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Australia’s Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM), Dr James Renwick, will not be recommending for the country’s encryption-busting Bill to be repealed and sent back for redrafting when he turns in his report by June 30. Renwick, who appeared at the Lowy Institute in Sydney before his resignation from the post of INSLM — which […] More
Image: Fiona Feng EMCOR Group (NYSE: EME), a US-based Fortune 500 company specialized in engineering and industrial construction services, disclosed last month a ransomware incident that took down some of its IT systems. The incident took place on February 15 and was identified as an infection with the Ryuk ransomware strain. Details of the attack […] More
IBM has said it is suspending all domestic travel for internal meetings and for any workers going to an event with more than 1,000 attendees. The company said it would “sharply” curtail international travel to “business-critical situations when virtual methods are insufficient”. “If IBMers have personal travel to restricted locations, they must inform their manager […] More
A malicious Chrome extension is targeting owners of Ledger cryptocurrency wallets, Harry Denley, Director of Security at the MyCrypto platform, discovered today. Ledger wallets are small hardware devices that can be used to store the private keys (passwords) needed to access cryptocurrency accounts. These wallets support multiple cryptocurrency formats and provide a way for users […] More
The Australian government has on Thursday introduced a Bill into Parliament that would prepare the nation for accessing the US Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (the CLOUD Act). The CLOUD Act creates a legal framework regulating how law enforcement can access data across borders. The Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020 [PDF] would amend […] More
The Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs has recommended the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) be tasked with creating standards that could be used to implement age verification for pornographic content in Australia, and extend its Digital Identify solution as a verification exchange. In its list of recommendations, the committee […] More
More than 850,000 websites still use the old TLS 1.0 and 1.1 protocols, scheduled to be removed from most major browsers later this month. This includes websites for major banks, governments, news organizations, telecoms, e-commerce stores, and internet communities, according to a report published today by UK technology firm Netcraft. All the 850,000 websites use […] More
International airline Cathay Pacific has been issued with a £500,000 fine for failing to secure the personal data of its customers. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said that, between October 2014 and May 2018 Cathay Pacific’s computer systems lacked appropriate security measures which led to customers’ personal details being exposed, 111,578 of whom were from […] More
