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• ANZUS cyber security message aimed at China

  By AAP | 27 April, 2012 12:44

  The extension of the ANZUS alliance into cyberspace in 2011 was aimed at cyber attacks from China, a new study says.

• Security experts warn of cyber threats from Iran

  By Kenneth Corbin | 27 April, 2012 08:55

  A panel of experts warned lawmakers on Thursday about the looming threat of a cyber attack emanating from Iran, an increasingly isolated nation that has been linked to numerous attacks against the United States in recent years including a plot last year to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States in Washington, D.C.

• Conficker: Microsoft says two basic security steps might have stopped infections

  By Tim Greene | 26 April, 2012 02:39

  If businesses and consumers stuck to security basics, they could have avoided all cases of Conficker worm infection detected on 1.7 million systems by Microsoft researchers in the last half of 2011.

• Call for mandatory data breach notifications renewed

  By Tim Lohman | 15 March, 2012 12:52

  Australian consumers are facing unnecessary cyber security risks thanks to the ongoing lack of mandatory data breach notification laws, the Parliament’s Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety has heard.

• Conroy spruiks Safer Internet Day

  By Hamish Barwick | 07 February, 2012 10:17

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), together with Senator Stephen Conroy, have launched Safer Internet Day, an initiative designed to encourage cyber safety.

• Government, business battens hatches following Cyber Storm III

  By Tim Lohman | 25 July, 2011 13:16

  Major ASX-listed companies and government departments have been fine-tuning their cyber security in the months following their participation in international Cyber Storm III exercise, according to Federal Attorney General, Robert McClelland.

• Attorney-General outlines cyber security strategy

  By Lisa Banks | 20 July, 2011 16:39

  To protect the nation's digital economy, the Attorney-General has said collaboration and flexibility must be included in the Australian government's cyber security strategy.

• Small business privacy laws must be amended: Fed Govt committee

  By Chloe Herrick | 21 June, 2011 16:29

  The Joint Select Committee on Cyber Safety has advised the Federal Government to amend the Privacy Act 1988 to ensure certain small businesses are subject to the requirements of the Act.

• McClelland launches cyber security week

  By AAP | 31 May, 2011 09:15

  Attorney-General Robert McClelland has launched national cyber security awareness week, urging online vigilance as the internet increasingly becomes part of our daily lives.

• Email viruses creep up as spam falls in April

  By Hamish Barwick | 29 April, 2011 08:48

  Malicious emails took the lead from spam as the biggest cyber threat in Australia during April as targeted attacks continued to rise.

• Spear phishing leads cyber attack wave: IBM

  By Hamish Barwick | 31 March, 2011 14:53

  Targeted attacks against enterprise networks are on the increase as cyber criminals change tactics, according to security experts.

• IIA lends tentative support to Australian cyber security czar

  By Hamish Barwick | 29 March, 2011 15:41

  The Internet Industry Association (IIA) has come out in support of an industry-led proposal to create a cyber security czar or ombudsman.

• Social engineering remains biggest cyber threat

  By James Hutchinson | 24 March, 2011 11:58

  Despite increases in the number and capability of botnets for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, social engineering remains one of the largest cyber security threats to IT infrastructure according to the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

• Australia should appoint cyber security czar

  By Tim Lohman | 22 March, 2011 12:04

  The creation of an Australian cyber security czar or ombudsman is needed, but would be of limited use in the promotion of greater online security, a Senate inquiry has heard.

• Defence to up ICT security skills

  By Tim Lohman | 07 February, 2011 13:37

  Defence is set to brush up on ICT security skills, signalling intentions to provide all personnel with additional training on technology-related risk.