Windows security claims

In Applications - 3 June 2010 9:31 AM
Software firm reacts angrily to accusations.
Facebook scrambles to tighten user privacy 

Facebook scrambles to tighten user privacy

In Risk - By David Neal, 17 May 2010 9:26 AM
New policies and procedures after 'emergency' meeting.
McAfee apologises for security update blunder 

McAfee apologises for security update blunder

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 27 April 2010 9:42 AM
Measures being taken to prevent future problems.
FTC warns of major peer-to-peer data breach 

FTC warns of major peer-to-peer data breach

In Risk - By Shaun Nichols, 25 February 2010 8:36 AM
Nearly 100 organisations affected.
New Zeus botnet discovered in 75,000 systems 

New Zeus botnet discovered in 75,000 systems

In Hackers - By Dan Worth, 19 February 2010 9:36 AM
Threat could affect 2,500 organisations.
Microsoft warns of malware conflict with update 

Microsoft warns of malware conflict with update

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 15 February 2010 10:04 AM
Infected machines could "blue screen".
Adobe hit by Chinese Google attack 

Adobe hit by Chinese Google attack

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 15 January 2010 9:55 AM
Attack "appears related" to Google hack.
Heartland in US$60m settlement with Visa issuers 

Heartland in US$60m settlement with Visa issuers

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 11 January 2010 12:01 PM
Yet another payout after massive data breach.
IT staff back in demand 

IT staff back in demand

In Applications - 8 January 2010 3:35 PM
Network engineers with security clearances wanted.
Ansarada gets ISO 27001 certification 

Ansarada gets ISO 27001 certification

In Cloud - 9 July 2009 3:15 PM
Sydney virtual data room company Ansarada said its technology was awarded ISO 27001 certification.
Apple updates Java for OS X systems 

Apple updates Java for OS X systems

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 16 June 2009 10:48 AM
Apple has issued an update to the Java components for the two most recent versions of MacOS X.
Heartland boss calls for industry collaboration 

Heartland boss calls for industry collaboration

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 28 January 2009 11:13 AM
The head of Heartland Payment Systems has called for industry collaboration to combat cybercrime attacks.
Aladdin acquired by Vector Capital 

Aladdin acquired by Vector Capital

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 13 January 2009 10:31 AM
Aladdin Knowledge Systems is to be acquired by Vector Capital in a transaction valued at approximately $160 million.
Credit crunch to force revamp of legacy systems 

Credit crunch to force revamp of legacy systems

In Applications - By Derek Parkinson, 28 October 2008 10:10 AM
With IT budgets being squeezed many companies will be forced to think about improving the security of their legacy systems, Benjamin Jun, told at the RSA Conference Europe 2008.
Banking crisis putting data at risk 

Banking crisis putting data at risk

In Risk - By Ian Williams, 9 October 2008 9:33 AM
IT managers are facing a tough time ahead as the economic crisis leads to the consolidation of several major banks and their respective IT systems.
Systems administrator gets 30 months in prison for 'logic bomb' 

Systems administrator gets 30 months in prison for 'logic bomb'

In Crypto - By Frank Washkuch, 10 January 2008 2:26 PM
A New Jersey man this week was sentenced to more than two years in prison for planting a “logic bomb” on the network of his former employer in a failed attempt to destroy ...
Open Systems Australia finalises distribution deal with Kaspersky  

Open Systems Australia finalises distribution deal with Kaspersky

In Risk - By Negar Salek, 19 September 2007 3:49 PM
After six months of discussion, Kaspersky Lab and IT security distributor Open Systems Australia have finalised a distribution partnership agreement.
IronPort Systems integrates encryption to message security 

IronPort Systems integrates encryption to message security

In Messaging - By Negar Salek, 18 September 2007 2:00 PM
IronPort Systems’ customers are now able to automatically receive messaging encryption features to their existing email security appliance after purchasing an additional license.
Chinese hackers allegedly attack UK government systems 

Chinese hackers allegedly attack UK government systems

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 6 September 2007 9:53 AM
Chinese hackers have attacked British government computer systems, according to reports in The Guardian.
IT security testing begins on Olympics systems 

IT security testing begins on Olympics systems

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 8 August 2007 10:04 AM
Security tests will commence this month on the IT infrastructure for next year's Olympics hosted in Beijing.
Electronic voting systems vulnerable to hackers 

