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 44
Hooligans! Mexican bike gang charged with hacking Jeep Wranglers
Wed, 7th Jun 2017
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hacking
Nine members of a Mexican-based motorcycle gang have been charged with stealing 150 Jeep Wranglers worth at least $US 4.5 million.
Singapore & Australia forge partnership to tackle cybersecurity issues
Wed, 7th Jun 2017
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cybersecurity
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australian government
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csa
Singapore and Australia sign MOU to strengthen cybersecurity cooperation, including information sharing and joint exercises.
Gartner reveals four major forces powering the security software market
Thu, 1st Jun 2017
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
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mssp
The security market is going through a major shakeup as advanced analytics, SaaS, managed services, and other trends explode, says Gartner.
Talend & Snowflake Computing combine data warehouses with big data integration
Wed, 31st May 2017
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Talend and Snowflake Computing are combining data warehouses and big data in their latest efforts to take enterprise integration to the cloud.
CrowdStrike raises $100m in massive funding round backed by Accel & Telstra
Tue, 30th May 2017
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ai security
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ml
Endpoint security provider CrowdStrike has completed a $100m Series D funding round to support global growth and meet demand for its products.
US takes down Nigerian scammers involved in large scale fraud network
Tue, 30th May 2017
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email security
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cybersecurity
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scams
US Department of Justice took down three of the main perpetrators who were part of a large-scale romance fraud network.
The evolution of connected vehicles: Security critical when lives are at stake
Tue, 30th May 2017
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cloud security
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cartech
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cybersecurity
The Cloud Security Alliance has released a report on connected car security, covering design and attack vectors.
It's time to pick up the pace on HTTPS encryption, survey finds
Tue, 30th May 2017
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encryption
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martech
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cybersecurity
Less than half of internet sites support HTTPS, despite it being a 'must have' for all businesses, a new survey has found.
Singapore telco snaps $19.4 million investment stake in Accel Systems
Mon, 29th May 2017
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m&a
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starhub
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accel systems
Singapore telecommunications company StarHub is spending S$19.4 million on a 51% stake in IT security provider Accel Systems & Technologies.
Poor password choices make it easy for credential stuffing attacks, Digital Shadows warns
Mon, 29th May 2017
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iam
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cybersecurity
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passwords
Password re-use across businesses is a major cause of cyber breaches, according to a new report from Digital Shadows.
Hackers target subtitle files in major media players - including VLC
Mon, 29th May 2017
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malware
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digital entertainment
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cybersecurity
VLC, Kodi, Popcorn-Time and strem.io media players have vulnerabilities that allows attackers to take over your entire device.
NRI Secure & SANS bring 'human cybersecurity risk' training to Japan
Fri, 26th May 2017
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storage
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software development
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education, learning & training
NRI Secure will sell the SANS Security Awareness training program in Japanese, filling a huge void in the localized training space.
Red Sentry & ComfortDelGro to serve security insurance for Singapore enterprises
Thu, 25th May 2017
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cybersecurity insurance
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risk & compliance
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securalive
Singapore-based security provider Red Sentry now has a major alliance with Singapore's major insurance broker ComfortDelGro (CDGI).
Cylance unveils security solution to tackle airgapped & offline networks
Thu, 25th May 2017
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endpoint protection
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ai security
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edr
Cylance tackles offline cyber threats with innovative AI-powered CylanceOPTICS security solution, safeguarding airgapped networks.
NEC makes hearable tech prototype for 'safer authentication'
Wed, 24th May 2017
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digital signage
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mfa
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iam
NEC develops 'hearable' technology using ear characteristics for password-free authentication. Prototype includes motion sensor and GPS.
Micron21 seeks security professionals for cyber terrorism challenge
Tue, 23rd May 2017
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ddos
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hyperscale
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dc
Micron21 has put forth a 'cyber terrorism' challenge to see if anyone can breach their security with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.
IBM and Nutanix bring 'insight economy' to data centres
Fri, 19th May 2017
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converged infrastructure
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ibm
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nutanix
IBM and Nutanix are partnering to bring new solutions to hyperconverged deployments, focusing on rapid data crunching and cognitive workloads.
A look at the evolution of the Nemucod malware
Thu, 18th May 2017
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malware
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
Unit 42 researchers have uncovered details about how the slippery Nemucod malware has been able to avoid detection.
Contractors, unstructured data amongst major security concerns, says SailPoint
Wed, 17th May 2017
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casb
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passwords
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shadow it
SailPoint's Market Pulse Survey highlights contractors and unstructured data as major security risks for enterprises.
New report asks: How should the Australian Govt approach open data?
Tue, 16th May 2017
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data sharing
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transparency
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open data
How should Australian government organisations applying open data initiatives to support information sharing?.