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Image: Department of Health As the Australian government pushed out its COVIDSafe tracing app on Sunday, the Department of Health also released a privacy assessment [PDF] of the app. The report was prepared by law firm Maddocks and contains 19 recommendations, along with others that were made during the development of the app. Its authors […] More
Director of cyber policy Johanna Weaver and Australia’s Ambassador for Cyber Affairs, Dr Tobias Feakin (Image: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) Australia’s cyber diplomats have called for an end to attacks on medical facilities, such as the recent cyber attack on one of the Czech Republic’s biggest COVID-19 testing laboratories. “As Australians and […] More
Cyber-security firm Sophos has published an emergency security update on Saturday to patch a zero-day vulnerability in its XG enterprise firewall product that was being abused in the wild by hackers. Sophos said it first learned of the zero-day on late Wednesday, April 22, after it received a report from one of its customers. The […] More
Working from home has become the new normal as we struggle to adjust in these challenging times of COVID-19. But should companies be concerned about employees engaging in morally-questionable behavior while working remotely? In February 2020, Warsaw, Poland-based career site Zety asked 1,001 American workers across the industry – including tech workers – if they […] More
As more governments turn to contact tracing apps to aid in their efforts to contain the coronavirus, cybersecurity experts are warning this may spark renewed interest in Bluetooth attacks. They urge developers to ensure such apps are regularly tested for vulnerabilities and release patches swiftly to plug potential holes, while governments should provide assurance that […] More
Image: Maico Amorim Security researchers from RACK911 Labs said in a report published this week that they found “symlink race” vulnerabilities in 28 of today’s most popular antivirus products. RACK911 says the bugs can be exploited by an attacker to delete files used by the antivirus or by the operating system, resulting in crashes or […] More
The coronavirus crisisimpacts every business in every sector, yet in the most difficult times lie the greatest opportunities. On balance, the crisis offers telcos an opportunity to reposition themselves. Over the medium and longer term, the stronger telcos will benefit from the crisis for several reasons: The pandemic moves telcos up again in the technology […] More
The legal case between Facebook and Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group is starting to yield the details tech and cyber-security experts have been waiting since Facebook filed its lawsuit in October 2019. In court documents filed yesterday, Facebook said it linked 720 instances of attacks against WhatsApp users to one single IP address. The attacks […] More
