The Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) is trying to bring the rules of the "physical world" to the online environment in its international joint initiative to put police in internet chat-rooms said Alastair MacGibbon the body's director.
The US remains the world's biggest spammer, according to security firm Sophos, which today released its quarterly report on the world's top spam-offending countries -- dubbed the "Dirty Dozen".
The head of a Queensland Police Internet child abuse protection unit has outlined safety concerns about mobile phone chatrooms after recent reports they are being used by paedophiles.
It's the newest trend hitting the online auction scene and it's only getting hotter. Enterprising people worldwide are auctioning off their friendship on "the world's online marketplace" eBay, with the number of friendships available continuing to rise since the scheme received widespread media coverage last week.
Australia so far has been spared an outbreak of the Aliz (W32.Aliz.Worm), which has increased its distribution in Japan to such an extent that Symantec has raised the offender to a threat level three.
According to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's 2007 annual report, Australian consumers should feel pretty safe but that's because it's full of crap.
Sony has once again been outed for putting its customers at risk from attack by creating software that could help criminals hide malware on a PC.
In the broadband war, it seems, everyone has an opinion and those with a vested interest are playing fast and loose with the truth.
A coalition aiming to junk e-mail unites behind a US law but stumbles over a technology solution.
Sol Trujillo has, not for the first time and perhaps not for the last, ignited a furore, this time over his charge that Australians are racist. While his broader comments mischaracterise a country generally welcoming to people of different cultural backgrounds, there is also some validity to them when it comes to the way he was treated during his stint here.
Cybercrime poses a growing threat to companies and governments around the world, yet experts are concerned law makers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response.
Second Life, with an alleged population of 7.979 million, is changing the way businesses think about what their customers want, and whether "virtual" is a viable way to give it to them.
Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.
The spread of convenient wireless LANs has delighted hackers, who find many WLANs vulnerable. Managing and securing a wireless network is therefore vital, but rarely done well. ZDNet Australia compares the offerings from AirDefense and AirMagnet.
In which ZDNet Australia's reviews editor plays with Microsoft Mac apps, learns some interesting new terms from the Mac community, and makes a surprising swerve to the dark side.
RMIT IT Test Labs take a look at the top enterprise applications for stopping viruses from ravaging your organisation.
We put some of the top office printers/copiers head to head.
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