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There’s real concern amongst Australian consumers who do their shopping, make payments and undertake banking transactions online that the current economic crisis has increased the risk of their identity being stolen or that they will be the target of cyber criminals.

Security warnings about the impending Conficker worm attacks on computers around the globe have been with us for a while now, and as iTWire reported just a few days ago, while the predicted apocalypse didn’t engulf the world after all, the worm’s still out there.  But, be warned, we’re now in the midst of a new security threat of large-scale proportions, according to Kapersky!

Broadband provider, Internode, is out in the market looking to employ new staff as it continues to record strong growth despite what it says are slowing growth rates n a maturing broadband market.

Technology entrepreneur Marty Gauvin has left Hostworks, the Australian company he founded 10 years ago, after successfully overseeing its acquisition by Broadcast Australia early last year.

There was a three-fold increase in the number of malicious websites around the world infected with malware in March, with almost 3,000 potentially harmful sites intercepted every day of the month.

The dreaded Conficker worm is constantly in the news these days, with consumers and businesses worldwide now bracing themselves for another expected attack from the malicious worm predicted to sweep the Internet on April Fool’s Day tomorrow.

Cisco and Telstra have come together to help develop education and Internet-based communication in northern Australia by deploying a wireless broadband network and Cisco Unified Communications at an indigenous school in far north Queensland.

With April Fool’s Day looming, Trend Micro is offering free protection against a new variant of the malicious Conficker worm that infected an estimated 15 million computers last year and is expected to be launched by “cyberfools” on 1 April.

Logica has unveiled the essential internet based platform that will be used by transport specialists, designers and others to design the c,mm,n, the green car of the future, a prototype of which will be displayed at the Amsterdam auto show starting on Tuesday, 1 April.

Visitors to the hallowed Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) now have free wireless Internet access thanks to a deal secured with broadband provider, Internode.