Hanmore joined AusCERT in 2005 following a five-year stint as the IT security manager of the Bank of Queensland. His new job at Microsoft, where he will be dubbed a senior security strategist, will see him pack his bags and move to Redmond.
In this sponsored podcast from AusCERT's 2009 conference, Microsoft's Jeff Alexander discusses the features of Windows 7 that are likely to be of interest to security pros. DEP, BitLocker portable, AppLocker, UAC changes, the lot. Enjoy!
The computer security industry has sometimes been compared unfavourably to the fashion industry, putting up flamboyant defences where it doesn't make any difference while paying no attention to the open barn door behind the curtain.
Scott McIntyre of Dutch ISP XS4all talks to Risky Business about his battle against VoIP fraudsters.
Regular Risky Business guest Kimberly Zenz is in Australia for AusCERT and we caught up with her at the conference for this interview. We asked Kimberly about what she's been focussing out of personal and professional interest.
Cybercrime analyst Kimberly Zenz, of US-based firm iDefense, says the adoption of the EMV chip and pin credit card security standard in Europe means criminal syndicates are having difficulty using stolen card data there. But the same European card information can be used to rip off Australian merchants because the extended authentication made possible by EMV is unavailable here.
In this podcast we chat to Microsoft's Keith Brintzenhofe. He manages the Information Protection and Control (IPC) product unit in the Identity & Security Division of Microsoft. He joined Risky Business 2 to explain Microsoft's collaboration with RSA on DLP and document rights management software.
In this AusCERT presentation, RTComm.ru's security team discusses the Russian DDoS scene. RTComm.ru is Russia's largest ISP.
In this podcast interview, Assurance.com.au's Neal Wise and Oliver Greiter argue wireless security has come a long way.
Paul Twomey is ICANN's President and CEO. In this keynote address recorded on day one of AusCERT's security conference, Twomey argues collaboration is the key to ensuring the long-term security of Internet infrastructure.
ASI Solutions Executive Manager of IT Security Services, Andrew Rourke, discusses mobile phone forensics -- a history, and the future. Enjoy!
We'll be publishing interviews with all our Risky Business favourites including Kimberly Zenz of iDefense, Auckland University's Peter Gutmann, Assurance.com.au's Neal Wise, Queensland Police Superintendant Brian Hay, Geekonomics author David Rice and many, many more.
This week's podcast is hosted by Vigabyte virtual hosting and sponsored by Tenable Network Security.
Fraudsters are placing fake rental property listings for affordable inner Sydney apartments on the site. Upon contacting the purported landlord, would-be renters are being instructed to transfer money offshore in exchange for apartment keys that will never arrive.
The new company employs a total of 65 people, with no staff being made redundant from either SIFT or Stratsec during the merger. The new company will retain the stratsec name and recruit 4-5 new staff immediately with a view to further expansion later this year, according to the new company's CTO and SIFT founder Nick Ellsmore.
After more than 10 years working for Microsoft, Riley fell the victim to a restructuring program last Tuesday. "As a part of Microsoft's second round of restructuring, my position was eliminated yesterday and my employment with Microsoft has ended," Riley wrote on his blog. "I'm certainly not disappearing... I'll remain involved in the security industry."
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It's been 24 hours since Risky.Biz published a news story about several vulnerabilities -- CSRF and XSS bugs -- found in McAfee's secure vulnerability scanning service.
A Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability uncovered in McAfee's "secure" vulnerability scanning portal would have allowed attacker to take control of client accounts. The portal is designed to scan customer websites for security vulnerabilities and fulfil some PCI DSS compliance requirements.
In June, Internet piracy as we know it turns 10.
