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SoftBank grants US government the right to approve Sprint director
If takeover plans by SoftBank and Sprint are finalized, then SoftBank will give the U.S. government influence due to security concerns.
Australia more likely attacked by accident than nation-state: Kaspersky
Australia's isolation from geo-political conflicts means it has few, if any, enemies that might try to harm it via online attacks, but it could get caught up in the collateral damage between other nation's battles.
AusCERT 2013 Day 1
AusCERT has returned to the Gold Coast for another year, and ZDNet was there to bring you all the highlights.
AusCERT 2013 day 1: Speed, fraud, and interruptions
What do security specialist HD Moore and the Queensland Police have in common? They both feature in this lighthearted round-up of day 1 at AusCERT 2013.
Survey: BYOD puts Indian firms at risk
Indian CIOs say they are struggling to securely manage personal devices employees use to access corporate networks and applications, reveals a new survey.
Online businesses need citizens' arrest powers: Alperovitch
Former McAfee Threat Research vice-president Dmitri Alperovitch has called for greater powers for private companies, saying that they should be allowed to make citizens' arrests and limited retaliatory action against hackers.
When the CISO shouldn't blow the whistle on vulnerabilities
Highlighting the fact that there are security vulnerabilities in your organisation sounds like common sense, but there is such a thing as doing it too fast, according to Foxtel CISO Kevin Shaw.
Twitter steps up security with two-factor authentication option
After a long string of high profile attacks on accounts held by government and news agencies, Twitter is finally stepping up its game.
Build an Internet-centric, mobile-enabled video surveillance system
This is the first of a three-part series where our own David Gewirtz tests and installs a full-perimeter, Internet-centric, mobile-enabled video surveillance system. In this installment, he details the approach that didn't work.
Blue Coat to acquire Solera; big data security
In Solera, Blue Coat finds a big boost for its bid to secure the enterprise.
US urged to permit self-defense retaliation on hackers
Would retaliatory attacks make hackers think twice?
Viruses, hackers and scammers scare business away from web
Many small businesses struggle to cope with internet security and are refusing to trade online as a result.
US utilities under daily, constant cyberattacks: report
A new report claims that a number of U.S.-based utilities are fending off cyberattacks on a daily basis.
Chrome 27 fixes 14 flaws and enables spoken conversations with Google
Google wants you to start talking to your desktop with Chrome 27.
HP security chief: How big data can catch hackers red-handed
Firewalls and antivirus software bite deepest into most organisations' security budgets to the detriment of the other stages in the breach process.