These days barely a day goes by where there isn’t some sort of network security breach or hack or malfunction of some sort. This year too we had the rise of groups such as Anonymous and Lulz that sought out attention for their activities. Here we take a look at the year in pictures of some of the key security problems that grabbed our attention.
08 Dec | View galleries
Fresh from their latest hack, Computerworld Australia brings you a timeline of LulzSec's major scalps
19 Jul | View galleries
It's common for businesses to pay ransomware attackers and may would do it again.
The role of artificial intelligence in improving security defences has expanded dramatically in recent years – but it may have expanded a bit too far, with a UK court blasting the provision of patient healthcare data to Google’s DeepMind for analysis.
David Braue | 10 Jul | Read more
Anyone can connect to a CloudPets toy as long as they're in Bluetooth range.
British ISP TalkTalk has received a record £400,000 (USD $510,000) fine for a breach that exposed personal data of over 155,000 customers.
Australian businesses must get more proactive about identifying potential breaches of sensitive credit-card, healthcare and other information before it's exfiltrated from the company, according to one vendor who says sensitive data – and, often, the laptops they're stored on – are disappearing from Australian businesses at a surprising rate.
David Braue | 28 Sep | Read more
There’s not enough good endpoint protection to go around for every endpoint type. Using protections that do exist to the fullest takes extra care.
By David Geer | 11 Dec | Read more
No company wants to be associated with a data breach, but if your systems are compromised the fallout can sometimes be more damaging than the act itself.
Matt Rodgers | 22 Sep | Read more
Almost 50% of Australian security executives are concerned about the current state of their company’s security in dealing with advanced attacks. Find out in this infographic the survey results of how respondents feel about dealing with security breaches effectively.