items tagged with Internet Security
Online crims go phishing for Australian tax refunds
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Phishing
2009-08-24 04:50:59
Cyber criminals have been tricking Australian taxpayers into revealing highly sensitive, personal information – essentially stealing their identities – to get hold of their tax refunds in a new phishing scam targeting the Australian Tax Office.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Phishing
2009-08-24 04:50:59
Cyber criminals have been tricking Australian taxpayers into revealing highly sensitive, personal information – essentially stealing their identities – to get hold of their tax refunds in a new phishing scam targeting the Australian Tax Office.
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Security claimed to help online business bottom-line
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-19 23:42:12
Many of Australia’s online enterprises are predicting their business will grow by around 10 percent over the coming year, and a large number of those businesses are looking at security to help drive bottom-line success.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-19 23:42:12
Many of Australia’s online enterprises are predicting their business will grow by around 10 percent over the coming year, and a large number of those businesses are looking at security to help drive bottom-line success.
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Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 arrives
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-08-19 21:36:36
The latest version of Kaspersky's security software delivers new yet familiar sounding features.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-08-19 21:36:36
The latest version of Kaspersky's security software delivers new yet familiar sounding features.
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Trojans on the march, Conficker still stalking
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 00:57:44
Trojans continue to dominate e-threats for the second month in a row, with the infamous Conficker also still prevalent, with threats from the worm – otherwise known as Downadup.Gen - increasing from 3.33 percent in June to 4.15 percent of all infections during July.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 00:57:44
Trojans continue to dominate e-threats for the second month in a row, with the infamous Conficker also still prevalent, with threats from the worm – otherwise known as Downadup.Gen - increasing from 3.33 percent in June to 4.15 percent of all infections during July.
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Network Solutions breach exposes 573,928 credit cards
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-28 06:57:04
More than half a million credit cards could have been compromised after unauthorised code was discovered on major merchant website host servers.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-28 06:57:04
More than half a million credit cards could have been compromised after unauthorised code was discovered on major merchant website host servers.
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Spammers exploit Michael Jackson death
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-07-13 06:27:02
Spammers and malicious code authors have created and launched several new spam and malware campaigns using the death of Michael Jackson as a cover for their infected emails.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2009-07-13 06:27:02
Spammers and malicious code authors have created and launched several new spam and malware campaigns using the death of Michael Jackson as a cover for their infected emails.
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Gaming threat most prevalent as Web threats surge
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-09 03:45:16
There was significant growth in Web threat traffic in June with increased volumes of malware, and an online gaming Trojan the most active bit of malware circulating around the Internet.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-09 03:45:16
There was significant growth in Web threat traffic in June with increased volumes of malware, and an online gaming Trojan the most active bit of malware circulating around the Internet.
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Increased threat from short URLs: Report
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-08 00:04:50
There’s been a huge rise in the use of shortened URLs by spammers which poses a greater security threat to Internet users, including those accessing popular social network sites like Twitter.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-08 00:04:50
There’s been a huge rise in the use of shortened URLs by spammers which poses a greater security threat to Internet users, including those accessing popular social network sites like Twitter.
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A billion reasons to be wary of emails from Australia!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-07-07 03:35:05
A staggering one billion malicious emails orginate from Australia every day of the week as spammers push out their emails to Internet users, enticing them to buy discounted pharmaceuticals, replica watches, greeting cards, or to sneak a peek at naked pictures of pop star Rhianna.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-07-07 03:35:05
A staggering one billion malicious emails orginate from Australia every day of the week as spammers push out their emails to Internet users, enticing them to buy discounted pharmaceuticals, replica watches, greeting cards, or to sneak a peek at naked pictures of pop star Rhianna.
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Riding the Net risks drive-by malware download attack
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-06 21:08:04
Drive-by download malware is still the most often downloaded nasty by Internet users, with vulnerabilities in Adobe and Microsoft products often the stalking horse of the trojans spreading infection around the Web.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-06 21:08:04
Drive-by download malware is still the most often downloaded nasty by Internet users, with vulnerabilities in Adobe and Microsoft products often the stalking horse of the trojans spreading infection around the Web.
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Can you sniff out a rotten phish?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-06-29 07:49:09
If so you are a member of an elite minority. According to research undertaken by Internet security specialist VeriSign, 86 percent of Australian Web users are at risk from online fraud, because they can't tell a phishy web site from the real thing.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2009-06-29 07:49:09
If so you are a member of an elite minority. According to research undertaken by Internet security specialist VeriSign, 86 percent of Australian Web users are at risk from online fraud, because they can't tell a phishy web site from the real thing.
