AusCERT Sydney

AusCERT Sydney

News from the AusCERT -SC Security on the Move conference on November 24, 2011.

Latest about AusCERT Sydney

Former banker accused of $665,000 fraud 

Former banker accused of $665,000 fraud

Faces larceny charge.
Inside Telstra's customer information breach   

Inside Telstra's customer information breach

Mitigating a breach for 60,000 customers.
Victorians to vote online next year 

Victorians to vote online next year

Security to be tested during by-elections.
Online retailers mull anti-fraud pact 

Online retailers mull anti-fraud pact

Carsales, Drive and eBay want to share blacklist data on known fraudsters.
Incident response and e-voting discussed at Security on the Move 

Incident response and e-voting discussed at Security on the Move

Breaches, cloud computing contracts, and fraud go under the spotlight.
Security on the Move comes to Melbourne 

Security on the Move comes to Melbourne

Experts to offer technical help, case studies and insights.
AusCERT Sydney deconstructs fraud, hacking and ethical disclosure 

AusCERT Sydney deconstructs fraud, hacking and ethical disclosure

Also dangers flagged in e-health record, calls for app stores to lock down and 2G holes picked apart.
Four eBay scams to avoid 

Four eBay scams to avoid

All that glistens is not gold.
Photos: Security on the move comes to Sydney 

Photos: Security on the move comes to Sydney

AusCERT and SC Magazine IT security to Sydney.
Government shuns ethical hacker safeguards 

Government shuns ethical hacker safeguards

Rejection of industry submissions was "disgusting".
Police use hacker forum material as training manuals 

Police use hacker forum material as training manuals

Strike forces identify 'plenty of young Aussies' underground.
Police: Pen tests could thwart 90 percent of breaches 

Police: Pen tests could thwart 90 percent of breaches

But more resources needed.
AusCERT coming to your backyard 

AusCERT coming to your backyard

Not your run of the mill infosec gig.
Online voting the other winner in NSW election 

Online voting the other winner in NSW election

Five times more online votes than anticipated.
NSW cop to face computer access charge 

NSW cop to face computer access charge

Duty status "under review".
Kaspersky launches Sydney-based hosted security 

Kaspersky launches Sydney-based hosted security

Partners with local data centres for secure web and email service.
Audit finds NSW IT security policy lacking 

Audit finds NSW IT security policy lacking

Citizens’ sensitive personal information at risk.
Police lay more EFTPOS skimming charges 

Police lay more EFTPOS skimming charges

Joint effort nabs two alleged offenders.
Photos: Sydney protesters gag on internet filter plan 

Photos: Sydney protesters gag on internet filter plan

Flash mob hits the streets.
Not in Australia, the innovative technologies you won't find here: paying with RFID 

Not in Australia, the innovative technologies you won't find here: paying with RFID

Paying for our goods with RFID technology might seem risky, but in some countries it's already commonplace. Can RFID payments be more than just an e-toll solution in Australia?
NSW to relax content blocking on school netbooks 

NSW to relax content blocking on school netbooks

Home privileges talked up as 60,000 new devices announced.
Gagged flash mob planned for Sydney 

Gagged flash mob planned for Sydney

Silent demonstration on internet filtering.
Commentary: Is it safe to use Windows for internet banking? 

Commentary: Is it safe to use Windows for internet banking?

NSW Police follows up on our October story.
Alleged card skimmer faces court 

Alleged card skimmer faces court

Queensland Police say they caught Romanian man trying to skip the country.
Skimming device seized at shopping centre 

Skimming device seized at shopping centre

Security guard noticed "irregularity" with ATM.
NSW Government alleges transport website hacked 

NSW Government alleges transport website hacked

Blueprint details leak two days before launch.
Police booked in for Anonymous anti-censorship protests 

Police booked in for Anonymous anti-censorship protests

Project Freeweb denies risk to protestors.
Police extradite alleged card skimmer 

Police extradite alleged card skimmer

Malaysian man in custody.
Card skimming syndicate hits Melbourne 

Card skimming syndicate hits Melbourne

Detectives release photos.
NSW Police charge six over EFTPOS skimming 

NSW Police charge six over EFTPOS skimming

Banking group welcomes arrests.
NSW seeks to build unhackable netbook network 

NSW seeks to build unhackable netbook network

The world's "most hostile computing environment".
EFTel, aaNet suffer denial of service attack 

EFTel, aaNet suffer denial of service attack

Three weeks of dropouts and packet loss for NSW customers.
Cybercrime victims urged to come forward 

Cybercrime victims urged to come forward

Crimes are 'under-reported', says legal chief.
Update: Websense shuts Sydney R&D team down 

Update: Websense shuts Sydney R&D team down

Websense has confirmed it will relocate its Sydney-based research and development team to China, resulting in 25 local job cuts.
Gartner dispels security myths 

Gartner dispels security myths

Hackers are losing the battle against security professionals, Gartner analysts have claimed.
Sydney target of nuclear explosion spam  

Sydney target of nuclear explosion spam

Sophos is warning Sydney residents that they are the target of a large scale spam campaign which claims a powerful nuclear explosion has occurred.
Q&A: Andrew Walls, Research Director, Gartner Australia  

Q&A: Andrew Walls, Research Director, Gartner Australia

The fourth annual Gartner IT Security Summit kicks off this month and SC met with Andrew Walls, Gartner's local security analyst, for a sneak peak at the event's hot topics.
Gartner analysts head to Australia for Security Summit 

Gartner analysts head to Australia for Security Summit

Gartner analysts from around the world are arriving in Australia in preparation for next month’s Gartner Security Summit in Sydney.
Internet broken in Sydney 

Internet broken in Sydney

THOUSANDS of punters in Sydney lost their Internet, phones and cable telly after someone managed to carry out one of the most basic hacks in Christendom.
Music piracy ring busted in Sydney 

Music piracy ring busted in Sydney

A 36-year-old Sydney man has been arrested by Australian Federal Police for his alleged involvement in an international music piracy ring.
NSW man charged over alleged online school threat 

NSW man charged over alleged online school threat

NSW Police have charged a 30-year-old Western Sydney man after allegedly posting a threatening message against a Sydney high school on an internet site last week.
Techplus Distribution opens NSW office 

Techplus Distribution opens NSW office

Bandwidth management and network security provider, Techplus Distribution has opened up a NSW office.
NSW man charged with child pornography offences 

NSW man charged with child pornography offences

The Australian Federal Police has arrested a NSW man for online child pornography offences.
NSW Teachers Credit Union joins Australia Post security service 

NSW Teachers Credit Union joins Australia Post security service

Members of NSW Teachers Credit Union will soon have extra security for online transactions after the organisation signed up to Australia Post’s new online security service.
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