Australians are in favour of the British Government's recent move to broaden the definition of terrorism to include computer hacking and believe cyber-terrorists should be prosecuted accordingly, according to a ZDNet survey.
Australian Federal Police have arrested a 17-year-old youth for allegedly hacking into a "prominent" Australian Internet Service Provider (ISP).
The UK teenager accused of hacking a major US port's computer systems claims two hackers hijacked his PC without his knowledge.
Users remain the weakest link when it comes to IT security, according to a survey.
The UK teenager accused of launching a denial of service attack on a US port was cleared by Southwark Crown Court today.
The world of IT security is in chaos, with CSOs seemingly on the front lines of a full scale global cyberwar being fought out by government hackers, botnet-controlling criminal gangs and compromised Web sites. Can we ever hope to keep networks safe in such an environment?
Attacks on corporate networks have gone down, but cyber-vandals now have a much larger pool of software vulnerabilities to attack, a report has warned.
During the next few years, heightened security will change the Internet, and the office network on which many of you work. In fact, you'll probably see changes first at the office as companies try to "harden" their information assets against a wide variety of threats.
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The 802.1X security standard for wireless LANs has two gaping holes that will give hackers a field day, according to researchers in the US.
A worldwide hacker confederation is setting up a grid of processing power to crack e-commerce passwords. If you think this is crazy, Wayne Rash says "think again."
A computing project has abandoned its effort to crack the main security code for Microsoft's Xbox video game console.
The first add-ons that purportedly allow the console to play illegally copied game software have gone on sale, but analysts say they're unlikely to inspire a wave of copy infringement.
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.
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