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As the number of cyber criminals targeting remote workers grows, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has kicked off a new effort to encourage people to report suspicious emails in an attempt to crack down on fraudsters and phishing scams. The coronavirus pandemic has led to record numbers of organisations requiring people to work from […] More
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said the government is carefully working through the security concerns and technical assurances of Australia’s soon-to-be launched COVID-19 contact tracing app. “We have not been rushing to this solution, we’ve been listening carefully since we first indicated that we’d be moving to use this app, to the various concerns that have […] More
Slack has expanded its data residency program to Australia to enable user-generated data on Slack to be stored locally in Sydney on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Speaking to ZDNet, Slack interim CSO Larkin Ryder explained how expanding the program would allow organisations in highly regulated sectors, such as government and financial services, to be able […] More
Image: Gravity Co., Ltd. Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be millions — or even billions — of dollars at risk when information security isn’t handled properly. Read More One of China’s largest state-sponsored hacking groups has attempted to breach the […] More
A team of academics says they’ve discovered a new security bug that impacts Xilinx FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) chipsets. Named Starbleed, the bug allows attackers — with both physical or remote access — to extract and tamper with an FGPA’s bitstream (configuration file) to reprogram the chip with malicious code. What are FPGAs? FPGAs […] More
In January of 2019, almost fifteen months ago, I wrote an opinion editorial on ZDNet about the Internet of Human Things. The premise was that the traditional wallet, with cash and plastic credit cards, was outdated, was rife with security issues, and it needed to die. The wallet’s replacement, I argued, should be RFID implants, […] More
Google Cloud on Monday rolled out BeyondCorp Remote Access, a new cloud-based product that allows employees to securely access their company’s internal web apps from any device or any location. Amid the scramble to get employees working remotely through the COVID-19 pandemic, the new product aims to quickly provide secure access to browser-based apps. “Over […] More
The gang behind the Trickbot malware is at the forefront of attempts to use the ongoing coronavirus crisis to trick computer users into downloading malware onto their devices. Microsoft’s Security Intelligence team said that during last week alone, the operation behind Trickbot sent out hundreds of emails purporting to relate to COVID-19 medical advice and testing, […] More
