How to spot a phishing scam: slideshowThe fallout from the data breach of US marketing firm Epsilon was massive. Some of the world's largest companies were forced to apologise, as customer details stored within Epsilon were stolen by hackers.April 11, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Security
DNSSEC for .au at least a year offUnited States domain registrar Go Daddy spent the last 12 months bracing for the new Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) specification, but it will be at least a year until it is available in Australia.April 10, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Security
Inside CERT AustraliaThe Australian Government has a list of software holes that are so sensitive they're kept hidden from the public. These weaknesses are being used by criminals to steal our money and our data. These vulnerabilities are also the bait with which cyber-criminals are caught.April 10, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Security
Govt loses credit card details in attackMore than 600 corporate credit cards owned by top Federal Government agencies from the Department of Defence to the Australian Federal Police have been exposed in a suspected espionage attack on a Sydney firm.April 8, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Security
RSA: disclosure could compromise clientsSecurity giant RSA said if it answered some of our most burning questions about the high-profile breach of its systems, customers would be put in jeopardy.April 6, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Security
Dell Australia hit by Epsilon breachPotentially thousands of Australian Dell customers have had their names and email addresses exposed by the high-profile data breach of United States marketing firm Epsilon.April 6, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Dell
Google adds protection against malicious Windows appsThe company has added a function to Chrome that alerts users with a pop-up warning if they are downloading a malicious Windows applicationApril 6, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Security
Google acts against dirty Windows appsGoogle is cracking down on malicious Windows applications with the expansion of its browsing blacklist, announced today.April 5, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Developer
Aussie engineers get training at 'Stuxnet labs'The Federal Government's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Australia has sent more than 200 engineers to be trained in protecting critical infrastructure at the same lab that the New York Times alleged was used to create the Stuxnet worm.April 5, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Security
Comodo hacker all bark, no bite: SymantecThe public chest-beating habits of the alleged Comodo hacker cast doubt on whether he is a threat, according to Symantec.April 4, 2011 by Darren Pauli in Security