Electronic voting systems vulnerable to hackers

In Applications - By Frank Washkuch, 31 July 2007 8:51 AM
Researchers from the University of California found IT and physical security vulnerabilities in three electronic voting systems as part of a study for the top election official ...
Flaw in Adobe Photoshop could compromise systems 

Flaw in Adobe Photoshop could compromise systems

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 27 April 2007 11:13 AM
A popular Adobe image-editing program contains a major vulnerability for which public exploit code is available, researchers said today.
SuSE users urged to update systems 

SuSE users urged to update systems

In Applications - By Iain Thomson, 25 January 2007 3:18 PM
Security vulnerability hits Linux system.
Treasury report: IRS email systems insecure 

Treasury report: IRS email systems insecure

By Ericka Chickowski, 16 August 2006 10:31 PM
A new report released last week found that the majority of employees working for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) abuse the agency's email service.
Vulnerabilities put Asterisk telephone systems at risk 

Vulnerabilities put Asterisk telephone systems at risk

By Ericka Chickowski, 12 June 2006 5:31 AM
A leading penetration testing vendor announced today that it found three vulnerabilities that put enterprise telephone infrastructure critically at risk.
Rogue anti-spyware app knocks out AV systems  

Rogue anti-spyware app knocks out AV systems

By William Eazel, 6 April 2006 10:25 AM
Security experts warned today of a newly detected rogue anti-spyware application, UnSpyPC, which falsely identifies popular security products and well-known file system tools ...
Study: Most systems vulnerable despite improvements 

Study: Most systems vulnerable despite improvements

By Frank Washkuch, 29 November 2005 10:54 PM
Despite attempts to strengthen network defenses, the vast majority of PC systems are in jeopardy of potential attack, a leading security analyst has said.
Corporate email systems under pressure from spam and staff abuse  

Corporate email systems under pressure from spam and staff abuse

By William Eazel, 23 November 2005 11:20 AM
More than half of corporate email messages are not work related, but rather either spam or personal communications, new research has claimed.
Plague of mutant worms targets IM systems 

Plague of mutant worms targets IM systems

By William Eazel, 18 November 2005 10:27 AM
Instant Messaging (IM) systems are coming under sustained attack from a record number of mutant worms, security watchers have warned.
Systems management gaining importance to security 

Systems management gaining importance to security

By René Millman, 16 March 2005 12:27 PM
IT managers are increasingly relying on systems management software to tackle security issues, according to results from a new survey.
Viruses will hit computers in cars, satellite systems 

Viruses will hit computers in cars, satellite systems

By Marcia Savage, 9 February 2005 11:35 PM
Viruses and worms could find new targets this year, including embedded computers in cars and satellite communication systems, according to IBM.
Fortress Technologies acquires Legra Systems 

Fortress Technologies acquires Legra Systems

By Marcia Savage, 12 October 2004 11:51 PM
Wireless security supplier Fortress Technologies has acquired security processing architecture and wireless switch technology from Legra Systems.
Liquid Machines acquires Omniva Policy Systems 

Liquid Machines acquires Omniva Policy Systems

By Marcia Savage, 21 September 2004 10:53 AM
Liquid Machines, a supplier of enterprise rights management software, has acquired Omniva Policy Systems, a California-based provider of secure e-mail technology.
Tizor Systems garners $3 million in funding  

Tizor Systems garners $3 million in funding

By Marcia Savage, 14 September 2004 10:16 PM
Tizor Systems has received $3 million in Series A funding to support development of its data-level protection technology and its launch into the market.
DHS systems come under fire 

DHS systems come under fire

By Ron Condon, 19 August 2004 5:29 PM
The Department of Homeland Security has come under fire for its lack of a strategic blueprint in managing its IT systems.
Nitro Data Systems and Systems Engineering sell IPS 

Nitro Data Systems and Systems Engineering sell IPS

By Dan Ilett, 3 August 2004 4:36 PM
Intrusion prevention firm Nitro Data Systems has partnered with Systems Engineering to sell network security solutions.
Companies slow to patch internal systems  

Companies slow to patch internal systems

By Marcia Savage, 29 July 2004 12:04 AM
Companies take 62 days on average to patch their internal systems compared to 21 days for internet-facing systems, according to research by Gerhard Eschelbeck, CTO of vulnerabil...
Brightmail and IronPort systems stay friends 

Brightmail and IronPort systems stay friends

By Dan Ilett, 8 June 2004 5:14 PM
Security firms Brightmail and IronPort Systems have renewed their partnership.
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