Security IT
Australian companies 'open to cyber crime'
![Australian firms are not taking security seriously enough, says Deloitte.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/j/p/q/d/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmiwrw.png/1454306685176.jpg)
Stuart Condie Local super funds, insurers and corporates all guilty of caving to hackers, thereby perpetuating cyber-crime, according to Deloitte.
Security
Telstra privacy breach leaves customer's voicemail exposed
![Chief executive Andrew Penn will tell shareholders at Telstra's annual general meeting on Tuesday the company is weighing an appeal against last week's ACCC decision.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/y/5/2/6/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gmbpjm.png/1453442146875.jpg)
Hannah Francis Richard Thornton did a factory reset on his second-hand iPhone 5, but the buyer kept receiving his voicemail.
Anonymous hacks Thai police websites to protest Myanmar workers' death penalties
![This image was displayed on some Thai police websites.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/0/p/o/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gm0pk2.png/1452089418112.jpg)
Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panarat Thepgumpanat The words 'Failed Law', 'We Want Justice', and '#BoycottThailand' displayed to protest controversial trial over murders of two UK tourists.
Data
Personal information of more than 190m American voters appears online
![So far nobody has stepped forward to take ownership of the database.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/6/f/l/2/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glwma6.png/1453150755883.jpg)
Andrea Peterson Questions raised about the security chops of political campaigns who increasingly hold large caches of personal data.
Security
Hyatt Hotels attacked with malware
![Hyatt has 627 hotels across 52 countries, including Australia.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/u/s/2/2/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glurtl.png/1451008658133.jpg)
Merchants warned of new strain of payment-card-stealing malware which evades almost all security software.
Security
Makers of notoriously insecure Java software ordered to help PC users clean it up
![Jave is installed on roughly 850 million computers worldwide.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/t/8/l/u/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glt7k8.png/1450749322282.png)
Brian Fung Oracle, one of the world's largest tech companies, has been accused by the US government of misleading consumers about the security of its software Java, which is installed on roughly 850 million computers.
Security
Twitter warns users about potential 'state-sponsored' hacks
![Attackers may have been looking for "email addresses, IP addresses, and/or phone numbers", Twitter says.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/s/0/j/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glnhg1.png/1452026967052.jpg)
For the first time Twitter has issued a warning to certain users that their accounts may have been targets for attack
Security
In security, humans are the weakest link
![Firewalls won't stop a loud-talking executive divulging sensitive information to everyone on a train.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/d/u/0/m/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gle7x1.png/1450064122156.jpg)
Cynthia Karena A man on a suburban train in Sydney is on his phone, loudly discussing a current tender process for new desktops for Telstra. Behind him sits Milton Baar, director of security firm The Swoose Partnership, who recognises the guy on the phone, Richard, an employee from a major IT company that is a Telstra supplier.
System clouds efforts to hack bank accounts
![Graeme Speak who is behind the Australian based Bank Vault online security system.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/h/5/j/t/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gldo38.png/1449572792626.jpg)
Adam Turner The rise of sophisticated online banking attacks, defeating two-factor authentication via identity theft, is the driver behind the Australian-based BankVault security system.
ACT libraries tackle cyber bullying with eSafe Spaces
![Librarians, from left, Dimitris Lioulios and Amanda Diedricks at the Dickson Library have both been trained to use the program eSafe.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/9/e/q/t/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl7s00.png/1449455751881.jpg)
Clare Sibthorpe A new pilot website will also make it easier for material to be taken off the internet.
Delayed Australian data breach notification bill lands
![Companies at present aren't legally required to disclose breaches, but they can do so voluntarily.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/v/7/h/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glfbnt.png/1449203416896.jpg)
Ben Grubb Australians will be informed of certain breaches of their personal information under new laws being proposed by the Turnbull government, but only if the company or organisation breached turns over $3 million in revenue a year.
Bureau of Meteorology computers breached, ABC reports
![Dr Rob Vertessy CEO of the Bureau of Meteorology .](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/x/7/s/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gldc9j.png/1449042631672.jpg)
Ben Grubb Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has reportedly had its computer systems breached.
Hacking
Cyber spies raise their game against pro-democracy Chinese
![Ghost Security Group members are mostly anonymous and working independently of authorities to disrupt the online activities of IS.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/i/t/y/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glb2ad.png/1452131207867.jpg)
Clare Baldwin, James Pomfret and Jeremy Wagstaff Almost a year after students ended pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong, they face an online battle against what Western security experts say are China-sponsored hackers using techniques rarely seen elsewhere.
Security
Marie's mission to highlight fatal flaws in medical devices
![Security researcher Marie Moe.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/9/e/y/p/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl9dwp.png/1448586795873.jpg)
Liam Tung Marie Moe's heart could be affected by a software flaw or attacked remotely by a hacker, but regulations and restrictions make it difficult to prevent.
Anonymous group hacks Islamic State, tells them to chill out: reports
![A self-proclaimed member of Anonymous posts a video declaring war on Islamic State.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/0/i/j/x/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl9hc9.png/1448584933279.png)
Keegan Thomson Terrorists' propaganda appears to be shifting to the Dark Web so that it will be harder to shut down.
Hilton payment systems hit by malware
![Hilton has advised customers to check their bank statements after a malware incident.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/i/z/r/g/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl7caw.png/1448430718827.jpg)
Keegan Thomson Hilton advises customers to check their bank statements after malware incident.
Security
Retailers hunt for attacks after warning on stealthy malware
![Point of sales systems like the one pictured are being compromised by hackers.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/7/d/n/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl7dfc.png/1448411117405.jpg)
Jim Finkle Retailers hunt for new credut card breaches after warning about malware that evades almost all security software.
FBI probes 'mr.grey' and 1.2b stolen web credentials
![That hacker was identified based on data from a cybersecurity firm.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/v/u/v/5/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl7chr.png/1448410316659.jpg)
Nate Raymond ​Hacker linked through a Russian email address to the theft of a record 1.2b credentials, the FBI court documents show.
Security
Kim Dotcom's MegaNet a 'preposterous pipe dream'
![Members of the security community have not been as positive about Kim Dotcom's plans as he'd hoped.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/r/a/e/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl3l5z.png/1447977474346.jpg)
Claire Connelly Eccentric entrepreneur's 'new private internet' is 'brittle, unforgiving and only applicable to very unusual people', security expert says.
Security
Taxpayer records exposed by serious ATO, myGov security flaw
![MyGov was launched in 2013 and is now used by several million Australians.](/web/20160202124303im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/6/m/p/m/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl1kex.png/1454328556534.png)
Hannah Francis Taxpayer says he was hung up on twice by call centre staff when trying to report the issue.