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17.1.2008
Excerpts from Morgan Marquis-Boire's Kiwicon presentation on x.25 security are featured on itradio.com.au's Risky Business podcast. More.
14.1.2008 Datacraft acquires Security-Assessment.com. More.
29.11.2007 Patrick Gray talks about Nick Breese's cryptography research with a Playstation 3. More.
29.11.2007 TV3 interviews Nick Breese and Ratu Mason regarding using the Playstation 3 for password cracking and data breach disclosure. More.
23.11.2007 Patrick Gray gives an overview of New Zealand's highly successful Kiwicon security conference. More.
23.10.2007 NZ researcher and former Security-Assessment.com consultant Adam Boileau comments on the latest ZDNet security news at ITRadio. More.
19.10.2007 Drazen Drazic comments on the student hacking uproar. More.
24.09.2007 ComputerWorld talks to Security-Assessment.com CEO Peter Benson regarding alleged state-sponsored attacks. More.
07.09.2007 Organisations share their thoughts on the New Zealand Privacy Commission's proposed data breach management guidelines. More.
27.08.2007 New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner announced a draft guide for data breach management. More.
07.08.2007 Drazen Drazic talks Hacking with MIS. More.
02.08.2007 Drazen Drazic talks PCI with Patrick Gray on SearchSecurity. More.
13.07.2007 Paul Craig interview on RiskyBusiness Security News Podcast. More.
13.07.2007 SMH talk about MS response to SA Advsiory on .NET. More.
29.06.2007 Declan Ingram talks about the PRG Trojan. More.
05.06.2007 SA continues to drive thought leadership and debate around Data Breach Disclosure Laws. More.
26.03.2007 NZ security guru calls for data breach disclosure
Security-Assessment.com's Group CEO Peter Benson tells how there is a lack of action to properly protect customer data and to fully disclose security breaches. More.
09.03.2007 Morgan Marquis-Boire talks to MIS about SAN Security
Story from Patrick Gray on an area that is rarely addressed by many organisations. More.
27.02.2007 TechTarget discusses penetration testing.
Amit Deskmukh of Security-Assessment.com, Adam Pointon of Assurance.com.au and US-based Brian "Jericho" Martin respond to questions about how penetration testing has changed and what the latest tools, tricks and techniques are being used in the industry.
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07.02.2007 Security-Assessment.com heads analyst's list.
Report from Chris Shipley of the Demo Group rating Security-Assessment.com as a world leader in security research and consulting. More
07.02.2007 DEMO director picks Security-Assessment.com as one stand-out company.
Computerworld's take on Chris Shipley's Australasian technology company investigation. More
30.01.2007 Auditor warns: Beware of security vendors selling PCI compliance.
Our Australian managing director Drazen Drazic discusses false assumptions relating to the use of solutions targeting PCI compliance. More
23.01.2007 Security-Assessment.com's Drazen Drazic in SANs NewsBites cheering the writers up. More
19.09.2006 Security conference to debut Windows firewire crack.
The Sydney Morning Herald interviews Adam Boileau, a senior security consultant at Security-Assessment.com, about his upcoming firewire presentation. More
