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  • Yahoo hack raises online security fear

    A hacker attack on the Yahoo news Web site has raised questions about online security, and highlighted the dangers of leaving content open to manipulation.

  • Hacker defaces RAAF site

    The Royal Australian Air Force has confirmed that a hacker defaced its website on 13-14 July, in an attack the perpetrator described as a warning message to stop racism against Indian students in Australia.

  • Internet Security Systems confirms Web hack

    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.

  • Internet Security Systems claims honeypot hack

    Internet Security Systems (ISS) are today claiming the compromise of one of their servers by malicious hackers over the weekend was set-up by the company as a part of a research project.

  • Police investigate classification.gov.au hack

    The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has been called in by the Attorney-General's Department to investigate the hack of the Classification Board's website.

Blogs (17)

  • Read the blog post - Chris Duckett

    Apache site hacked via SSH keys

    The apache.org website suffered an intrusion over the weekend that resulted in the site being taken down.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Admins stuck between a hack and a zero-day

    The world of IT security is in chaos, with CSOs seemingly on the front lines of a full scale global cyberwar being fought out by government hackers, botnet-controlling criminal gangs and compromised Web sites. Can we ever hope to keep networks safe in such an environment?

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    IT mergers down under: Who's next?

    The times are ripe for the big fish to swallow the little fish and IT is no exception. In the past week Oracle and Fujitsu have purchased Sun and Supply Chain Consultants respectively -- in this episode of Patch Monday we delve into the details.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Is the hack more important than the hacked?

    It's not very often that a company gets hacked and then agrees to talk about the incident, so when the finance director of a Sydney-based firm asked if I would be interested in writing a story about a security breach that cost him AU$9,000, I grabbed the opportunity.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Apple iBook gets 'hacked' by a pussy cat

    An Apple iBook owner suspected his cat had hacked into his password-protected notebook. It turned out he was right -- his cat, which liked sleeping on his keyboard, managed to automatically bypass the computer's security.

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  • Internet Security Systems confirms Web hack

    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.

  • The best firewall is...

    Firewalls have come a long way since we last looked at them in 2005, and have now become full-blown Unified Threat Management devices. We take a look at the top players.

  • Security: Companies asleep at the wheel?

    IT observer Jon Oltsik says corporate network defenses protect against the wrong enemy. Additional reading: Microsoft's bounty hunter

  • Security tool more harmful than helpful?

    With its attack tool update, The Metasploit Project may be aiding online vandals more than helping network administrators identify weak points, security experts say. Additional reading: Patch management: All talk, no action?

  • Twin flaws could spark serious Internet attacks

    Security experts worried on Thursday that a flaw in Microsoft Windows and another in Cisco's ubiquitous network routers could lead to serious Internet attacks.

Videos (1)

  • I'm a Linux -- Club Builder

    Microsoft has "I'm a PC" ads, Apple has "I'm a Mac", it's only fair that Linux has "I'm a Linux" too. Also on Club Builder this week, we look at the week of hacking and offer you the chance to win big in our competition.

Reviews (69)

  • Old hard drives yield data bonanza

    Two MIT graduate students say they found personal and corporate information on used disk drives bought off the Internet and at swap meets.

  • Naked network

    You may be enjoying the convenience of a newly installed wireless solution, but how many strangers are doing the same with your network?

  • Wireless security: Pringles peril

    Tracking down wireless hackers is getting easier, but there are still bugs to work out.

  • PC army tackles Xbox security code

    A growing army of PC owners is hoping to use the power of the masses to crack the main security code of Microsoft's Xbox and claim $100,000 in the process.

  • Software tweak may make operating systems safer

    The OpenBSD project is making changes in its latest operating system release that it believes could eliminate a class of security bugs that has plagued computers for decades.

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