Many of the cybervandalism attacks reported in Australia appear to stem from individuals or groups based in Turkey, a report has found.
Commonwealth Bank is looking to shift concerns over online security to Netbank customers with the announcement that it will be giving away security software to a selection of users.
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.
A panel discussion gets combative as former cybercriminal Kevin Mitnick argues that hackers convicted of computer crimes can sometimes be trusted.
IT decision makers need to understand the differences between intrusion detection and prevention so that they can determine which type of product will provide the best safeguards for their systems.
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?
This week the Australian online banking system was tested by an agent of KAOS Kevin Rudd and his $10 billion dollar fiscal package that, as Agent 86 would say, "missed it by that much" on knocking out the banking system.
When creating a secure, locked down IT system for something that is directly responsible for handling cash transactions would you choose the most popular, most targeted operating system?
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?
Macs are banned from many government departments because there aren't any 'approved' applications to encrypt them. So why doesn't Apple CEO Steve Jobs do something about it?
IT decision makers need to understand the differences between intrusion detection and prevention so that they can determine which type of product will provide the best safeguards for their systems.
An optical antenna that uses a geometrically shaped lens promises to bring greater security to wireless networks for businesses, according to British scientists.
A reincarnated version of the malicious program WinNuke has surfaced and can affect Windows NT, 2000, XP, and .NET by causing disruption and disablement of network communications.
A worldwide hacker confederation is setting up a grid of processing power to crack e-commerce passwords. If you think this is crazy, Wayne Rash says "think again."
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.
Properly securing a wireless access point means closing it off the network - but this is often easier said than done.
Wi-Fi access is a great convenience, but frankly, it's beginning to worry me.
Security is a serious business these days. Find out what you need to keep hackers and malicious code at bay.
The International Olympic Committee doesn't believe wireless security is good enough for their IT set-up at Athens in 2004.
After years of being lauded in the Macintosh universe, Intego's NetBarrier is now available for the Windows crowd. But how does it stand up to competitors such as Norton and ZoneAlarm?
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