Google's US$12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility is being reported primarily in terms of access to patents and difficulty integrating the corporate cultures. But there's also a potential longer-term spin-off. Secure Android smartphones.
Stilgherrian | 16 Aug | Read more
This week's storm over LinkedIn's opt-out foolishness is a valuable reminder that businesses need to maintain a close watch on social networking services (SNS) and be prepared to respond swiftly to any changes.
Stilgherrian | 12 Aug | Read more
The volume of email containing polymorphic malware -- malicious software that can change its characteristics to evade detection by anti-virus defences -- has increased dramatically, according to security vendor Symantec.
Stilgherrian | 09 Aug | Read more
Leading US critical infrastructure security consultant Eric Byres has slammed security practices at Siemens following the demonstration of serious security vulnerabilities in their S7 programmable logic controllers (PLCs) at Black Hat 2011.
Stilgherrian | 08 Aug | Read more
Wikileaks, hacking incidents like those attributed to LulzSec, and even the UK's News of the World voicemail scandal represent a fourth stage in the evolution of cybercrime, according to Dr Paul Nielsen, director and chief executive officer of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburg.
Stilgherrian | 08 Aug | Read more
PureWAF, an Australian-developed managed firewall service designed to protect web applications, won the security section of the national iAwards last night for its developers, information security consultancy Pure Hacking.
Stilgherrian | 05 Aug | Read more
Search engine poisoning, social networking scams and fake anti-virus have been the top security threats in 2011 so far, according to security vendor Sophos. All three rely on social engineering to achieve their aims.
Stilgherrian | 02 Aug | Read more
We've had to wait ten months, but Australia's Attorney-General Robert McLelland has finally released the public report on Cyber Storm III, the five-nation security exercise held 27 to 30 September 2010 and the largest of its kind. Why did he bother?
Stilgherrian | 25 Jul | Read more
Research by Australia's Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) reinforces what information security specialists have been saying forever. Most intrusions could be prevented by paying attention to the basics.
Stilgherrian | 23 Jul | Read more
High-profile hacker group LulzSec is claiming that the technology editor of UK newspaper The Guardian has been leaking information to them.
Stilgherrian | 22 Jul | Read more
The Tasmanian government became the victim of a hacker today when a member of the group S4t4n1c_s0uls defaced an email sent to the state's media outlets at 9am.
Stilgherrian | 21 Jul | Read more
The Australian Privacy Foundation (APF) and Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) have welcomed the government's announcement of a public consultation into introducing a statutory right to privacy.
Stilgherrian | 21 Jul | Read more
In the wake of the UK's News of the World voicemail scandal, the Australian government announced today that it will consult the public on legislating for a right to privacy.
Stilgherrian | 21 Jul | Read more
LulzSec's hack of News International websites including The Sun yesterday is one of the highest-profile information security breaches in history. Down went a major media company. But it means almost nothing beyond the daily news cycle.
Stilgherrian | 20 Jul | Read more
Australian data centre provider NEXTDC yesterday announced the acquisition of an existing 6000 square metre secure data centre in Canberra, and the site for a purpose-built data centre in Perth.
Stilgherrian | 19 Jul | Read more