Hack stories
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Marketing vs. reality – What we can learn from the Ashley Madison hack
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breach prevention
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hack
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online dating
The Ashley Madison hack exposed the stark reality behind glossy marketing, revealing how a poorly safeguarded system endangered millions of private lives.
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Australia’s National Cybersecurity Act races against technological advancement
Last month
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data protection
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encryption
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advanced persistent threat protection
Australia's fragmented cybersecurity laws face overhaul as new National Cybersecurity Act aims to modernise protection against AI and quantum computing threats.
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New year, time to update your passwords
Thu, 7th Jan 2021
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hack
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passwords
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nordpass
The most popular passwords of 2020 were easy-to-guess number combinations, such as 123456, the word password, qwerty, iloveyou, and other uncomplicated options.
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Houseparty denies security breach as users accuse app of hacking accounts
Tue, 31st Mar 2020
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cybersecurity
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hack
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cybersafety
The popular face-to-face video hosting service has been accused of hacking users' other accounts, a claim Houseparty disputes.
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Australian women-focusd hackathon #SheHacks expands across Victoria
Fri, 28th Feb 2020
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hackers
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hack
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hacking
Women-focused hackathon #SheHacks, run by Girl Geek Academy, will take place statewide across Victoria, Australia from February to April.
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Teens prove IoT device vulnerabilities by hacking them
Fri, 1st Feb 2019
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iot
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cybersecurity
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hack
After two teens managed to hack hundreds of thousands of printers around the world, KYOCERA Document Solutions has some tips for businesses.
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NASA got hacked (again)
Thu, 20th Dec 2018
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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nasa
The compromised servers stored personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to current and former NASA employees.
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Surprise - the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games were hacked
Mon, 12th Feb 2018
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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data breach
Games organisers have reportedly admitted that its servers had been attacked, forcing them to shut down the official website.
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Mega breach: 800,000 Swisscom customers’ data stolen via hacked partner
Fri, 9th Feb 2018
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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hack
Experts say while Swisscom may be playing the huge breach down, the implications of the breach will be far and wide.
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How to keep your company safe from complex cyber threats
Mon, 6th Nov 2017
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sonicwall
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hack
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computers
An advanced persistent threat is a set of stealthy and continuous computer hacking processes, designed to be evolving, polymorphic and dynamic...
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Carbon Black and IBM Security tighten partnership with rapid response tool
Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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hack
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ibm security
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carbon black
An expanded partnership between Carbon Black and IBM Security aim to provide increased cyberattack visibility and accelerated incident response times.
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Yahoo's 2013 data breach hit all three billion user accounts
Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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yahoo
Yahoo’s entire user base of more than three billion people were affected by Yahoo’s colossal data hack in 2013, despite initial reports.
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Security firm reveals Asia connections behind the CCleaner hack
Tue, 26th Sep 2017
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advanced persistent threat protection
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hack
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avast
The attack was never intended for consumers, but instead went after companies such as NEC, Samsung, Asus, Fujitsu, Singtel, Intel and VMware.
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Oh, sweet revenge: White hat hacker floods scammers' phone lines
Mon, 26th Jun 2017
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email security
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cybersecurity
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scams
What happens when you put cold call scammers up against a seasoned programmer? You get sweet revenge, if the case of one security developer.
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GovHack 2015 – Innovating with government data
Mon, 29th Jun 2015
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
What do Twitter, GroupMeet and Facebook’s Like button all have in common? They all were invented at a hackathon.
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Software developer duo hack Dropbox
Mon, 2nd Sep 2013
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cloud services
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dropbox
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hack
Cloud storage provider Dropbox has reportedly been hacked by two software developers, who bypassed its two-factor authentication.
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How to bork your hard drive with HTML5
Fri, 1st Mar 2013
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martech
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software development
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html
Discover how an HTML5 glitch, made public by Michael McKinnon of AVG, could fill your hard disk, revealed at http://www.filldisk.com/.
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Frequent Facebook hacks no big deal
Mon, 18th Feb 2013
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malware
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cybersecurity
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facebook
Despite a sophisticated attack last month, Facebook says no user data was compromised, attributing its success to a robust security response and culture.
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Twitter hacked - up to 250,000 accounts compromised
Sat, 2nd Feb 2013
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encryption
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martech
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cybersecurity
Twitter blogged yesterday that an attack took place over 'just a few moments' before it was noticed by Twitter staff and shut it down.
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New Zealand's Enterprise Tech Summary: Week ending Sat 2nd Feb 2013
Sat, 2nd Feb 2013
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firewalls
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breach prevention
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personal computing devices
Another exciting week has wrapped up here at NZET, Here's a summary of the news stories that were biggest in NZ this week.