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Confessions of a naked Mac user

I caved in. I had all intentions of pre-emptively spending my $900 government handout on a $700 HP netbook this weekend. But I was pwned by a shiny little MacBook in about the time it took white hat Charlie Miller to hack its upscale brother, the MacBook Air.

March 26th, 2009 in Antivirus by Liam Tung Comment Vote

Is Facebook's care really contempt?

Facebook's answer as to why it removed vigilante groups that had posted details about accused fire-bug Brendan Sokaluk smells of fear that it may be as responsible as media for content published on its network.

February 19th, 2009 in Ebay by Liam Tung Comment Vote

Job security and data security

Scared of being swept out in a round of redundancies? Then join a security company, where your misery is the industry's opportunity to protect intellectual property.

February 5th, 2009 in Cold by Liam Tung 1 Comment Vote

IE patch: Microsoft's eight days of hell

It's always funny watching an event force a company to break old habits and this IE zero day was enough for Microsoft to do it. As Microsoft Australia's strategic security advisor Stuart Strathdee said "we pulled all stops to get this patch out".

December 19th, 2008 in Ie by Liam Tung Comment Vote

IE zero day: Money v tubes? Choose one

In light of the unpatched IE zero day, AusCERT has cautiously advised organisations to "consider" using an alternative browser; or even kill browsing altogether. For organisations with locked down computers, is it time to support two browsers?

December 17th, 2008 in Browser by Liam Tung Comment Vote

Kevin Rudd is a cyber agent of KAOS

This week the Australian online banking system was tested by an agent of KAOS — Kevin Rudd and his $10 billion dollar fiscal package that, as Agent 86 would say, "missed it by that much" on knocking out the banking system.

December 9th, 2008 in Kaos by Liam Tung Comment Vote

Naked Mac versus protected PC: What wins?

What's easier to manage — 200 Mac OS X systems without antivirus or 200 Windows systems running a leading antivirus package?

December 3rd, 2008 in Antivirus by Liam Tung Comment Vote

D'Ascenzo: Read p23 of security review

Following yesterday's admission by the Australian Taxation Office that its courier had lost a CD containing the details of 3,000 self-managed super funds, it wants to review how it handles information. My suggestion: go back to the review completed in April.

October 31st, 2008 in Ato by Liam Tung Comment Vote

Australian security: the lucky country

Does anyone seriously believe that Australian businesses and government agencies manage security any better than the US or UK?

September 2nd, 2008 in Cd by Liam Tung Comment Vote

Conroy's filtering plan: security worries

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has welcomed "improvements" in ISP filtering technologies, but will a broad-scale roll-out make ISPs a thief's favourite target?

August 4th, 2008 in Broadband by Liam Tung Comment Vote

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