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    Australia and New Zealand’s banking and finance sector may have been the worst hit by security attacks so far this year, but it’s the most security conscious segment of the market, according to Computer Associates’ June quaterly trends research.

  • Online banks: Prime targets for attacks

    Instead of a note and a gun, high-tech bank robbers use a program and an e-mail. Security firms are working overtime to ward off the mounting number of hack attacks.

  • Qantas Credit Union on the hunt for hackers

    One of Australia’s largest private credit unions is shopping around for ‘rent-a-hackers’ to test the security of its Web site, after the company hosting its online service refused to conduct the testing on its behalf, ZDNet Australia has learnt.

  • Research: Spyware industry worth billions

    Despite reductions in the number of computers infected by spyware applications, the troublesome software has created a billion-dollar industry that continues to plague both consumers and businesses, researchers said on Tuesday.

  • Data breach laws years away

    The Australian Law Reform Commission yesterday released a report recommending Australia introduce data breach disclosure laws but Senator John Faulkner said that bridge would not be crossed by government at least for the next 18 months.

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  • Report: Net attacks on businesses down

    Attacks on corporate networks have gone down, but cyber-vandals now have a much larger pool of software vulnerabilities to attack, a report has warned.

  • Research: Spyware industry worth billions

    Despite reductions in the number of computers infected by spyware applications, the troublesome software has created a billion-dollar industry that continues to plague both consumers and businesses, researchers said on Tuesday.

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