An Australian not-for-profit group, CREST Australia, wants to identify skilled penetration testers with the CREST (Council of Registered Security Testers) certification, founded in Britain in early 2008.
The Australian Institute of criminology (AIC) has said that it does not have the resources to repeat its 2009 study into the prevalence of cyber crime in Australia.
An AIC spokesperson told The Register: "The AIC will, if resources are available, look to undertake similar surveys to our ABACUS project that was one of the few large-scale business victimisation surveys in this area.”
A 55 year old Tasmanian man who pled guilty to 67 charges of accessing and possessing child pornography, will spend at least 2 1/2 years in jail.
Australian police found more than 2500 pictures and videos on his computer including some very disturbing images of children being sexually abused by adults and depictions of dead toddlers. The man had also written e-mails about raping, torturing and murdering children - 2 1/2 years is nowhere near long enough I'd say.
A former University of Sydney IT manager will appear before the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) later this month.
The commission said in a statement that it was investigating allegations levelled against Atilla Demiralay and his associates over the use of an agency to recruit contractors and staff to the University. The agency was engaged between January 2007 and May 2011, according to the ICAC.
The local domain sonyvaio.com.au has been hacked and a defacement page posted claiming credit for the attack. A Malaysian-based group bragged on a since-removed Facebook post, “W00t SONY VAIO Australia hacked.” However, Gizmodo AU checked whois records and found the domain actually belongs to TX Computer Solutions, an authorised Sony reseller.
HP Australia has revealed plans to build up a new security consulting team within its Enterprise Services division as part of a regrouping of security resources in that part of its business.
The company has placed advertisements for a 'client security officer lead' to head the team. Among desired credentials are government expertise and Australian security clearance.
Thousands of National Australia Bank customers were prevented from withdrawing money when a computer glitch crippled its network.
Customers were unable to use ATM, EFTPOS, internet and phone banking services on Friday from about noon, the bank said in a statement.
NAB said the bank began rectifying the problem from 1pm. "For any customers whose transactions failed during the system outage period, they will have their accounts brought up to date overnight," the bank said in a statement.
The Australian Government has once again delayed taking any action on online privacy in its official response to a report from the Australian Parliamentary Cyber-Safety Committee.
Some six months after the committee issued a range of recommendations on improving online privacy, the Government has opted to stall on almost all of them. The Cyber-Safety report made 32 recommendations, the most significant for the IT industry concerned nine proposal to tighten privacy protections.
Victoria Police raided the headquarters of The Age newspaper, seizing computers and documents with the purpose of finding evidence to prove that journalists illegally hacked into the computers belonging to the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Last year in November, after being alerted by a whistleblower, The Age journalists began investigating a story that claimed ALP was collecting private information on voters without their knowledge. The issue seemed serious especially since it was believed that a large number of people had access to the data.
For the last two weeks, the media in Sydney, Australia, have been fascinated with a police investigation into a most peculiar crime committed in one of Sydney's most prestigious suburbs.
If you've heard the name of the victim, Madeleine Pulver, you've probably heard the story behind the crime. Imagine the scene.
