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Patrick Eltridge, CIO of Australian ISP Telstra has resigned.   According to IT news, he will leave at the end of November, and the company are now seeking a replacement “globally”.   Eltridge led Telstra’s internal IT team since 2010, and worked to cement an agile culture into the organisation, as well as overhaul Telstra's relationships with its outsourcing partners.   VIEW FULL STORY  

The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) has warned people who have made purchases at Cape May-Lewes Ferry terminals and vessels that their payment card data might have been compromised. The authority learned of a possible data breach on July 30th, when it launched an investigation aided by third-party forensic experts. The investigation is ongoing, but so far the organisation has determined that the credit and debit cards of individuals who purchased food, beverages and...

The Russian and Chinese Governments are close to signing a cyber-security cooperation agreement that would enable the two countries to conduct "joint cyber-security operations". According to Russian media reports, the treaty is expected to be signed during President Vladimir Putin's state visit to China in November. Kommersant quoted unnamed sources "close to the Kremlin" as saying that the final text of the "two-sided agreement on cooperation in the field of information security" was not ready yet,...

Symantec has been preparing to split into two entities for about six months, according to a letter sent to the company's suppliers and seen by The Register.   The letter said: “Symantec has been restructuring for organic profitable growth, with product and Go To Market specialization for each of the two markets. Over the last two quarters we have seen clear signs of success and growth as a result of this new focus, validating our...

Two US mobile operators have been fined $10 million jointly by the FCC after they stored customer information in publically accessible folders with no security in place. According to Infosecurity, the regulator said that TerraCom and YourTel collected names, addresses, social security numbers, drivers licenses, and “other proprietary information (PI)” belonging to over 300,000 customers. They were then stored on unprotected servers “that anyone in the world could access with a search engine and basic manipulation.”...

A new standard called RRVS allows Facebook to timestamp a password recovery messages to show Yahoo the last time the email address was legitimately used.   Built using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol , could allow webmail providers to reclaim millions of addresses that haven’t been used for years.   The system will only work at the providers’ end if they sign up, but it may be too late for users that have already seen old email...

Over the past week, at least three US financial institutions reported receiving tens of thousands of dollars in fraudulent credit and debit card transactions coming from Brazil.   All of the transactions were submitted through Visa and MasterCard‘s networks as chip-enabled transactions, even though the banks that issued the cards in question haven’t even yet begun sending customers chip-enabled cards.   According to Brian Krebs, it is far harder for banks to dispute as they usually end up eating the...

A US man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for his role in a cyber crime scheme that hacked accounts at banks, brokerage firms and Government agencies.   The effort attempted to steal more than $15 million, US prosecutors said. Massachusetts-based Robert Dubuc pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to commit access device fraud and identity theft in a federal court in New Jersey in April, while a co-defendant, Oleg Pidtergerya, pleaded...

Sexual health product distributor The Sinclair Institute has warned customers of an attack that led to the breach of account and personal credentials.   Included were names and addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses and credit card information consisting of number, expiration date and the CVV (card verification value) code. The institute said that the attack started on the 3rd August and lasted until the 28th August.   While IT administrators were able to remove...

Cisco is aiming to address the issue of Internet of Everything (IoE) skills with a new curriculum designed to “empower the next generation of innovators”.   Launched as part of the Cisco Networking Academy Partner Summit in Barcelona, the "Introduction to the Internet of Everything" is the first in a series of planned courses designed to get folks up to speed with the IoE. It's an entry-level course with no in-depth IT knowledge needed, aiming...