About Sara
Sara Barker
Copywriter and Senior News Editor
Sara lives in a world of words and stories. For more than six years she has been delving deep into the rich world of tech news, content creation, journalism and reviews for Techday. She brings an academic background in information systems, marketing, radio, and journalism to her role. She enjoys casual gaming, cats, and reading.
Former TechDay team member.
Stories by Sara - Page 20
CISOs face an uphill battle when rolling out comprehensive security
Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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data breach
The CISO's role is crucial to the rollout of organisation-wide IT security strategies, but they still have an uphill battle to fight.
EITest hijacks tech support scam pages to mine cryptocurrency
Tue, 26th Sep 2017
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malware
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crypto
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blockchain
Tech support scams are now being used as social engineering tools as part of EITest's campaign to deliver Coinhive's Monero cryptocurrency miner.
Coalition calls for transparency of Five Eyes intelligence activities
Mon, 18th Sep 2017
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surveillance
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data privacy
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privacy international
Privacy International calls for transparency from global oversight bodies on intelligence sharing to protect citizens' privacy.
North Korea's nefarious links to cryptocurrency theft
Mon, 18th Sep 2017
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crypto
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blockchain
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phishing
North Korean state-sponsored actors may be behind campaigns to steal virtual currencies in order to fund the state's activities.
Australia a hot target for BEC scams, malicious URLs and malware
Tue, 12th Sep 2017
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malware
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cybersecurity
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trend micro
More than a quarter of all business email compromise (BEC) scams around the world target Australia, new research says.
APAC committee launched to bring passive optical LAN benefits to APAC
Mon, 11th Sep 2017
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network infrastructure
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optical networking
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commscope
Member companies range from manufacturers, distributors, integrators and consulting companies across the globe.
Onesecure Asia and Trusted Metrics form security operations center for Singapore & ASEAN
Mon, 11th Sep 2017
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endpoint protection
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edr
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mssp
Trusted Metrics and Onesecure Asia are partnering up to deliver US-developed Security Operations Center (SOC) technology to Singapore and ASEAN.
State-sponsored election hacks are acts of cyber warfare - survey
Mon, 11th Sep 2017
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elections
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venafi
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security vulnerabilities
78% of respondents said they would deem an act as cyber war if a nation-state was behind a successful or attempted hack of another country's election.
Whispir sets sights on Singapore channel & blue chip customers
Wed, 30th Aug 2017
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cloud services
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whispir
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communication
Whispir launches Singapore hub to pioneer Asia expansion, snags major local clients as it eyes AI and IoT integration in communications.
Japan & India stand together for stronger cyber policy
Mon, 21st Aug 2017
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iot
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cybersecurity
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law
The dialogue included cyber threats, mitigation, the cyber policy landscape and future possible bilateral cooperation areas.
GhostClicker adware infiltrated 300 apps on Google Play
Fri, 18th Aug 2017
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software development
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google
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trend micro
A pervasive auto-clicking adware by the name of GhostClicker has infected as many as 340 apps from Google Play.
NTT Security sets sights on South Africa as part of new EMEA strategy
Mon, 14th Aug 2017
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mssp
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trojan
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ntt security
NTT Security has shuffled its senior management team for EMEA as it refreshes its approach to managed security services in South Africa and Europe.
Cyberbit embraces Singapore's innovative edge to security
Mon, 24th Jul 2017
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endpoint protection
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edr
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Cyberbit CEO Adi Dar says Singapore is a technology-driven nation that is on the forefront of products and technologies.
Rahi Systems to distribute data center moving equipment across China
Wed, 19th Jul 2017
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
Rahi Systems secures deal with ServerLIFT to distribute products in China, building on existing distribution agreements in Southeast Asia and India.
Westcon-Comstor adds Juniper Networks UCC solutions to portfolio
Tue, 18th Jul 2017
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uc
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juniper networks
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westcon-comstor
Westcon-Comstor has added Juniper networks to its Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) Practice to address the channel space.
ANZ defence startups gear up for Techstars Adelaide accelerator
Tue, 18th Jul 2017
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drones
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cybersecurity
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accelerator
Budding defence-tech startups from around ANZ, India and the US are part of the very first Techstars Adelaide accelerator.
Threat actors embrace metadata as the underrated weapon in cyber war
Tue, 18th Jul 2017
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Metadata – the data that describes other data – is a security threat that goes underreported but is also a powerful threat to national security.
In depth: Symantec talks data privacy, Europe's GDPR & its major impact on ANZ
Mon, 17th Jul 2017
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data protection
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data privacy
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healthtech
The upcoming GDPR will have a significant impact on data protection in Europe and beyond, according to Symantec's Brian Fletcher.
SafeStack snags Google, Microsoft cybersecurity experts for new advisory board
Tue, 11th Jul 2017
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devops
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apm
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software development
New Zealand-based cybersecurity firm SafeStack has signed up major talent to its advisory board to help the company achieve further growth.
Singapore & Germany to collaborate on cybersecurity's future
Mon, 10th Jul 2017
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cybersecurity
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csa
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industrial
Singapore now has Germany on board as the latest partner to sign a joint declaration pledging stronger cybersecurity.