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• Another Mac OS X hack challenge launched

  A university systems engineer in Wisconsin is giving hackers until Friday to break into his Mac.

• Mac OS X flaw raises serious concerns

  An unpublished security vulnerability in Apple's OS X operating system which first came to light after a hacking competition has sparked concern in the user community.

• University nixes Mac hacker contest

  A Mac OS X hacker challenge apparently got a systems engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison into trouble with university administrators.

• The hacker challenge

  Security systems continue to get more sophisticated--and so do the hackers who are seeking to break through them. How can you best combine your defences to protect your company networks?

• IDC Web site defaced by 'eco-terrorists'

  The Web site of Global IT research firm IDC has been hacked by a group purporting to be Brazilian environmental terrorists to serve a message urging people to take action over global warming.

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  CIO 'owns' the un-hacked Mac Mini

  The new and improved Mac hack competition, which was set up by an Apple systems engineer at the University of Wisconsin in response to a ZDNet Australia story shut down early because the university's CIO was concerned about "security and network access".

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  Baiting the Black Hats?

  The CIO of a rather large Australian company recently told me that the firm was happy with its security set-up but then quickly made a U-turn. Would that statement, on record, effectively lay down a hacker challenge?

Features and Case Studies (50)

• The hacker challenge

  Security systems continue to get more sophisticated--and so do the hackers who are seeking to break through them. How can you best combine your defences to protect your company networks?

• You've been hacked: what to do in the first hour

  The hair stands up on the back of your neck, and you feel the first bead of sweat roll down the side of your face: You've been hacked. But what do you do first?

• Who's really responsible for hacker attacks

  A new book postulates that it's human error--not hardware or software glitches--that leaves networks vulnerable to attack.

• Improving Internet security?

  Intersite data sharing and transactions represent the next major advance in Web functionality. See how SAML can help you improve functionality and security in B2B Web site collaboration.

• Viruses: Should IT managers do more?

  Australian IT managers and CIOs are aware of the havoc viruses can wreak on their systems. But are organisations doing enough to protect themselves against this threat?

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• PC army tackles Xbox security code

  A growing army of PC owners is hoping to use the power of the masses to crack the main security code of Microsoft's Xbox and claim $100,000 in the process.

• Lindows CEO funds Xbox hacking contest

  Michael Robertson, CEO of software company Lindows, has revealed himself as the formerly anonymous donor of US$200,000 in prize money in a contest to translate the Linux operating system to Microsoft's Xbox video game console.

• Intruder alert

  Your data is important to you, but do you know if others are trying to get at it? ZDNet Australia investigates.

• Security Visionary: The future is cybersecurity

  Howard Schmidt is convinced that post-Sept. 11, cybersecurity will transform the information technology world--for better or for worse. Do you agree?

• Intrusion detection: caught in its own web?

  Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?

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