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Aussie CIOs feel unprepared to deal with cyber attacks: survey
Australian CIOs have given themselves a woeful report card when asked to rank their organisation’s preparedness to deal with cyber attacks, according to new research findings.
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North Korea attracts Anonymous threats and leaks
Hackers claiming to be part of ‘Anonymous’ say they have stolen 15,000 passwords from Uriminzokkiri.com, a North Korea run website hosted in China.
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The year in review: 2011-2012
2011 has been characterised by highly visible cyber attacks and diversification by cyber criminals to target new platforms, the use of mobile devices for business has come to the fore. 2011 has also seen the UK Government place a heavy focus on the importance of cyber security. The activities of a number of high-profile hacktivist groups without the financial motives of previous years, have made uncomfortable headlines for many companies, raising cyber security as a topic among a much wider audience.
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Is attack attribution a lost cause?
One of the cornerstones of policing is the ability to identify perpetrators to bring them to justice.
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Opinion: Breadth First Hacking
Recent publicity for online hacking groups such as Anonymous and Lulzsec has seemed to show that nobody is immune from attack on the Internet. Once targeted, it seems that these groups are capable of breaching security systems and retrieving data, including identity information, from the most secure systems.
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Industry, military experts discuss murky cyberwar issues
Nations increasingly touched by cyberattacks are still in the very early stages of figuring out how to deal with incidents that could escalate into critical national security threats.
Whitepapers about cyber attacks
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A Forrester Consulting Thought Leadership Paper - The State Of Endpoint Protection
Webroot commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a survey study of 161 North American and European IT security decision-makers. The purpose of the study is to understand the current state of endpoint security strategies across enterprises and SMBs, as well as identify key trends and market directions for endpoint security. This study took a detailed look at how organisations deploy endpoint security products, their common practices, pain points, and challenges.
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SecureAnywhere Business — Endpoint Protection
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Webroot takes Royal Flying Doctor Service into the cloud
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Webroot® SecureAnywhere™ Business - Endpoint Protection Overview
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The new IAM: nailing shut the door on the Trojan horse
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Despite $1.46b furphy, 2013-14 Budget offers slim pickings for cyber security
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VMWare wants software defined data centres for better security
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iiNet’s Web analytics delivers real-time security bonus
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Security a key factor in LogMeIn’s Internet of Things platform
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Splunk Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM
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Dell Sets Sights on Cisco, Announces Game-Changing NSA Series That Introduces Powerful Next-Gen Firewall Advances for Mid-sized Businesses and Distributed Enterprises
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Silver Peak saves Riverbed customers up to 86 per cent with software upgrade program
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Ovum analysis ranks Orange Business Services ahead of APAC competition for service capability and strategy
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2013 Brightcove Innovation Award Winners Announced at PLAY 2013 Global Customer Conference
- FTTest Analyst (MS Environment) .netNSW
- FTOS Web Applications DeveloperNSW
- FTSnr Web Developer PHP/Magento/API integration into E-commerce sites. $100k+SuperNSW
- FTSenior Field Engineer - MSNSW
- FTLead Software EngineerSA
- FTTest Manager - IMMEDIATE STARTNSW
- FTQuality ManagerSA
- FTSenior Projects EngineerNSW
- FTSenior Python Web Applications DeveloperNSW
- FTSenior E-Commerce PHP Developer- North Sydney- E-commerce Software $110kNSW
- FT.NET - Sitecore Developer - Melbourne - PermNSW
- FTTechnical Account Manager - MSP + CloudVIC
- FTR&D EngineerSA
- FTSenior Python DeveloperNSW
- FTSenior Python DeveloperNSW
- FTTest Analyst (MS Environment) .netNSW
- FTWeb Developer- Drupal and PHP. Exciting new position- #2 in Dev team.$100k+SuperNSW
- FTTest EngineerVIC
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.










