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Forensic Lab Accredited

Yet another forensic lab has received accreditation in the US. The Northwest Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory in Portland, Oregon, handles computer and electronic forensic analysis. FBI Officials were present when the lab was officially accredited by the region’s law enforcement agencies.

There are less than 40 labs around the world which have been accredited for this purpose by their local law enforcement agencies. It seems in Australia, we need such labs to allow our law enforcement agencies to delegate forensic analysis to trusted experts.

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Source:  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_or_forensics_lab.html

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Government jobs site hacked

jobs.nsw.gov.au was forced to be shut down after it was found hackers had targeted the site.  The department was alerted by job seekers who began receiving unsolicited emails purporting to be from the site, alerting them to hoax job vacancies. Fears were raised about the personal details of job seekers having being compromised and the Government commissioned Ernst & Young to investigate how the security breach occurred.

This is yet another reason for the focus on application security.

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Source: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,25003695-1242,00.html

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NT Government systems compromised

A former employee of the Northern Territory Government has admitted to deleting over 10,000 public servant records. The hacker, a computer engineer, used his flatmate’s computer and a former workmate’s access details to hack into the system. His cyber-sabotage crashed multiple government servers, including those of the Health Department, Royal Darwin Hospital, Berrimah Prison and the Supreme Court resulting in $1m in damage. He was previously cleared as part of his job to upgrade and maintain the NT Government’s computer system. He claims he committed the crime because of a perceived slight from his former employer.

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Source: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24952994-17001,00.html

In an earlier report, the same hacker admitted to taking down other NT Government computers.

Source: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,23707457-2,00.html

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Compromised VOIP Racks Huge Bill

Hackers have compromised the VOIP communications of a company in WA. The hackers racked up a bill of  AU$120,000 when they used it to make 11,000 international calls in just 46 hours.  WA Police Technology Crime Investigations detectives have warned that hackers are targeting VOIP based iPBX systems. The Call-Forward functions are being used to make international calls.

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Source: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24939188-2,00.html