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What is a Chief Information Security Officer? A CISO is responsible for establishing security strategy and ensuring data assets are protected. CISOs traditionally work alongside the chief information officer (CIO) to achieve these aims. What does a CISO do? As the guardians of information security, it’s the CISO’s role to create a strategy that deals […] More
The Senate Economics Legislation Committee has recommended the passage of the Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019 that would see cash purchases over AU$10,000 banned across the country. The Bill, if passed, would essentially block the purchase of goods over AU$10,000 via cash and also introduce offences for entities that make or […] More
WordPress is, by far, the most widely used website building technology on the internet. According to the most recent statistics, more than 35% of all internet websites run on versions of the WordPress CMS (content management system). Due to its huge number of active installations, WordPress is a massive attack surface. Attempts to hack into […] More
Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Australia’s cops and spooks want to increase the time for which telcos must retain customer communications data from the current minimum of two years to as much as seven years. But should they get what they want? In last Friday’s hearing of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS), agencies […] More
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has confirmed ahead of the revised launch date of the consumer data right (CDR) of July 1, it is on track to launch the production version of its register and accreditation platform in April. The platform has been touted by the ACCC as the core infrastructure that will […] More
Image: Asha Barbaschow/ZDNet The Australian Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) has self-assessed that everything is mostly fine with its infrastructure, following a leaked report that everything was not. Last month, the ABC reported that an internal audit written by KPMG had given many elements of DPS the lowest cyber maturity rating possible. At Senate Estimates […] More
Image: NCI, Walgreens, ZDNet Walgreens, the second-largest pharmacy store in the US, said on Friday that its official mobile app contained a bug that exposed the personal details of some of its users. The leak, described as “an error within the Walgreens mobile app personal secure messaging feature,” exposed details such as first and last […] More
Background image via Guido Bohne (CC-BY-SA-2.0) For more than a year, a group of security researchers and system administrators have banded together to fight back against Emotet, today’s most active and dangerous malware operation. By working together, the Cryptolaemus group has seriously hindered Emotet operations. Daily, the group publishes updates on its website and Twitter […] More
