Fewer than half of all home computer users protect their systems from viruses, cyber-crime and other hacking, Australian Federal Police e-crime chief Neil Gaughan told federal parliament this week in a wide-ranging testimony.
The Australian arms of the music and film industry have won a victory against piracy with the news that Sydney man Yong Hong Lin has been handed a three-month jail term for selling illegal imported discs from his Eastwood music and movie store.
The Melbourne International Film Festival's site was reportedly hacked by pro-Chinese protesters over the weekend, but police aren't following up the crime.
Tough new laws aimed at clamping down on identity fraud are being drafted by the NSW government.
NSW Police has signed a three-year $6 million contract with Unisys for the implementation and maintenance of a digital image management system.
Do you ever get the urge to be naughty, especially if you are never found out? Do you ever fancy committing a crime and not have to worry about having your name splashed all over the papers?
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We're not thinking outside the box enough on the problem of copyright criminality. I would like to propose a solution to that.
Do the boards of IT companies deliberate extra carefully before making a deal with government for fear of having their name pulled through the dirt when they stuff up?
Even the dim-witted bad guys in the Bond flick Quantum of Solace know that concentrating lots of power in a small place may not be the best idea. So how could Stephen Conroy and ACMA have been surprised when the alleged web filter blacklist made its debut?
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Yesterday's report from the Australian Computer Society's Filtering and E-Security Task Force will be a handy weapon in Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy's battle over internet censorship.
Twitter coverage of the AFACT vs. iiNet trial is breathing new life into court reporting. Why don't we as a society take the next step and stream it all live to the internet, video and audio?
The "Anonymous" hacker group gave Australia's police forces a month's warning that it was going to attack the Federal Government. Why didn't the Australian Federal Police's electronic crimes unit do anything about it?
Microsoft hasn't won the war on piracy in China, so why not strike before Google and produce a free OS closely aligned to its digital products and services?
Detective Inspector Brian Hay, who heads up the Queensland Police Corporate Crime Investigation Group, reveals that hundreds and possibly thousands of Australians have fallen victim to the infamous Nigerian 419 scam.
The Australian Federal Police will expand its fight against identity crime and theft internationally when it opens an office in India some time this year, AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty said.
The Australian Federal Police will expand its fight against identity crime and theft internationally when it opens an office in India some time this year, AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty said.
The Australian Federal Police will expand its fight against identity crime and theft internationally when it opens an office in India some time this year, AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty said.
Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.
The netbook market is so tight, you need some sort of competitive advantage to stand above the crowd. ViewSonic brings a standard netbook with two negatives instead poor battery life and a bad touchpad.
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I was a teenage wardriver. If I were to make a movie about the events of last week, that's what I'd call it. Sounds pretty good, doesn't it?
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