Posts for category: Oceania

Attackers Making Use Of PowerShell and Macros for Malicious Activity

Sources: http://www.securityweek.com/powerware-ransomware-abuses-powershell-office-macros http://www.securityweek.com/powersniff-malware-attacks-abuse-macros-powershell Goes over Sandbox and ...

New USB malware that steals data – USB Thief

Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/new-usb-based-data-stealing-malware-detected-in-wild/article/485140/ Win32/PSW.Stealer.NAI aka USB Thief is a data stealing type malware that is hard to detect ...

The Importance of Information Governance in Information Security

Source: http://www.darkreading.com/operations/why-marrying-infosec-and-info-governance-boosts-security-capabilities/a/d-id/1324572?_mc=RSS_DR_EDT The article begins with the importance of data ...

Dell open sources DCEPT honeypot tool

Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/03/08/dell-open-sources-dcept-honeypot-tool-detecting-network-intrusions/ Dell SecureWorks researchers have developed a honeypot tool for Windows ...

Should I Hack Them Back? No. No, You Shouldn’t…

Source: https://threatpost.com/gentle-reminder-at-rsa-hacking-back-is-a-bad-idea/116564/ The RSA Conference 2016 just took place last week, but I felt that this was an important topic for all ...

Smart Cars, Hacking, and the Legislation Behind It All

Source: https://threatpost.com/car-industry-three-years-behind-todays-cyber-threats/116524/ US SPY Car Act of ...

ROI of Infosec: 11 Dos and Don’ts for Management Buy In

Posted February 27, 2016 Source: http://www.darkreading.com/operations/the-roi-of-infosec-11-dos-and-donts-for-management-buy-in/a/d-id/1324451?_mc=RSS_DR_EDT This is a great must read article ...

Australia Experiencing Rise in Cyber-Attacks

Source: http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=bd2486da-3be6-43f8-a95e-eb9672e5a58a Posted: February 18 2016 Australia has experienced a 64 percent increase in data breaches for the year ...

HSBC online banking hit by DDOS attack

Source: The Independent - HSBC Down due to cyber attack HSBC was surprised with a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) last week that targeted their customer's online banking. No mention ...