Google opposes US-Wassenaar export controls on intrusion software
Google has weighed in against a US proposal to regulate the export of intrusion software, arguing that it will harm research into new software vulnerabilities that help it protect users.
View ArticleThe week in security: Scams cost Aussies $45m in 2015 already; Hacking Team...
Australians lost $136,000 to malware in June alone and have so far lost $45 million to scammers this year, new figures from the ACCC revealed even as attackers hit the Telegram messaging app in...
View ArticleThe Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, July 21
Mainframes mainstay of IBM results... Tech lobbying booms... Uber takes to courts... and more tech news
View ArticleFormer Hacking Team supplier stops selling zero-day exploits on ethical grounds
Italian surveillance software maker Hacking Team recently claimed that it hasn't lost any customers after the massive leak of its internal data two weeks ago. But it has lost at least one business...
View ArticleHacking Team Android malware could hack 500m Android devices
Malware researchers reckon the Hacking Team leak has given criminals a “weaponised” toolset that could be used to hack half a billion Android users.
View ArticleGoogle: Users still aren't getting message about online security
Google researchers say that experts and non-experts go about protecting their digital privacy in very different ways, according to survey results they plan to present at the upcoming Symposium on...
View ArticleSecurity firm ‘guarantees’ to pay more than Google does for Chrome exploits
A newly launched vendor that buys and sells exploits is making a play to corner the world’s most dangerous attacks.
View ArticleHacking Team exploits hit Asian TV network with old RAT
Days after the Hacking Team’s hack leaked several Flash zero-day flaws, the same flaws were used in attacks on several media and news organisations in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
View ArticleFormer Hacking Team developer reportedly in contact with a terrorist group
An individual who did work for Hacking Team was in contact with hackers working for a terrorist organization, and disgruntled employees -- who deny the charge -- were planning to sell an antidote to...
View ArticleTime for a ‘Flash' extinction level event
Ages ago the dinosaurs roamed the earth. All evidence demonstrates that they met with an untimely end. Much in the same vein, I firmly believe that Adobe's Flash has reached it's own extinction level...
View ArticleDarkhotel expands targets, ups sophistication, leverages Hacking Team exploit
Darkhotel -- the elite spying group discovered luxury hotels' Wi-Fi networks last year -- is back with new targets, new defensive capabilities, and a new zero-day exploit courtesy of the Hacking Team...
View ArticleHeightened IoT, infrastructure risks will require government intervention,...
While the proactivity of Australia's government around IT security has led the world, a security expert has warned, ever-fiercer attacks will force more aggressive corporate governance monitoring and...
View ArticleHacking Team gives us incontrovertible proof of targeted mobile threats
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.
View ArticleHow do you define a cyber security professional?
Back in 2010, when I was the Michigan Government’s Chief Technology Officer, I wrote a blog for CSO Magazine entitled: Are You A Security Professional?
View ArticleThe week in security: DTO recruiting hackers; secure Aussie phone catching on
The Ashley Madison postmortem continued, with Trend Micro uncovering apparent spams that were being used by the company in conjunction with fake user profiles – and some suggesting that the way the...
View Article$1m grabbed for iOS 9.1 bug that will be kept from Apple
Zero-day broker Zerodium claims to have awarded $1 million to an unnamed hacking team that found a remotely exploitable bug in iOS 9.1 that it almost certainly will not share with Apple.
View ArticleHacking Team postmortem is something all security leaders should read
Hacking Team is back in the news again. Last weekend, the person responsible for Hacking Team's meltdown posted a recap of the incident, including a detailed overview of how they hacked the Italian firm.
View ArticleThe week in security: Cybersecurity strategy enlists private sector; AI to...
The government's long-awaited cybersecurity policy finally dropped along with a $230m funding commitment and a determination to draw more heavily on academic and private-sector resources.
View ArticleFormer Hacking Team supplier stops selling zero-day exploits on ethical grounds
Italian surveillance software maker Hacking Team recently claimed that it hasn't lost any customers after the massive leak of its internal data two weeks ago. But it has lost at least one business...
View ArticleHacking Team Android malware could hack 500m Android devices
Malware researchers reckon the Hacking Team leak has given criminals a “weaponised” toolset that could be used to hack half a billion Android users.
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