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Bank customers’ score free security trial
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-25 00:04:22
Coinciding with national e-security awareness week, Queensland banking group, Suncorp, is giving its customers access to a free security trial and discounted licence in a deal with security firm, AVG.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-25 00:04:22
Coinciding with national e-security awareness week, Queensland banking group, Suncorp, is giving its customers access to a free security trial and discounted licence in a deal with security firm, AVG.
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Kapersky patent new technology to combat “sophisticated” malware
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-21 01:06:27
Kapersky has patented information security technology in the United States which the company claims will effectively detect and delete malicious software and remove any trace of its effects by running automatically generated scripts.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-21 01:06:27
Kapersky has patented information security technology in the United States which the company claims will effectively detect and delete malicious software and remove any trace of its effects by running automatically generated scripts.
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Opera web browser re-invents meaning of word "re-invent"
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-06-20 22:27:54
Opera gained fame for being a featured web browser that consumed a minimum of memory. It fit on a floppy disk, and it ran on mobile devices. Trying to regain a place in the spotlight, Opera announced it would be re-inventing the web. Now that its secret is out I am underwhelmed.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-06-20 22:27:54
Opera gained fame for being a featured web browser that consumed a minimum of memory. It fit on a floppy disk, and it ran on mobile devices. Trying to regain a place in the spotlight, Opera announced it would be re-inventing the web. Now that its secret is out I am underwhelmed.
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Fake Facebook emails warning!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-16 22:49:34
Symantec has followed-up its recent report warning of an increasing trend to phishing attacks on Facebook, with a new warning for Facebook users to beware of fake emails attempting to steal login details to use their account for launching future phishing attacks on unsuspecting social networkers.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-16 22:49:34
Symantec has followed-up its recent report warning of an increasing trend to phishing attacks on Facebook, with a new warning for Facebook users to beware of fake emails attempting to steal login details to use their account for launching future phishing attacks on unsuspecting social networkers.
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Use of phishing toolkits on the rise
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-14 01:34:29
There’s been a huge increase in the use of phishing toolkits, with 42 percent of phishing URLs last month generated using the toolkits, and the emergence of a new trend of phishing attacks towards the popular social networking site, Facebook.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-14 01:34:29
There’s been a huge increase in the use of phishing toolkits, with 42 percent of phishing URLs last month generated using the toolkits, and the emergence of a new trend of phishing attacks towards the popular social networking site, Facebook.
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Sexting could lead to criminal charges: cyber safety expert
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-14 00:48:23
Teenagers need to be much more aware of the legal and potential criminal implications of sexting – sending inappropriate images – of themselves over the Internet to friends, or even placing their photos on social networking sites like Facebook, according to a cyber safety expert.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-14 00:48:23
Teenagers need to be much more aware of the legal and potential criminal implications of sexting – sending inappropriate images – of themselves over the Internet to friends, or even placing their photos on social networking sites like Facebook, according to a cyber safety expert.
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Beware, malware by stealth stalks the net!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-10 03:39:36
All is not what it seems on the Internet for those users unlucky enough to be duped by scammers posing as online payment services in order to steal your most private of personal information, including credit card details.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-10 03:39:36
All is not what it seems on the Internet for those users unlucky enough to be duped by scammers posing as online payment services in order to steal your most private of personal information, including credit card details.
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Clever infection techniques top e-threats list
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-03 08:26:59
Those naughty, malicious little malware writers are becoming increasingly clever and creative in the way they go about spreading infections and misery across the Internet.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-03 08:26:59
Those naughty, malicious little malware writers are becoming increasingly clever and creative in the way they go about spreading infections and misery across the Internet.
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YouTube, Blogspot security ‘ineffective’, claims Websense
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-05-31 00:52:22
New research findings have revealed that Google’s YouTube and Blogspot community-driven security tools are 65 to 75 percent ineffective in protecting Web users from objectionable content and security risks, according to a claim by Web security vendor, Websense.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-05-31 00:52:22
New research findings have revealed that Google’s YouTube and Blogspot community-driven security tools are 65 to 75 percent ineffective in protecting Web users from objectionable content and security risks, according to a claim by Web security vendor, Websense.
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