QLD government retires CISO position title

The Queensland government has renamed its chief information security officer position to general manager, cyber security following a months-long search to fill the executive role.  In June, the state government appointed deputy CISO Adam Smith as the interim whole-of-government CISO, after Rob Champion retired from the role following seven years at the department.   Now, […]

Hidden “Glassworm” malware spreads through infected VS Code extensions

A new malware worm campaign has infected multiple Microsoft Visual Studio Code extensions using invisible Unicode characters to hide malicious code from both reviewers and security tools, security researchers say. The worm, named Glassworm, compromised seven extensions on the OpenVSX marketplace on October 17, reaching more than 10,700 downloads. Researchers at Koi Security discovered the […]

ACMA cracks down on mobile 000 ‘camp-on’ failures

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has tightened mobile phone testing standards and imposed new network equipment monitoring rules on carriers as the fallout over recent emergency call failures continues. The regulator has created a new mobile phone testing industry code that will require carriers to subject handsets to special tests designed to see how […]