Security News

Digital burglars break into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
2021-01-25 18:01

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted one of its servers was accessed without sanction and may have been digitally pawed by miscreants. The attack involved a server containing documents associated with Australian credit applications and the commission warned that "Some limited information may have been viewed by the threat actor." ASIC was at pains to add that it hadn't seen evidence of the forms and attachments being opened or downloaded.

IT leaders concerned about their ability to keep up with digital transformation
2021-01-21 04:30

IT leaders have growing concerns about their ability to keep up with digital transformation, a Dynatrace survey of 700 CIOs reveals. 93% of CIOs say IT's ability to maximize value for the business is hindered by challenges, including IT and business teams working in silos.

AnyVan confirms digital break-in, says customer names, emails and hashed passwords exposed
2021-01-19 08:45

Anyvan, the European online marketplace that lets users buy delivery, transport or removal services from a network of providers, has confirmed it was the victim of a digital burglary that involved the theft of customers' personal data. The company wrote to customers mid-last week to inform them of a "Breach of security resulting in the unauthorised access to data from our user database," according to the email seen by The Register.

Don Freese joins Digital Realty as CISO
2021-01-14 23:15

He reports to Executive Vice President, Operations Erich Sanchack and is responsible for overseeing Digital Realty's company-wide information security technology and programs and managing risks related to confidentiality, integrity and availability of systems and data. "We're thrilled to welcome someone of Don's high caliber to the team as we continue to proactively safeguard our customers from today's constantly evolving cyber and data security threats," said Mr. Sanchack.

Contentsquare partners with Microsoft Azure to accelerate digital transformation
2021-01-14 01:00

Contentsquare is now partnering with Microsoft Azure's cloud computing platform to accelerate its growth, drive peak performance and underpin successful innovation. Leveraging the Microsoft Azure cloud to accelerate growth.

Western Digital delivers 4TB portable SSDs
2021-01-12 01:45

Western Digital announced it's now delivering 4TB portable SSDs across its consumer brand portfolio. "This milestone allows us to deliver a new era of solutions with the capacity and performance our customers have been asking for. Our consumer brand products are used by millions of professionals and consumers around the world, and we continue to drive technology forward to deliver the performance, reliability and leading products they demand," said Jim Welsh, senior vice president and general manager of Consumer Solutions Products, Western Digital.

Digital transformation taking shape in 2021
2021-01-07 05:00

Welcome to the New Year, where we believe most organizations will continue to work through their digital transformation practices. These updated practices heavily impact IT and business leaders who need to expedite their migration to public clouds and in many situations minimize their physical data center footprint.

Organizations further along the digital transformation maturity spectrum have an advantage
2020-12-29 05:00

Concerns around security, privacy, cloud and technology resilience are being further fueled by shifting business priorities, the pandemic-induced remote work environment and accelerated deployment of new technologies, according to a survey from Protiviti and ISACA. Entering into 2021, IT audit groups - particularly those in more digitally mature organizations - are utilizing more dynamic and real-time approaches to technology risk assessment, which enables them to be more agile and responsive to the rapidly evolving risk landscape, driven in no small part by pandemic-related challenges. The findings reveal that 'digital leaders' - those self-characterized as having innovative and disruptive qualities, including a proven track record of delivering on digital and innovation initiatives and effective adoption of emerging technologies - weigh risks differently from companies with lower levels of digital transformation maturity and those who are in the earlier stages of defining and delivering on their digital and innovation agenda.

CodeZero ZERO BrandCard: Enabling a secure and contactless digital identity exchange
2020-12-17 03:00

CodeZero has launched the ZERO BrandCard, a digital identity card of the future, backed by LISNR to enable a secure and contactless digital identity exchange. Looking for a market solution to help combat digital identity spoofing & enable contactless authentication, CodeZero recognized LISNR's ultrasonic technology as the safest and most seamless data transfer and authentication medium.

South Korea kills ActiveX-based government digital certificate service
2020-12-10 04:31

In 1965, Gordon Moore published a short informal paper, Cramming more components onto integrated circuits. Based on not much more but these few data points and his knowledge of silicon chip development - he was head of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductors, the company that was to seed Silicon Valley - he said that for the next decade, component counts by area could double every year.