Apple's OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux operating systems are to be pitted against each other in an ethical hacking contest in Vancouver next month.
Petko Petkov of ethical hacking group GNUCitizen, has developed a proof-of-concept program to steal contacts and incoming e-mails from Google Gmail users.
Kingston City Council in Victoria recently conducted a social engineering experiment to see how its staff would react to a stranger trying to gain access to the server room; the exercise revealed, and helped fix, serious flaws in staff awareness.
The first fully accredited Open Source Security Testing Methodology (OSSTM) program -- a five-day hands-on course run by penetration testing specialists Pure Hacking -- will kick off this September.
Six months after saying the 'bluesnarfing' vulnerability in its handsets wasn't serious enough to fix, Nokia says it has released software upgrades for five of its handsets. They're just a bit hard to find.
The ability to support dual platforms, namely Windows XP and Red Hat Linux, still ranks high for Australian IT pros. The Blaster worm, Notes/Domino and Exchange remained topics of interest in September.
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