Searchsecurity.com.AU: Analysis & Commentary

Cisco hardening guides for IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS devices

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:39:35 EDT

Patching routing and switching infrastructure in any organisation is often delayed, sometimes due to the potential impact on production systems and sometimes because the IT resources are simply too busy fighting fires.

Cloud providers and data sovereignty issues

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:35:28 EDT

Australian cloud provider Ninefold warn that understanding who has legal access to company and personal private data is not as simple as checking a box and selecting the 'in-country' option.

When Apple iOS HTTPS certificate failures are silent

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

If you're in any doubt whether last week's iOS update is worthwhile, take heed of this warning.

Hotmail makes sign-in changes, can't please everyone

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The Hotmail sign-in page is in the news this week, with subtle changes to browser auto-complete behaviour to provide wider browser compatibility.

Top strategies to mitigate targeted cyber intrusions

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Claiming that over 70% of successful intrusions could have been prevented by implementing the top 4 recommendations, the Australian Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) has updated its list of strategies to mitigate targeted cyber intrusions.

Platform Networks assists AFP with arrest of hacker

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Wholesale ISP and international IP capacity provider Platform Networks have played a critical part in the arrest of a 25-year-old Cowra man on 49 hacking charges by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

Australian AG Robert McClelland announces changes to information classifications

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland announced a number of significant changes to the protective security protocols on Tuesday morning at the Security in Government conference in Canberra.

Securitytube.net releases WLAN security megaprimer

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The Hacker News (THN) has reported that the latest SecurityTube.net release includes a 4.2Gb DVD containing over 40+ HD quality videos of their WLAN Security Megaprimer.

Building an enterprise iPad SOE - Password Stores

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

With well over 100,000 apps in the Apple AppStore and the ability for users to install their own software on devices, how does a security team choose which software is recommended and establish a minimum standard operating environment for iPad devices? In this multi-part series searchSecurity will review a number of applications to help you get started.

Law Firm to use smart technology to connect employees

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Minter Ellison, one of the largest full-service law firms in the Asia Pacific region, has embarked on a significant technology project to improve business video-based collaboration and knowledge sharing across its more than 290 partners and 1,000 legal staff in Australia, Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Ruxcon announce call for papers, Script kiddies need not apply

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The Ruxcon team have announced their call for papers for the seventh annual Ruxcon conference to be held over the weekend of 19th and 20th of November at the CQ Function Centre, Melbourne, Australia.

Managing iPads in enterprise networks

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

These days users expect to be able to use their iPads inside the business and as thousands of software vendors release applications for the iOS platform which provide data mobility and usability benefits to employees, the prospect of the iPad as a business device is becoming a forced reality.

Kaspersky Lab announces sponsorship of Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Thu, 7 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Kaspersky Lab is following up the sponsorship of the AFL Melbourne Demons with a additional sponsorship agreement announced today between Kaspersky Lab and the NSW based NRL Manly Sea Eagles.

URL shortening services abused by clever spammers

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Wed, 6 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EDT

According to Symantec?s MessageLabs Intelligence Blog, there has been a significant rise in the use of URL shortening service links to drive users to malware infected web pages.

The System Administrators Guild announces 19th annual conference

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The SAGE-AU 19th Annual National Conference being held at Hilton on the Park in Melbourne 19-23 September 2011. The theme this year, aligning with the amount of interest in the market around ?Cloud?, is ?The Cloud: Silver Lining of Storm??

Apple pushes out critical Java security update for OS X users

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EDT

In an effort to resolve at least two remotely exploitable vulnerabilities that can be taken advantage of whilst a user is browsing the Internet, Apple has released an update to Java SE 6 which appears as 'Java for Mac OS X Update 5 Version 1.0' within the Software Update tab.

Mobile Security Update - AnyConnect released to the Android market

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Cisco has followed up its release of the AnyConnect VPN client for Apple iOS devices with the launch of Cisco AnyConnect for Samsung.

Cisco introduces AnyConnect to mobile devices

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The benefits of enabling your workforce with mobile access to enterprise applications, regardless of whether those applications are in the cloud or in the corporate data centre, are clearly recognised. The ease of providing secure remote access to employees, and the ability to maintain corporate data security policies is, however, not simple.

Top five themes from Gartner Security Summit 2011

Eric B. Parizo, Senior Site Editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Eric B. Parizo discusses the top themes from the 2011 Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, including the rediscovery of enterprise risk management.

Surveys reveal common Malware and Spyware are of most concern

Stephen Gillies, editor(editor@searchsecurity.com.au — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EDT

For IT security professionals and executives, it is the common malware and spyware attacks which threaten their organisations most significantly, and not high-profile attacks luke Stuxnet