items tagged with Security
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.
Dramatic drop in virus-infected emails hitting Australia
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-25 23:02:55
Australia has dropped like a stone from its number one spot as the country receiving the most virus-infected emails to number 12 in the world, but our level of spam activity is still above the global average despite Australian spam activity decreasing by two percent this month.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-25 23:02:55
Australia has dropped like a stone from its number one spot as the country receiving the most virus-infected emails to number 12 in the world, but our level of spam activity is still above the global average despite Australian spam activity decreasing by two percent this month.
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Data loss stories are deliberate misdirection
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-25 00:14:13
When an organisation claims media containing sensitive data was lost in transit, it's probably telling porkies. A data security expert says that's often just a cover story.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-25 00:14:13
When an organisation claims media containing sensitive data was lost in transit, it's probably telling porkies. A data security expert says that's often just a cover story.
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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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Top five recommendations for avoiding data loss
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2009-08-24 02:58:04
An industry expert shares with iTWire readers his top five tips for avoiding embarrassing or costly data loss. It's largely a matter of getting the basics right.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2009-08-24 02:58:04
An industry expert shares with iTWire readers his top five tips for avoiding embarrassing or costly data loss. It's largely a matter of getting the basics right.
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Australia's broadband penetration stagnates: Report
Written By: Ian Grayson
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-08-20 00:43:08
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Written By: Ian Grayson
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-08-20 00:43:08
Growth in the number of Australian internet users enjoying connections of more than 2 megabits per second has flatlined, according to a global networking report.
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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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Dirtiest Websites are filthy in more ways than one
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-08-19 18:41:56
Conventional wisdom says that visiting smutty sites is likely to result in a dose of malware. Symantec's list of the Dirtiest Websites of Winter 2009 bears that out - but it's not quite that simple.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-08-19 18:41:56
Conventional wisdom says that visiting smutty sites is likely to result in a dose of malware. Symantec's list of the Dirtiest Websites of Winter 2009 bears that out - but it's not quite that simple.
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Which netbook OS is right for you?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-18 19:54:46
Windows 7 is here, and unlike Windows Vista, it will probably run on your diminutive netbook PC. However, there is an alternative. Here is why you ought to give Linux a shot.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-18 19:54:46
Windows 7 is here, and unlike Windows Vista, it will probably run on your diminutive netbook PC. However, there is an alternative. Here is why you ought to give Linux a shot.
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Australia 2nd to China in APAC security software market
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-16 04:34:50
The Asia Pacific security market grew at a solid rate of 28.3 percent in 2008 – albeit it, down from 36 percent in 2007 - with Australia becoming the second-largest market for security software in the region after China.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-16 04:34:50
The Asia Pacific security market grew at a solid rate of 28.3 percent in 2008 – albeit it, down from 36 percent in 2007 - with Australia becoming the second-largest market for security software in the region after China.
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Why Governments must make voting systems open source
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-13 09:33:43
Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold, patched a security weakness in its electronic vote tabulation software this week. Nice, but how many flaws are required before governments mandate open source solutions?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-13 09:33:43
Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold, patched a security weakness in its electronic vote tabulation software this week. Nice, but how many flaws are required before governments mandate open source solutions?
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Human implantable “black-box” technologies need greater scrutiny
Written By: Beverley Head
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-12 22:54:31
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Written By: Beverley Head
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-12 22:54:31
Technological innovation which might allow implantable chips to act as human “black-boxes” needs careful analysis from technical, societal and ethical standpoints – and is one of the areas to be explored by an IEEE conference planned for Australia in 2010.
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Apple in a BIND with Security Update 2009-004
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-12 18:14:02
Apple has released its second Mac OS X security update in just eight days.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-12 18:14:02
Apple has released its second Mac OS X security update in just eight days.
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Remote code vulnerability in programs built with Visual Studio
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-11 23:26:10
This week Microsoft pushed out a regular assortment of Windows updates but one in particular caught my eye. It was an important security update for Visual Studio. The description said an attacker could compromise your Windows-based system – with Visual Studio? Actually, no; the truth is worse, when good programs go bad.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-11 23:26:10
This week Microsoft pushed out a regular assortment of Windows updates but one in particular caught my eye. It was an important security update for Visual Studio. The description said an attacker could compromise your Windows-based system – with Visual Studio? Actually, no; the truth is worse, when good programs go bad.
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August Patch Tuesday delivers a smorgasbord of fixes
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-11 18:59:06
August's Patch Tuesday brings nine security bulletins from Microsoft, covering at least 19 vulnerabilities.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-11 18:59:06
August's Patch Tuesday brings nine security bulletins from Microsoft, covering at least 19 vulnerabilities.
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Safari 4.0.3 addresses stability and security issues
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-11 17:28:37
Safari 4.0.3 provides stability improvements and bug fixes, as well as delivering some security fixes.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-11 17:28:37
Safari 4.0.3 provides stability improvements and bug fixes, as well as delivering some security fixes.
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HTTPS is broken, browsers have it covered, kinda
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-11 09:27:11
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-08-11 09:27:11
A recent research paper shows an unexpected attack on the HTTPS protocol. An attack that can succeed, easily.
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Australian data breaches on the increase
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 22:01:04
Almost 70 percent of Australian businesses and organisations were hit by one or more data breach incidents in the past year, a major increase on the situation in the previous 12 months.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 22:01:04
Almost 70 percent of Australian businesses and organisations were hit by one or more data breach incidents in the past year, a major increase on the situation in the previous 12 months.
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Finjan SecureTweets checks shortened URLs for safety
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 20:57:15
Free software from Finjan helps protect against the delivery of malware via shortened URLs in Twitter and other messages. SecureTweets uses the company's real-time content inspection system.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 20:57:15
Free software from Finjan helps protect against the delivery of malware via shortened URLs in Twitter and other messages. SecureTweets uses the company's real-time content inspection system.
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Fortinet plans IPO
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 19:44:11
Network security vendor Fortinet is going public. The company has registered its intended IPO with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-10 19:44:11
Network security vendor Fortinet is going public. The company has registered its intended IPO with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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