A 17 year old Queensland youth was arrested last week on charges relating to a security breach at a "prominent" internet service provider (ISP). ZDNet Australia spoke to the director of the recently established Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC), federal agent Alastair MacGibbon, about the arrest, and found out why letting the world know you've been hacked isn't the end of the world.
Several servers belonging to the Debian Project, maintainers of the Debian Linux distribution, were compromised and subsequently pulled offline last week.
Vigilante hacking remains illegal under Australian law, although a recent report suggests it may be legal in the United States under that country's nuisance statutes.
Ruxcon, Australia's independent, non-profit security conference, has finalised a date for its 2004 event and called for the submission of papers from the security community.
United States-based security company @stake (atstake.com) has released a security advisory detailing a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the Nokia 6210 GSM mobile phone, and although the flaw isn't serious it could be a sign of worse things to come.
One of the world's largest IT security companies, Internet Security Systems, has been left with egg on its face after one of its servers was defaced by intruders.
Mudge, Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo, Jericho and Raven Alder speak to ZDNet Australia about the making of a hacker.
Australia's largest annual security conference, AusCERT, is underway for another year, and continues the tradition of bringing security gurus, vendors and members of government under one roof.
Get more control over your 32-bit Windows applications with Resource Hacker -- it is just what you've been looking for. Find out how to use this handy freeware utility to modify dialog boxes.
In the name of education, Microsoft invites security researchers to infiltrate Windows systems.
United States-based security company @stake (atstake.com) has released a security advisory detailing a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the Nokia 6210 GSM mobile phone, and although the flaw isn't serious it could be a sign of worse things to come.
Michael Robertson, CEO of software company Lindows, has revealed himself as the formerly anonymous donor of US$200,000 in prize money in a contest to translate the Linux operating system to Microsoft's Xbox video game console.
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