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Hackers have started to target specific government personnel, as opposed to simply using broad scattergun approaches, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service warned this week.
More than AU$12 million has been allocated to fight high tech crimes and expand the Australian Government Computer Emergency Readiness Team. In addition, a "cyber-exercise program" is in the works to help the country cope with "cyber-terrorism attacks".
Experts agree that Microsoft's Windows Vista is relatively well-protected but its security features such as User Account Control (UAC) have been highlighted by security experts as one reason why the operating system is far less popular than its predecessor, Windows XP.
It looks like AusCERT and GovCERT have worked out their issues and are no longer stepping on each others' toes.
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?
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Banks obviously have an interest in making consumers feel safe. They are there to protect the customers' money. They want customers to use their online services, too, because the channel offers a lower cost per transaction than a branch. But giving away free security software to make customers feel safe is probably doing more harm than good.
Sceptical that Australians are targeted by cybercrime? Late last year the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) was asked to repatriate hundreds of Commonwealth Bank customer credentials which had been stolen via the ZeuS trojan.
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Check Point may have made big bucks selling firewalls in its early days, but it is struggling to live up to its CEO's vision in today's rapidly shifting security market.
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Online fraudsters are getting smarter and the current round of "phishing scams" may just be the start, according Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) head Alastair MacGibbon.
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