Hackers intent on anonymously sending data across the Internet have a new tool.
FBI security consultant Laura Chappell talks to ZDNet Australia about cyber threats for 2002, how script kiddies and junior hackers can bring down your network, why there is safety in grey hair, and how to train hackers without losing them to the 'dark side'.
Wireless computing means increased freedom but also increased risk. You've shed the cable, but that means all those bits are floating through the ether, ripe for plucking by crafty hackers. Is there a way to keep trespassers out while giving your users the freedom to roam?
Even before the CanSecWest security conference started, unknown hackers had given the hotel's high-speed network a case of the hiccups. By mid-week, the system was laid out flat.
The Honeynet Project has unveiled its plans for improving "honeynets," collections of computers designed to let hackers break into a false network while allowing investigators to watch their every move.
Executives under arrest, charging for e-mail, rogue staff, e-mail spoofing, spyware: it's all here in your first raft of questions to our panel of experts. Additional reading: Beat malware with Firefox, others
Australia is keeping pace with other governments in biometric usage but are we operating in a policy vacuum with technology that is far from perfect?
Mudge, Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo, Jericho and Raven Alder speak to ZDNet Australia about the making of a hacker.
Security tools, features and protocols offer greater protection than ever before. But how do companies reduce the risk of hackers accessing Wi-Fi or 802.11 wireless networks?
If Lance Spitzner and the Honeynet Project have their way, network defenders will get sweeter on the "honeypot"--a traditional method of detecting online intruders.
MAC address filtering is often used to secure older wireless equipment. Is this technique effective? In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you just how easy it is to spoof a MAC address and why MAC address filtering might not even keep out the \"slacker hackers.\"
Antivirus software manufacturers all claim to protect us against threats, but how well do they actually perform? We put six popular business internet security packages to the test.
Microsoft has changed the look and feel of its venerable browser, while adding some much-needed security features.
No new changes in this latest build of IE 7 from Microsoft, except for more stability and application compatibility, but this browser still is not ready for prime time.
Microsoft has changed the look and feel of its venerable browser while adding some much-needed security features.
In the just-released Beta 2 version of Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft mirrors the look and feel of other browsers while adding a few unique features.
Ben Forta: All about Adobe
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Google's chief sits down for an extremely rare, wide-ranging interview and discusses Google's two operating sy… Watch it now
Telstra shareholders fear break up
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Can not-so-smart meters help the NBN?
Can the Telco Reform Act be win-win?
Has New Zealand's smiling assassin delivered?
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