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    In an unknown location, a handful of Australia's best known companies and government agencies are undertaking secret tests in a mock cyberwar, as the country's infrastructure comes under attack in a simulated online war named Cyber Storm II.

  • Symantec and Microsoft bury security hatchet

    Antivirus specialist Symantec has joined a security organisation alongside Microsoft, despite having previously come to very public blows with the software giant over its willingness to share security information on Vista.

  • Internet worms and critical infrastructure

    Did MSBlast cause the Aug. 14 blackout? The official analysis says "no," but Bruce Schneier, one of the world's foremost security experts, isn't so sure.

  • Australia's cybersecurity needs work

    A previously unreleased report from Australia's attorney-general's department has urged the government to take action to curb the quick and ferocious nature of modern cyber-attacks.

  • Federal government to toughen information security

    The scope of a closely watched survey of computer crime and security in Australia has been expanded with critical infrastructure providers in particular urged by the Attorney-General's Department to participate.

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    Did MSBlast cause the Aug. 14 blackout? The official analysis says "no," but Bruce Schneier, one of the world's foremost security experts, isn't so sure.

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    A worst-case disease for humans would have 100 percent chance of transmission, zero incubation time, and leave the host infectious for a long period.

  • Report: IP networks easy prey for cyberattackers

    According to research by Gartner, the increasing use of IP technology in power stations, railroads, banks and other critical infrastructure could spell big trouble -- and soon.

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    A year after Australia's one-man army started pounding out code for GNU/Linux's version of .Net, he's looking to double the quarter of a million lines of code already written and convince some new -code demons" to sign up to the cause.

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  • Microsoft's security chief gets serious

    Scott Charney's carreer has taken him from prosecutor in Bronx County to vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Now he's literally looking for trouble as Microsoft's chief security strategist.

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

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