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    The Web site of a US Sheriff is the latest to be hacked and used in a phishing scam targeting Australians.

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    The five major credit card companies have teamed up in the interest of better security.

  • Bush budget boosts surveillance, security spending

    President Bush on Monday presented Congress with a US$2.6 trillion budget for the federal government that would modestly reduce some social programs while boosting overall spending on information and surveillance technology.

  • FBI plans spammer smackdown

    It's been nearly six months since President Bush signed the first federal spam law with criminal sanctions--and not one bulk e-mailer has been criminally charged under it so far.

  • AU phishing scams to get worse

    Online fraudsters are getting smarter and the current round of "phishing scams" may just be the start, according Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) head Alastair MacGibbon.

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  • AU phishing scams to get worse

    Online fraudsters are getting smarter and the current round of "phishing scams" may just be the start, according Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) head Alastair MacGibbon.

  • Developing an Australian culture of security

    Sydney has been the host city for recent discussions between the OECD expert group on global information security, Australia's Internet Industry Association and the US Internet Industry Association on how the new security environment will impact the Internet in Australia, and how our information infrastructure can be made more secure from terrorist attacks.

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