We’re losing the online arms race: AusCERT

An arms race is underway on the internet and the cyber criminals are way out in front, a national police symposium has been told.

Identity theft and internet attacks on our bank accounts are part of the modern existence, but one expert is more concerned about highly sophisticated attacks against big business.

Graham Ingram is the general manager of AusCERT, the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team, a private group housed at the University of Queensland.

He told Wednesday’s session of the National Identity and Hi-Tech Crime Symposium on the Gold Coast that attacks are now being launched very successfully against the internet infrastructure of big corporations and government agencies — via redwolf.newsvine.com