Saturday 4 June 2016

​Organisations should stop playing malware whack-a-mole

FireEye | ZDNet:

 "Previously, Scott Brown, senior tech with CERT Australia, said around 95 percent of malware in the country still arrives via email, with the volume of those emails "skyrocketing" at the beginning of 2016."



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Government Surveillance of U.S. Law Firms is About Power

 Big Law Business:

"Layton was reportedly representing Indonesia in trade negotiations with Australia on cigarette packaging and shrimp. The article said that the Australian Signals Directorate conducted the surveillance, which included attorney-client privilege information and offered to share it with the NSA."



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Timor-Leste Blazing a Trail for Maritime Dispute Resolution

The Diplomat:

"Flanked by two giant neighbors, Timor-Leste endured a 24-year occupation by Indonesia during which a quarter of its population – some 200,000 souls – perished. More recently, it has faced skulduggery and espionage, with Australian spies planting listening devices in the Timor-Leste prime minister’s offices during treaty consultations."



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EU referendum: Will Brexit make the UK more or less safe?

UK Politics | News | The Independent:

"Intelligence sharing between the US will not be affected by Brexit, Barack Obama has assured, although he added that it would be preferable for the UK to be inside the EU to push through reforms in the intelligence sector. It should be noted that the US and Britain share intelligence with Canada, Australia and New Zealand – the Five Eyes network – without any plans to extend this to the EU."



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Why you need to plan for IT disasters

BIT:

 "Not enough businesses are prepared for the worst, according to the former head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre.
If you rely on IT, it is important to think about business continuity and make plans for coping with failures or attacks, according to Major General Stephen Day, the former head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre and former Head of Cyber at the Department of Defence."



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ISIS, Fallujah: Loss of city would be fatal blow

GoldCoastBulletin:

"Mr Reed, a former Australian Secret Intelligence Service agent, said it was clear IS were holed up in a bitter fight to the end.

“The city is highly symbolic because it’s so close to the capital of Baghdad,” he said"



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