News (14)

  • Georgian president suffers cyberattack

    The website of the Georgian president was the subject of a distributed-denial-of-service attack over the weekend.

  • Hacker alert possible following NYC plane crash

    International anti hacker organisation X-Force says it will raise its AlertCon serious threat rating if the American Airlines crash in New York today is linked to terrorism. X-Force, which has 110 counter intelligence security experts based in countries around the world, including Australia, operates a four-level AlertCon system to measure cyber terrorism threats.

  • 'Homeless hacker' free pending court date

    Adrian Lamo, who won notoriety for his public claims of electronic intrusions, is jailed then released to face federal hacking charges Friday.

  • Chinese hackers declare war over

    Honkers, a group of Chinese hackers, has called a truce to the US-China 'cyberwar' after boasting they'd defaced 1,000 Web sites.

  • Customs: Vista PCs are safe from encryption attack

    Despite US researchers showing that hard disk encryption can be easily compromised, Australian Customs say its Vista laptops are safe because data is not stored on them -- but analysts have warned users will find a way around this policy when they need to.

Blogs (1)

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Baiting the Black Hats?

    The CIO of a rather large Australian company recently told me that the firm was happy with its security set-up but then quickly made a U-turn. Would that statement, on record, effectively lay down a hacker challenge?

Features and Case Studies (4)

  • Is the world ready to fight cybercrime?

    Cybercrime poses a growing threat to companies and governments around the world, yet experts are concerned law makers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response.

  • The weakest security link? It's you

    Despite their role as the last gatekeeper of IT security, many employees lack training and understanding. Additional reading: Shed light on shadow IT groups

  • Top 10 worst IT disasters of all time

    From faulty satellites nearly causing World War III to the Millennium Bug, poorly executed IT has had a lot to answer for over the years

  • Who are these virus writers?

    commentary Who takes the time and effort to pull off malicious stunts, like viruses, malware, worms, Trojans, or any other deliberately damaging actions? And why?

Reviews (4)

  • Airborne phones should be no crime

    Commentary: The ban on mobile phones in aircraft pleases nobody, so it may be time for it to go.

  • Wi-Fi system 'safe', says Boeing

    An aircraft cabin is a 'challenging environment' for a wireless LAN, but Boeing is confident that they can make it secure.

  • Worry-free wireless

    Everybody's going wireless"even those intruders who are after your precious data. Here's how to stop them.

  • Microsoft's security chief gets serious

    Scott Charney's carreer has taken him from prosecutor in Bronx County to vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Now he's literally looking for trouble as Microsoft's chief security strategist.

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