Cybercrime

OFAC will soon be enforcing economic and trade sanctions against individuals and groups outside the United States that use cyber attacks to threaten U.S. foreign policy, national security or economic stability.

What kind of punishment best fits a convicted hacker? Jail time for serious computer crimes is almost a certainty, but for one ex-hacker, Higinio Ochoa, the terms of his parole also include being "banned from the internet".

Hacktivists have launched a distributed denial-of-service attack against the website of TMT (Thirty Meter Telescope), which is planned to be the Northern hemisphere's largest, most advanced optical telescope.

Major themes of the 2015 RSA Conference: the degree to which the deployment of digital devices is outpacing our ability to deploy humans with the necessary skills and knowledge needed to secure data and systems.

What were the major themes from the RSA 2015 conference? Cameron Camp is on hand to give his verdict...

A 26-year-old hacker who helped expose the rape of a teenage girl could spend five times longer in jail than the perpetrators he outed.

If your files are encrypted by ransomware, should you pay the ransom? We examine the options...

The Conservatives' 2015-16 federal budget sees some investment in security, with $36.4 million promised over five years to address cybersecurity threats.

Australia's infosec industry is lobbying for a mandatory security baseline to ensure basic IT standards are met across the country, with penalties issued to those that don't comply.