Australia's biggest banks and the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority joined the NSW Council of Civil Liberties to slam the biometrics industry for sidelining privacy concerns in a regulatory environment that can only be described as "weak and unethical."
Darren Pauli | 12 Jun | Read more
Kingfisher Bay Resort has ditched Symantec for a rival managed anti-spam solution claiming the product allowed spam to pass through its filters unchecked.
Darren Pauli | 06 Jun | Read more
Symantec has affirmed that a buggy security update, which brought down millions of Chinese PCs, only affected computers with the Simplified Chinese version of Windows XP.
Darren Pauli | 25 May | Read more
Macquarie Telecom has become the first Australian telecommunications and hosting provider to be certified by SAI Global to ISO 27001 Information Security Management Systems (ISMS).
Darren Pauli | 05 Apr | Read more
IT security company Cybertrust has opened its Asia Pacific Security Operations Centre in Canberra as part of its 24x7 global managed security services (MMS).
Darren Pauli | 23 Mar | Read more
Privacy experts from afar afield as the United Kingdom met with the federal government this week to examine weaknesses in the Privacy Act which is currently under review.
Darren Pauli | 22 Mar | Read more
The Commonwealth Bank and Westpac account holders have become victims of a phishing scam in which malicious code reveals the physical location of affected IP addresses using Google Maps.
Darren Pauli | 20 Feb | Read more
Australia has been invited to participate in round two of a global critical infrastructure exercise organized by the US Department of Homeland Security.
Darren Pauli | 15 Feb | Read more
With phishing scams masquerading like the flu and malware attacking from new fronts such as Websites, USB keys and mobile devices, IT security professionals are expected to be human firewalls. Throw in the need to regulate compliance over new and encrypted communication channels like IM or P2P, plus the security concerns of Vista and its easy to see why IT security management is getting tougher. Richard Cullen, distinguished engineer (who researchers emerging security threats and methodologies) from security software vendor Surfcontrol explains the concerns of today's IT security professional.
Darren Pauli | 18 Jan | Read more
Visa Australia has urged credit card merchants to become Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant by Christmas, or risk falling victim to fraud.
Darren Pauli | 18 Oct | Read more
Organizations are inadvertently exposing sensitive information through the sale of used hard drives, despite increased security awareness, according to a new report.
Darren Pauli | 10 Aug | Read more
Despite the demanding workload Australian IT managers have settled into the routine of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates.
Darren Pauli | 13 Jul | Read more
Spammers are profiting from share manipulation by coaxing victims into investing in junk bonds.
Darren Pauli | 06 Jul | Read more
The establishment of a $17 million Do Not Call Register threatens the local call centre industry, according to the Australian Teleservices Association (ATA).
Darren Pauli | 06 Jul | Read more
Australian VoIP service providers must keep interception channels open for law enforcement following a legislative review which IT Minister Helen Coonan has endorsed.
Darren Pauli | 23 Jun | Read more