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A White House office is ordering all federal agencies to implement a new standard for securing DNS connections. Recommendations from the Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency will be previewed at the SC World Congress. McAfee has announced its 'Initiative to Fight Cybercrime' which is calling for action to deliver more effective investigations and prosecutions of cybercrime. While it is unlikely we will ever abolish cybercrime, I do believe that we can make the internet a safer place. The total amount of malware removed from Australian PCs grew by over 55 percent in the first half of 2008, Microsoft has reported. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Telstra will increase cooperative efforts to reduce hi-tech crimes like identity fraud, phishing, botnet networks and attacks on public and private sector computer networks.
Companies need to step up their ability to guess where cybercriminals will strike next. Identity theft has become a multi-billion dollar issue that continues to accelerate, and protecting against it has become a multi-million dollar business, says Deloitte's Mark Steinhoff. Most government IT workers believe identity management is critical to their organisations, but view cost as a major obstacle, a new survey from Quest Software concludes. Chinese hackers have been able to successfully attack the White House computer network and obtain email messages between United States'government officials, the Financial Times reported Friday, citing a senior U.S. official. Yahoo and Microsoft are teaming up in an effort to stop lottery email scams. Brazilian hackers now more technically sophisticated than Russians, "fraud as a service" model emerges. When facing up to a data breach, first contain it then evaluate the associated risk, says the Office of the Privacy Commissioner which released a new guide on handling breaches, today. Industry experts have welcomed assurances from Microsoft that the firm has not provided law enforcement agencies with a 'back door' into its systems.. Over 500 delegates from global businesses, governments and law enforcement agencies will meet in London in March at the e-Crime Congress 2008 to discuss cyber-threats and electronic crime.. An Australian market for biometric voice authentication is taking shape from early adopters in the banking, government and service industries. Most RFID products – like passports and Oyster cards – leak data like sieves says Brit firm, Peratech. Taiwan Police has swooped down on a ring of cyber-thiefs who had been targeting government and corporate data stores.
The final report outlining the amendments to Australia’s Privacy Act will be released on August 11, possbily ending almost two years of speculation surrounding the inclusion of Australia’s inaugural mandatory data breach disclosure laws. The security of data held by the CIA, the FBI and the US Department of Defense was compromised earlier this year after a partner agency allowed zone transfer access of its Domain Name Services.