Austalian Communications Minister: We Will Stop the Spam at the Portal

Stephen Conroy, the Australian communications minister, pledged to protect Australians from spam entering their portals last week. Conroy made the pledge at the kick-off of National Cyber Security Awareness Week.

“There’s a staggering number of Australian’s being in having their computers infected at the moment, up to 20,000, can regularly be getting infected by these spams, or scams, that come through, the portal,” he said. “The Awareness…

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How Markets Impact IT Security Spending

While most IT security investment decisions are made without considering the broader industry, three researchers at the University of Alberta say this might not be wise. During the Ninth Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS 2010), Bora Kolfal, Raymond Patterson and Lisa Yeo presented a paper titled “Market Impact on IT Security Spending,” which focused on developing…

Australian Government Kills AusCERT

The Australian government has decided to stop funding AusCERT and move to creating a computer emergency response team that look to provide an early warning system, according to The Australian. The new unit will be known as CERT Australia which “will now be the sole supplier of national CERT services to the community and the point of contact…

World Cup Good for Spammers

The World Cup begins today and spammers have already joined the party, releasing spam messages that target individuals searching for World Cup information. Presently, the amount of World Cup-related spam is relatively small compared to total spam amounts but it has increased, according to F-Secure.

“It’s still just a small percentage of spam overall (under 2%) but when comparing the first three days from the last six months,…

Charles Palmer of IBM Research: Integrity, Curiosity Make a Good Cyber Pro

IBM Research‘s Chief Technology Officer of Security & Privacy Dr. Charles Palmer has been a self-proclaimed computer geek since high school; however, his transition into security did not happen until years later.

After finishing his doctoral degree, he was continuing his thesis research on genetic algorithms and optimization. One day, he was…

Lieberman and Collins Unveil Cyber Bill

Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Me) unveiled a new cybersecurity bill yesterday along with Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Tom Carper (D-De). The legislation looks to strengthen, modernize and coordinate federal civilian networks and select private sector networks that are part of the critical infrastructure.

The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010, S.3480, would…

NATO Cyber Conference to Convene in Estonia

Later this month, Estonia will host a cybersecurity conference in Tallinn, according to an official at NATO’s Tallinn-based cyber defence centre.

“The conference will be attended by various cybersecurity experts and professionals from related disciplines in governments, military and academia to discuss the growing connection between computer security and national security,” NATO cyber defence centre spokeswoman said.

The…

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Massive Hack Hits More Than 100,000 Sites

A massive hack has targeted more than 100,000 websites belonging to police, newspapers and other major organizations. When visitors attempt to access the compromised site, the user is redirected to a website that attempts to install malware.

Intljobs.org, The Wall Street Journal‘s wsj.com, and tomtom.com.tw were all hacked, in addition to The Jerusalem Post and the police department website for the UK county of Strathclyde. The websites were infected…