Australia's best-known security conference has wound down for another year and ZDNet Australia has all the news and highlights from the event.
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The AusCERT 2007 Conference: It's a wrap!
If you didn't make it to AusCERT 2007, which is the largest security conference in Australia, then let ZDNet Australia's Matthew Oxley and Munir Kotadia give you a taste of what you missed.
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Do aliens and God affect your IT security budget?: Interview with Richard Thieme
Cyber-criminals, God, the universe, mafia, aliens, Nazis and IBM -- these are just some of the subjects touched upon in a video interview I conducted with Richard Thieme at the AusCERT security conference in Queensland last month.
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Is desktop security broken beyond repair?
At the AusCERT 2007 conference in Queensland last week, keynote speaker Ivan Krstić, who is the director of security architecture for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, told attendees that desktop security was fundamentally broken. We asked several security experts who attended the conference if they agreed and how the problem could be fixed.
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CyberForceField could be the key to desktop security
Traditional desktop security would improve beyond recognition if applications could be controlled to a point where they cannot access any part of the system that they do not need to, according to Alcy Infinity, co-founder of Timesavers International.
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Is desktop security broken beyond repair?
At the AusCERT 2007 conference in Queensland last week, keynote speaker Ivan Krstić, who is the director of security architecture for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, told attendees that desktop security was fundamentally broken. We asked several security experts who attended the conference if they agreed and how the problem could be fixed.
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Security industry losing malware battle: IronPort VP
The IT security industry is failing to keep up with the smarts of criminals developing malware, according to IronPort Systems vice president of technology, Pat Peterson.
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One Laptop Per Child: Beta 2 test prototype
Ivan Krstic, director of security architecture for the One Laptop Per Child project, brought a beta 2 test prototype model of the AU$175 laptops to AusCERT 2007. ZDNet Australia's Munir Kotadia caught up with Ivan to find out more about the pre-release model's features.
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Software vendors still choosing 'flashy' features above security: IBRS analyst
IT vendors are still too interested in building flashy products instead of ensuring their software is bug free, which is an unsustainable situation, according to James Turner, industry analyst at IBRS.
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Vectra: Do you know when to walk away from a failed IT project?
Corporate Governance can help stop companies from throwing money at projects that should be abandoned, said Jo Stewart-Rattray, director of information security at Vectra.
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Microsoft: Australia remains a spam receiver, not a spam sender
Peter Watson, chief security advisor at Microsoft Australia, said that although legislation and general awareness have helped Australia avoid becoming a haven for spammers, we are under attack from overseas.
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Marshal: The perimeter is moving
The future is bright for companies that are able to secure the perimeter, wherever that perimeter may be, according to Bradley Anstis, director of product management at Marshal.
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Sourcefire: Enterprise Threat Management creates a pro-active defence
Davis Thomason, senior director of technical services at Sourcefire, describes Enterprise Threat Management (ETM), which combines IPS, vulnerability assessments, network behaviour analysis and network admission control, to create a pro-active defence system.
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Patchlink ponders new name after acquisitions
Patchlink's international senior vice president Andrew Clarke told ZDNet Australia that the company is taking a slightly new direction after acquiring a vulnerability management company earlier this year. Clarke also admitted that the company is likely to change its name within a few months.
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Software should defend itself: Oracle CSO
Applications will have to defend themselves from attack in the future, according to Oracle's chief security officer Mary Ann Davidson.
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AusCERT urges delegates to report computer crimes
On the final day of AusCERT 2007 on Queensland's Gold Coast, the general manager of AusCERT, Graham Ingram, acknowledged that reporting computer crimes can be difficult but pleaded with delegates not to let these incidents go unreported.
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SafeNet: The security market is finally growing up
Andy Solterbeck, the VP of product strategy and management at SafeNET, talks about why IT security is moving beyond things like anti-virus and firewalls.
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MessageLabs: Social networking sites are 'goldmine' for Phishers
Mark Sunner, chief security analyst at Messagelabs, said the company's latest research indicates that Australian spam levels are well below the global average. The bad news is that social networking sites, such as MySpace, are helping phishers create more targeted attacks.
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AusCERT: Microsoft's top security man avoids talk of XP SP3
George Stathakopoulos, general manager of product security at Microsoft, tells us how Windows XP SP2 came about and why the company is not yet ready to talk about XP SP3. He also explains that UAC in Windows Vista is designed to be part of a 'defence in depth' strategy and not a standalone security solution.
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AusCERT: Qld Police fight the Nigerian 419 fraudsters
Detective Inspector Brian Hay, who heads up the Queensland Police Corporate Crime Investigation Group, reveals that hundreds and possibly thousands of Australians have fallen victim to the infamous Nigerian 419 scam.
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Queensland's plan to end Nigerian scams
A national event aimed at stamping out so-called Nigerian scams will be held in Queensland, Detective Inspector Brian Hay, who heads up the Queensland Police Corporate Crime Investigation Group, said.
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AusCERT: Desktop security slammed by security expert
AusCERT 2007 kicked off this morning with a keynote speaker who blasted desktop computer security -- including that of Windows, Linux and Mac -- because it is based on a 35-year-old premise where software can run with the same privilege as a user.
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AusCERT: IBM's security architect calls for open-source ID framework
IBM’s chief security architect Anthony Nadalin talks about building an open source platform for identity management, at the AusCERT 2007 conference in the Gold Coast.
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Microsoft's AusCERT security lottery gets a laugh
For the second year in a row, Microsoft's Q&A session at AusCERT has been well worth attending -- but for the wrong reasons.
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IT industry has failed in desktop security
The director of security architecture for the One Laptop per Child project, and AusCERT 2007 keynote speaker, has blasted desktop computer security -- including that of Windows, Linux and Mac -- because it is based on a 35-year-old premise where software can run with the same privilege as a user.
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AusCERT prepares for biggest ever conference
Australia's best-known security conference will open for business on Monday and organisers say this year's event should be the biggest ever.
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AusCERT and GovCERT make lucrative peace
It looks like AusCERT and GovCERT have worked out their issues and are no longer stepping on each others' toes.
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AusCERT ditches annual e-crimes survey
The Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) will not be publishing its annual e-crimes survey this year because the federal government has given funding to the Australian Institute of Criminology instead.
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AusCERT 2006 coverage
Vending machines and printers open network threat
Common office items such as printers, vending machines could easily create vulnerabilities that are often overlooked by administrators.
Read the story »eBay security chief slams online crime 'hype'
The head of eBay Australia's IT security said the security community makes it difficult for users to learn about using the Internet safely.
Read the story »Antivirus software is being defeated
According the AusCERT 2006 e-crime survey, even though 98 percent of companies used an antivirus product, almost half of them experienced a virus infection.
Read the story »Microsoft considers taking admin rights from employees
As Microsoft moves its internal desktop systems to Windows Vista, the company may take away admin rights from its employees in order to improve security.
Read the story »ISPs accused of ignoring botnet invasion
Internet Service Providers are in the perfect position to kill vast armies of compromised computers -- or bots, according security specialists at AusCERT 2006.
Read the story »AusCERT sees decline in electronic attacks
During 2005/6 there were significantly fewer electronic attacks than over the previous 12 months, according to the latest version of AusCERT's annual survey.
Read the story »AusCERT 2006: Full coverage
Full coverage of the AusCERT 2006 conference
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