Articles by: "Liam Nevill"
Cyber wrap

The banking world is usually a pretty cutthroat place, but the shared issue of cyber security has prompted eight major US banks to form a new alliance. J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America …

Cyber wrap

Yesterday’s appointment of Malcolm Turnbull’s new ministry has followed through with the commitment made in last year’s Cyber Security Strategy to create a ministerial position for cyber security. Dan Tehan from Victoria has added Minister …

Cyber wrap

Last Wednesday the European Parliament approved the new European Union Network and Information Security directive, which applies common cybersecurity and reporting obligations for operators of essential services, such as energy, transport, health finance and water …

Cyber wrap

The second annual Sino–US High-Level Dialogue on Cybercrime and Related Issues was held last Wednesday in Beijing. According to a Department of Homeland Security press release the ministerial-level meeting agreed on several new initiatives including …

National cyber budgets: same, same but different

The latest report from UNSW’s Australian Centre for Cyber Security (ACCS), ‘Australia’s Response to Advanced Technology Threats,’  claims that Australia doesn’t take cyber threats seriously enough. The report argues that the differences between Australian cyber …

Cyber wrap

The ghosts of social media accounts past have come back to haunt millions of people this week, with the release of user credentials for 360 million MySpace users being released for sale online. Selling stolen …

Cyber wrap

Following costly compromises in Bangladesh, Vietnam and Ecuador, Gottfried Leibbrandt, CEO of international bank settlement company Swift has told a conference in Brussels that cyber threats are his main source of anxiety. In his speech …

Cyber wrap

While last night’s Federal Budget is still being picked apart, it seems that Defence will be funding the lion’s share of the new cyber priorities announced as part of the recent Cyber Security Strategy. Of …