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Telstra warns of increase in phone based scams: SSO Alert Priority Moderate

20 August 2014

Telstra has published a notice to customers about phone based scams, adding that over the past year it has observed a four-fold increase in the volume of scams reported by its customers....

Google Chrome security updates now available: SSO Alert Priority High

27 August 2014

Google has issued updates for Chrome, including 50 security fixes for a range of vulnerabilities it rates as high and critical....

Security updates for Firefox now available: SSO Alert Priority High

5 September 2014

Mozilla has released security updates addressing a range of issues that affect its Firefox web browser....

Advice following the ‘celebrity nude photo’ scandal: SSO Alert Priority Moderate

8 September 2014

There has been widespread coverage of the latest celebrity nude photo scandal in mainstream media....

New ransomware threat for Australia: SSO Alert Priority High

9 September 2014

Researchers monitoring CryptoWall ransomware, a new and increasingly pervasive type of ransomware, have recorded almost 20,000 infected computer systems in Australia....

Microsoft and Adobe September updates now available: SSO Alert Priority High

9 September 2014

Microsoft and Adobe have issued their regular monthly software updates addressing a range of important and critical security vulnerabilities....

5 million passwords and Gmail credentials dumped online: SSO Alert Priority Moderate

12 September 2014

There have been a number of reports about a list containing approximately 5 million passwords and Google Gmail addresses (and some other Russian site credentials) being posted on a Russian Bitcoin...

Phishing attacks are becoming more personalised: SSO Alert Priority Moderate

17 September 2014

A recent report has found that phishing attacks are increasingly using personalisation in an attempt to look more legitimate....

Researchers find Android ‘Browser’ vulnerability in many devices: SSO Alert Priority Moderate

19 September 2014

Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in many Android devices’ standard internet browser app called ‘Browser’. The app was included with the operating system for older Android versions (prior...

Facebook Privacy Checkup tool for posts, apps and profile

23 September 2014

Earlier this month, Facebook enabled a new ‘Privacy Checkup’ tool, giving you clearer information about the privacy settings it offers for your posts, apps and personal information....

Severe Bash vulnerability affects Unix-based systems including Linux and Mac OSX

25 September 2014

The GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash) is a command line utility widely used in many Unix-based operating systems including Linux and OS X....

Telstra warns of phishing emails related to 700MHz customer trials

7 October 2014

Telstra has warned of scammers using phishing emails to target customers following its announcement of commercial trials for 700MHz mobile phone technology in Sydney and Adelaide....

Fake AusPost phishing emails lead to ransomware

7 October 2014

Phishing emails pretending to be from Australia Post as well as other well-known organisations have been targeting Australians with crypto-malware (also known as ransomware)....

Romance scammers setting up bogus social media accounts

8 October 2014

Romance scammers are incorporating increasingly realistic looking social media accounts into their scams, including stealing photos from legitimate users to present genuine looking profiles....

Viral Facebook videos spread malware

13 October 2014

Viral videos on social media which make sensational claims such as ‘You won’t believe what she did next’, or ‘Shocking Video’, are a well-known method for spreading scams and viruses....

Apple update stops 'iWorm' botnet targeting Macs and MacBooks

13 October 2014

Apple has released updates for the OS X systems to block a type of malware dubbed ‘iWorm’, which is responsible for infecting thousands of Macs, joining them to a botnet....

Snapchat photos breached via Snapsaved.com: SSO Alert Priority Moderate

14 October 2014

Thousands of photos and videos have been leaked after a third-party app used to covertly save photos taken with Snapchat, was breached....

Dropbox passwords leaked: SSO Alert Priority High

14 October 2014

Stolen username and password combinations, alleged to be for Dropbox accounts, have been posted online. Dropbox is a popular cloud-based storage service....

Security updates available for Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle: SSO Alert Priority High

15 October 2014

Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle have released scheduled software updates for their products which include fixes for a range of security issues....

‘POODLE’ vulnerability affects web browsers using old SSL encryption

21 October 2014

Updates are available to address a vulnerability called ‘POODLE’ that has been discovered in a type of encryption used to secure information sent between your internet browser and many websites....