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Computer security is a branch of technology known as information security as applied to computer(s). The objective of computer security can include protection of information from theft or corruption, or the preservation of availability, as defined in the security policy.
Twitter phishing hit, as spam infiltrates 90% of all emails
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-11 04:03:16
Spam levels climbed to nearly 90 percent of all email last month with some worrying new trends emerging, like the booming Twitter site being used as bait to phish for information.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-11 04:03:16
Spam levels climbed to nearly 90 percent of all email last month with some worrying new trends emerging, like the booming Twitter site being used as bait to phish for information.
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RailCorp CIO shown door after corruption allegations
Written By: David M Williams
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-10 17:50:54
Just months after being named Public Sector CIO of the year, RailCorp Chief Information Officer Vicki Coleman has been escorted from her office by security after allegations have been made about her to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-10 17:50:54
Just months after being named Public Sector CIO of the year, RailCorp Chief Information Officer Vicki Coleman has been escorted from her office by security after allegations have been made about her to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
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Obama's BlackBerry hacked, contents to be published: report
Written By: David M Williams
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-10 01:59:40
President Barack Obama achieved notoriety in BlackBerry-loving circles because he loved his handheld so much he insisted he continue to use it in office, despite past precedent that U.S. Presidents not compose e-mail. Yet, the National Security Agency may have been proven correct after a report by Fox News that the President’s BlackBerry has been hacked!
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-10 01:59:40
President Barack Obama achieved notoriety in BlackBerry-loving circles because he loved his handheld so much he insisted he continue to use it in office, despite past precedent that U.S. Presidents not compose e-mail. Yet, the National Security Agency may have been proven correct after a report by Fox News that the President’s BlackBerry has been hacked!
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Adobe's first Patch Tuesday a critical event
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 22:17:19
Adobe's first quarterly update for Acrobat and Reader addresses a baker's dozen of vulnerabilities. But Unix users will have to wait until next week for their updates.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 22:17:19
Adobe's first quarterly update for Acrobat and Reader addresses a baker's dozen of vulnerabilities. But Unix users will have to wait until next week for their updates.
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More critical Microsoft updates, even for Vista
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 19:43:28
June's Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft addresses more vulnerabilities than there are days in the month. And this time, Mac users needn't feel left out.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 19:43:28
June's Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft addresses more vulnerabilities than there are days in the month. And this time, Mac users needn't feel left out.
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Safari 3.x remains vulnerable: time to upgrade to 4.0?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 17:32:05
At least two of the security flaws addressed in the release version of Safari 4.0 can be used to attack Safari 3.x. Proofs of concept are in circulation.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 17:32:05
At least two of the security flaws addressed in the release version of Safari 4.0 can be used to attack Safari 3.x. Proofs of concept are in circulation.
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Financial services group deploy Salmat biometric voice solution
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 06:39:00
Salmat is claiming a first for the Australian life insurance and wealth management industry with deployment of its VeSecure voice biometric capability by the Australian arm of global financial services group, Aviva.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 06:39:00
Salmat is claiming a first for the Australian life insurance and wealth management industry with deployment of its VeSecure voice biometric capability by the Australian arm of global financial services group, Aviva.
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Telstra ups funding for foundation
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 05:58:45
Telstra’s showing its caring, philanthropic face during Australia’s national e-security awareness week with an announcement today that it is doubling funding to its Telstra Foundation for use in the spotlight on cyber safety program this year.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-09 05:58:45
Telstra’s showing its caring, philanthropic face during Australia’s national e-security awareness week with an announcement today that it is doubling funding to its Telstra Foundation for use in the spotlight on cyber safety program this year.
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Safari 4.0: security fixes galore!
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-08 21:26:45
Safari 4.0 delivers a laundry list of security fixes. Many of them are Windows-specific, but that still leaves plenty that also apply to Mac OS X.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: News feature
Category: Security
2009-06-08 21:26:45
Safari 4.0 delivers a laundry list of security fixes. Many of them are Windows-specific, but that still leaves plenty that also apply to Mac OS X.
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June Patch Tuesday will be a biggie!
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-04 23:46:13
Microsoft's planning to release ten new security bulletins next Tuesday, along with an update to finish a job started in May. But there's still a critical bug in Windows that hasn't been completely squashed.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-04 23:46:13
Microsoft's planning to release ten new security bulletins next Tuesday, along with an update to finish a job started in May. But there's still a critical bug in Windows that hasn't been completely squashed.
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Windows XP cash machines can steal your PIN
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-04 08:45:30
It is bad enough that the bad guys constantly try and phish your financial data via email and fake websites, now cash machines are getting in on the act.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-04 08:45:30
It is bad enough that the bad guys constantly try and phish your financial data via email and fake websites, now cash machines are getting in on the act.
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.org made secure with DNSSEC
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-06-03 15:50:04
Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC) have been applied to the .org top level domain making it the largest domain registry to implement the security measure.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-06-03 15:50:04
Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC) have been applied to the .org top level domain making it the largest domain registry to implement the security measure.
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Commonwealth Bank under siege by phishers
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-06-03 10:43:02
Australia’s largest bank, the Commonwealth Bank, has been undergoing a series of phishing attacks that have gone from simple alerts of “banking errors”, through to chances of winning money, and now an attack that wants CommBank users to call a number and verify their details to a talking computer – but it’s all just a phishing scam!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-06-03 10:43:02
Australia’s largest bank, the Commonwealth Bank, has been undergoing a series of phishing attacks that have gone from simple alerts of “banking errors”, through to chances of winning money, and now an attack that wants CommBank users to call a number and verify their details to a talking computer – but it’s all just a phishing scam!
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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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Are low bit levels compromising encryption?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-02 17:33:57
Would you use a chocolate teapot to protect your data? Guess what, you might be doing just that.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-02 17:33:57
Would you use a chocolate teapot to protect your data? Guess what, you might be doing just that.
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Nine out of ten Work computers fail on basic security
Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
Category: All things technical
2009-06-02 10:00:48
Sophos' Endpoint Assessment Test is available for anyone to run on their PC for free. Today, Sophos has made available a limited view of the results; and it's not pretty. AVG Sophos
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
Category: All things technical
2009-06-02 10:00:48
Sophos' Endpoint Assessment Test is available for anyone to run on their PC for free. Today, Sophos has made available a limited view of the results; and it's not pretty. AVG Sophos
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The return of Stephen 'e-security' Conroy
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-06-01 21:51:19
It's fair to say that in recent times, the Australian communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has been made to look a mite foolish. Sorry, let me give the man his rightful title - minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-06-01 21:51:19
It's fair to say that in recent times, the Australian communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has been made to look a mite foolish. Sorry, let me give the man his rightful title - minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy.
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Apple updates iTunes 8.2 for iPhone 3.0 (and more)
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-06-01 21:21:10
The latest wave of updates from Apple include security fixes. The iTunes update also provides compatibility with iPhone 3.0, and there are also QuickTime and GarageBand updates.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-06-01 21:21:10
The latest wave of updates from Apple include security fixes. The iTunes update also provides compatibility with iPhone 3.0, and there are also QuickTime and GarageBand updates.
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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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Obama announces plans for cybersecurity czar
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-05-29 13:59:19
U.S. President Barack Obama will name a "cyber czar" to oversee the security of the country's computer networks.
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Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-05-29 13:59:19
U.S. President Barack Obama will name a "cyber czar" to oversee the security of the country's computer networks.
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