06.06.2006 Kiwi security expert finds flaw in Skype More
09.05.2006 Training lags in race to secure the enterprise.
Rapid changes to the IT security landscape in the past two years have left internal staff struggling to keep abreast of new threats. More
07.04.2006 CodeScan formalises distro deal with Security-Assessment.com More
02.03.2006 Australian government agencies and enterprises have failed to take information protection seriously, a founding member of the Australian IT Security Forum, Chris Joscelyne said this week. Speaking at a Security-Assesment.com breakfast briefing in Sydney yesterday, Joscelyne said lack of IP protection falls squarely on the shoulders of business executives. More
17.11.2005 Microsoft recently invited Brett Moore (Chief Technology Officer) to participate in the Microsoft BlueHat Conference More
12.09.2005 CodeScan looks for weaknesses: Auckland's CodeScan Labs claims to have developed a world-leading program that automatically analyses software source code for vulnerabilities More
16.08.2005 Security-Assessment.com Australia to present at CIO: Leadership Strategies for Success Conference 17 - 18 Oct 2005, Sydney on "Demystifying the Australian Standard 'AS/NZS 7799'" More
14.07.2005 Scanning tool looks to wipe out vulnerable code - a new piece software promises to provide an instant audit of source code, notifying developers of insecure coding practices and vulnerabilities (Computerworld) More
16.05.2005 Invalid banking cert spooks only one user in 300: users remain the weakest link.  Up to 300 BankDirect customers were presented with a security alert when they visited the bank's website earlier this month and all but one dismissed the warning and carried on with their banking More
03.05.2005 Payment card compliance deadline a boon for penetration testers. New standards developed by the Payment Card Industry will impact many businesses who undertaken credit card processing online. With a June 2005 deadline looming, many organisations will not be ready More
29.03.2005 Internet Banking Security questioned More
28.02.2005 Security-Assessment.com has been approved to a panel of consultants for the provision of computer network vulnerability assessments and related work. The panel may be accessed by private sector owners and operators of critical infrastructure to have project work undertaken as part of the Critical Network Vulnerability Assessment Program. More
21.02.2005 Major companies team on vulnerability rating system. More
09.02.2005 Air is thick with vulnerable wireless networks. More
05.02.2005 Breaking Tradition - More businesses are checking out, and even switching to, peer-to-peer telephony application Skype. Darren Greenwood finds out why - Sydney Morning Herald. More
19.01.2005 Security-Assessment.com obtains Australian Government Endorsed Supplier Status More
15.12.2004 Microsoft releases Security-Assessment identified Buffer Over In HyperTerminal Vulnerability (MS04-043). Advisories
26.11.2004 Hackers exploit critical Winamp flaw - VUNET.com. More
26.11.2004 WinAmp Security Hole Deepens - Techworld.com. More
25.11.2004 WinAmp blows another security fuse - ComputerWorld. More
23.11.2004 Nullsoft releases Security-Assessment.com Identified Winamp IN_CDDA Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Advisories
Microsoft releases Security-Assessment.com Identified SecureCRT - Remote Command ExecutionAdvisories
14.10.2004 Microsoft releases Security-Assessment.com Identified(MS04-033) Buffer Over In Microsoft Excel Advisories
14.10.2004 Microsoft releases Security-Assessment.com Identified(MS04-032) SetWindowLong() Shatter Attacks. Advisories
27.07.2004 Feeling Vulnerable - Try Assessment Tools - Network World.More
14.07.2004 Microsoft releases Security-Assessment.com Identified (MS04-022) CHM File Heap Overflow  Advisories
14.07 2004 Microsoft releases Security-Assessment.com Identified(MS04-011) Utility Manager Loads Winhlp32 As SYSTEM. Advisories
11.11.2003 Microsoft releases Security-Assessment.com Identified(MS03-051) FrontPage Extensions Remote Command Execution Advisory Advisories
15.10.2003 Microsoft releases Security-Assessment.com Identified(MS03-045) Listbox and ComboBox Overflow Advisory. Advisories
16.07.2003 Microsoft releases Security-Assessment.com Identified(MS03-028) ISA Server XSS Advisory  Advisories
25.06.2003 Security-Assessment.com discovers Windows Media Services Remote exploit - Security Corporation. More
25.06.2003 Security-Assessment.com to be Australasian Distributor for QualysGuard, an award winning on-demand service for security audits and vulnerability management.
25.06.2003 Microsoft releases Security-Assessment.com Identified(MS03-022) Windows Media Services Overflow #2 Advisory. Advisories
16.06.2003 BugTraq - ISA Server - Error Page Cross Site Scripting - Security Focus. More
31.05.2003 Security researcher Marc Maiffret accuses Redmond of misleading customers in their advice to a vulnerability discovered by Brett Moore from Security-Assessment.com
30.05.2003 Microsoft releases Security-Assessment.com Identified Windows Media Services Overflow #1 Advisory  (MS03-019) Advisories
11.04.2003 Security-Assessment.com partners with EMS-Global to enhance security offerings.