Interest in Microsoft Australia's program to help enterprise customers implement patch management and toughen their tech security is waning, with most large organisations having upgraded their security policies, the company's security lead said.
Governments have had to target themselves with phishing attacks in order to highlight weak points in their security and protect national secrets from espionage, according to a report published this week by Sans.
In 2008 the line between cybercrime and legitimate business will blur, Australians will find out just how many data breaches occur, smartphones will attract malware, and people will decide which group is worse: social networking sites seeking to monetise page hits or identity thieves.
Microsoft is investigating two recently disclosed security vulnerabilities that affect Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista, the company said.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, credited as the inventor of the Web, has described online security as a "never-ending battle".
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While they present a wonderful opportunity to meet people with similar interests, sites like MySpace, Facebook, and even LinkedIn can also cause trouble.
The software maker launches its first major update to the browser in years, offering tabbed browsing and security additions.
A security start-up is borrowing a technique from the research labs to try to give Internet Explorer PCs relief from Web-based attacks.
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