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.
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NCSC reveals unclassified look into New Zealand's cyber threat landscape
Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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new zealand government
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cyber attacks
The NCSC released its 2016/2017 Cyber Threat Report last week, which reveals that there were 396 cyber incidents this year - 58 more than last year.
Kim Dotcom film up for best documentary at Asia-Pacific Screen Awards
Tue, 14th Nov 2017
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film
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piracy
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copyright
A film about entrepreneur and former MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom is up for best documentary at this year's Asia-Pacific Screen Awards.
Chinese Govt approves patent for secure document management system
Mon, 30th Oct 2017
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document management
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ecm
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martech
The Chinese Government has approved an additional patent for Publishing Data Management, which provides ProofPlus electronic document systems.
Dormant employee accounts a major cyber risk for Singapore businesses
Mon, 9th Oct 2017
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pam
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user data
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one identity
Only seven percent of respondents in Singapore say they remove access for users immediately upon a change in HR status.
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.
Human-machine teaming a key ingredient for success in security operations centres
Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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advanced persistent threat protection
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it automation
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casb
71% of advanced SOCs were able to close breach incident investigations in less than a week. 37% closed investigations in fewer than 24 hours.
Gather around the watering hole: Bronze Union attackers likely based in China
Tue, 4th Jul 2017
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malware
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
The 'active and formidable' Bronze Union group has been responsible for a spate of targeted attacks on Turkey - how do they do it?.
Korea pledges commitment to APEC data privacy rules
Mon, 3rd Jul 2017
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data protection
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martech
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commerce systems
Korea is now part of the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules system, which aims to protect consumer data used in online transactions.
Encryption with backdoors? Internet advocates call out Five Eyes leaders for 'shortsighted' tactics
Mon, 3rd Jul 2017
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encryption
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data privacy
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spying
Even if measures to restrict strong encryption access are put in place, adversaries will switch to new tools crafted without the Five Eyes network.
Lazarus Group almost certainly connected to North Korea, Group-IB alleges
Wed, 31st May 2017
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malware
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cybersecurity
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foreign hackers
Threat intelligence agency Group-IB has published research indicating that the notorious Lazarus Group is well and truly connected to North Korea.
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?.
Security provider Zenedge launches mega-POPs in Equinix data centers
Tue, 11th Apr 2017
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ddos
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hyperscale
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dc
Cloud-based security provider ZENEDGE has invested mega points-of-presence (Mega POPs) in data centers across Asia, Europe, the US and Canada.
Tech support scams now hide code to mask malicious intent
Fri, 28th Oct 2016
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email security
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cybersecurity
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symantec
Symantec discovers another tech support scam that uses scare tactics to fool users into believing they're infected with a virus.
JCurve Solutions covers ERP cloud bases with six new strategic partnerships
Fri, 30th Sep 2016
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uc
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fintech
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financial systems
JCurve's ERP cloud landscape grows with strategic deals in eCommerce, banking and more, boosting SMB efficiency across ANZ.
Unisys Stealth solution announces NSA certification
Tue, 26th Jul 2016
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cybersecurity
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government
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unisys
Unisys Stealth has been accredited with the 'exclusive' NIAP certification, as well as the NSA's Commercial Solutions for Classified program.
Study says investment in customer experience strategy will pay off
Thu, 9th Jun 2016
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crm
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cx
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martech
A joint study has found that businesses should focus on customer experience strategies to generate a healthy 3-1 return on investment.
DigitalOcean launches new Bangalore data center
Thu, 2nd Jun 2016
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
DigitalOcean bolsters its global presence with a new high-tech data centre in Bangalore, aimed at India's booming startup ecosystem.
Megaport wins contracting deal with Verizon Digital Media Services
Thu, 2nd Jun 2016
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hyperscale
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dc
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verizon
Megaport has announced that Verizon Digital Media Services will be using its services to provide direct connections to Verizon content.
Amazon Web Services secures capacity in Hawaiki cable
Wed, 11th May 2016
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network infrastructure
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
Amazon Web Services has purchased capacity in the new Hawaiki submarine cable that will link New Zealand, Australia and the United States.