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  • Meet the world's baddest cyber cops

    On the case with the Exodus Cyber Attack Tiger Team. They're taking down hackers, organised criminals, script kiddies, and other threats to your business.

  • 'Complacent' companies slammed for poor security policies

    A survey of IT security managers and administrators, found that 54 per cent believe their organisation is not doing enough to combat cybercrime.

  • Special Report: Cybercrime Down Under Part 2

    What's a hacker, and are they the same as a cracker? What threat are these types of people to business in Australia? Are they the key to cyber criminal activity or could they be the first line of defence for your organisation? Discover what makes a hacker and what makes them want to hack in the second half of our special report on Cybercrime Down Under.

  • Cybernarks - Who's hunting the Hackers?

    Like the rest of the world, Australia has to remain vigilant to the dangers posed by hackers and other Internet criminals. ZDNet Australia spoke to the country's leading online constabulary about their mission to keep the peace on the mean streets of cyberspace.

  • Australian directors alerted to cybercrime threats

    Australian company directors and officers are being warned of the damaging impact cybercrime can have if they don't address risks effectively.

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  • Crisis strikes: What do you do next?

    The corporate Web site is gone and a hacker has made off with the database. The company's reputation is at stake. What crisis management tactics should be employed?

  • 'Complacent' companies slammed for poor security policies

    A survey of IT security managers and administrators, found that 54 per cent believe their organisation is not doing enough to combat cybercrime.

  • Australian directors alerted to cybercrime threats

    Australian company directors and officers are being warned of the damaging impact cybercrime can have if they don't address risks effectively.

  • Vigilance against cybercrime

    The misdirection of security budgets due to a lack of understanding of the problems facing organisations must be addressed by ICT practitioners in Australia, and elsewhere.

  • UNIX tools track down hackers

    Catching malicious hackers isn't impossible. With the right tools, you can gather important information to help stop hack attacks. How can you use common UNIX tools to hunt down network attackers?

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  • Virus writers: If we can't kill them (and we can't), then what?

    From the reaction to Friday's column --in which I kiddingly called for death to virus writers--it's easy to tell who has had to deal with viruses and who hasn't. People who've spent hours, even days, undoing the work of these computer terrorists, whose crimes inflict tremendous damage on people they can't possibly know, seem to appreciate my viewpoint more than most.

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