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Opinion:Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) Melbourne – an extraordinary collaboration for good
A marathon hack event held over a June weekend in Melbourne attracted more than 50 developers and designers, and a dozen subject matter and technical experts to ‘hack for humanity’. They volunteered their time to create open source solutions for communities impacted by natural disasters and climate change. These prototypes are available to assist in disaster relief planning, emergency management and community recovery.
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Dell targets ANZ security opportunities as SecureWorks debuts locally
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Bank trojan targets users of Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox
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Australian Information Security Association issues blunt warning as National Cyber Security Awareness Week begins
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ACMA database keeps finger on Australia’s malware pulse
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AusCERT 2013: Users, cats more likely hack culprits than cyber-espionage: Trustwave
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HID Global Awarded Intergraf’s Prestigious “Security Printer” Certification
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Blue Coat unveils strategy for securely empowering businesses
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A10 Networks and Brocade reach settlement of legal disputes
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PR Deadlines scores two more ICT accounts
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AVG Technologies Acquires Leading Online Privacy Firm PrivacyChoice
Incident handling is a vast topic, but here are a few tips for you to consider in your incident response. I hope you never have to use them, but the odds are at some point you will and I hope being ready saves you pain (or your job!).
- Have an incident response plan.
- Pre-define your incident response team
- Define your approach: watch and learn or contain and recover.
- Pre-distribute call cards.
- Forensic and incident response data capture.
- Get your users on-side.
- Know how to report crimes and engage law enforcement.
- Practice makes perfect.
Warning: Tips for secure mobile holiday shopping
I’m dating myself, but I remember when holiday shopping involved pouring through ads in the Sunday paper, placing actual phone calls from tethered land lines to research product stock and availability, and actually driving places to pick things up. Now, holiday shoppers can do all of that from a smartphone or tablet in a few seconds, but there are some security pitfalls to be aware of.
