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Theft of military data drive
exposes security flaws

by Regents Risk Advisory | November 7, 2011 | Cyber-Threat, Data Security | 0 Comments

Top secret defence documents belonging to the commander of Australian operations in the Middle East stored on a USB drive went missing from the backpack of a military aide travelling on a commercial flight from Dubai to Pakistan. It is believed the USB went...

‘Flash robs’ create new challenge to retailers

by Regents Risk Advisory | October 23, 2011 | Cyber-Threat | 0 Comments

Just as Twitter, face book and other social networking sites have allowed dissidents to plot the overthrow of dictators in the Middle East, groups of criminals are utilising these tools to plan coordinated thefts from stores in the USA. `Flash mobs’ was the term given...

Hacking of White House Gmail accounts

by Regents Risk Advisory | June 6, 2011 | Cyber-Threat, Data Security, Forensic Data & Cyber Threats | 0 Comments

The recent announcement by Google that a number of users Gmail accounts have been hacked into has ratchet up the debate on cyber war between China and the US. The importance of this report relates to the fact that these Gmail accounts were held and sued by senior US...

Securing smartphones data

by Regents Risk Advisory | April 17, 2011 | Cyber-Threat, Data Security, Forensic Data & Cyber Threats | 0 Comments

Recent sales figures indicating that worldwide sales for smartphones will increase by 60% and top half a billion units in 2011 confirms what most people already knew; smartphones are no longer just for top executives or city hopping businesspeople. Smartphones –...