Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Australia is far from the largest cybersecurity marketplace in the world, but that hasn’t stopped Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull from having soaring ambitions of Australia becoming a leader in both the Asia-Pacific and internationally. As part of his national innovation The…
Australia admits government hack attacks, boosts cyber security
Sydney (AFP) – Australia unveiled a multi-million-dollar cyber scheme to combat hacking on Thursday, as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull acknowledged an attack on the country’s weather bureau but stopped short of blaming it on China. The Australian leader added that it was safe to assume “efforts are made by foreign…
Resellers in Australia strive to spin up security skills
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans IT providers face a challenge to set up their own hacker outfits. It may have required the public evisceration of Target and Sony Pictures, but it is finally possible to talk about information security in an Australian pub. It might seem…
Australia in probe of possible tax evasion
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans BERLIN (AP) — The Latest on the publication by a coalition of media outlets of an investigation into offshore financial dealings by the rich and famous (all times local): 11:35 a.m. Nordea, the Nordic region’s biggest bank, says it doesn’t help…
Australia government agency hacked, China denies involvement
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Australia’s weather agency computers were hacked, and China could be the culprit, according to government sources. Large-scale cyberattacks hit the Bureau of Meteorology, compromising sensitive systems across Australia’s government, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported Wednesday. The data breach could “take years…
Wanted teen hacker says it’s ‘scary’ how easily he was able to leave Australia
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans At a time of heightenedSECURITY fears, a teenage hacker has left authorities red-faced and raised serious questions about borderSECURITY. Dylan Wheeler was just 17 when police charged him with being part of a group that allegedly hacked into theCOMPUTERS ofMICROSOFT and…
Vodafone Australia admits to hacking journalist’s phone in public statement
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) is being implicated in a fairly stunning scandal, in which it has admitted to having improperly accessed a reporter’s phone in search of the identity of a whistleblower. An individual had leaked confidential security information to her,…
The government is hiring hackers to help bring Australia into the 21st Century
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans It’s fair to say that Hacker News is probably not at the top of the list of publications where you’d expect to see the Australian government advertising jobs. And an “ethical hacker” is probably not the type of job you would expect the…
Vodafone Australia admits hacking Fairfax journalist’s phone
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Vodafone Australia has admitted an employee hacked a journalist’s phone records in an attempt to uncover her sources for stories, but the telecommunications company denies any “improper behaviour”, despite internal emails suggesting it deliberately misled authorities about systemic privacy breaches. In…
Cyber crime likely to increase in Australia as US, Europe tighten security
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans AUSTRALIA would become a greater target for cyber attacks as organisations in the US and Europe tightened security systems, a legal expert has warned. Speaking ahead of a network security and privacy symposium starting today, DLA Piper intellectual property and […]…
