The CSIRO has developed a tool it says will prevent criminals snooping online communications, but hacking experts say the system is not foolproof.
Security firm F-Secure has discovered a password stealing trojan targeting Commonwealth Bank users -- and the malware isn't being detected by the free antivirus software the bank is offering its online users.
A botnet used solely to send junk e-mail promoting penis enlargement products has taken over from the Storm botnet as the most prolific sender of spam, according to security researchers.
Details of around 750 Australian banking customers may have been compromised after a trojan e-mail -- claiming the prime minister has suffered a heart attack -- was unleashed.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
A Trojan-carrying spam e-mail that purports to offer pictures of a captured Osama bin Laden tricks few Internet users.
Security weaknesses in Microsoft's server and browser software are taking their toll on Australian Internet banking sites.
An e-mail pretending to be a Windows XP security update harbours a malicious Trojan horse that could let hackers build an "army of zombie computers."
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