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• Security Special: On the defensive

  Network security: The week in review. Wireless networks face a new threat, next-generation worms will be faster and stealthier, hackers and security experts cross paths in Vegas.

• Honeynet Project sweetens hacker bait

  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.

• Security showdown: Def Con vs Black Hat

  Las Vegas plays host to two separate security conferences this week--one for people who guard computer systems, another for those who break into them.

• Special Report: Cybercrime Down Under Part 2

  What's a hacker, and are they the same as a cracker? What threat are these types of people to business in Australia? Are they the key to cyber criminal activity or could they be the first line of defence for your organisation? Discover what makes a hacker and what makes them want to hack in the second half of our special report on Cybercrime Down Under.

• Hack attacks: Spot application level breaches

  While most corporate Web sites concentrate on security at the network level, they are still allowing hackers to access valuable customer and corporate information, shoplift sales items, and receive free products or services. What can you do to prevent this?

Features and Case Studies (83)

• Managing security: Building a defence

  Reducing the threat of viruses to a corporate network is no longer a simple task. But how do you manage the multiple layers necessary, and keep them up to date?

• Integrated VPNs secure remote workstations

  Securing remote workstations once meant implementing a VPN. Increasing network threats require more protection, such as integrated VPNs that offer strong internal security controls.

• Security guide: Firewall best practice

  If your manager is pressuring you to make sure that you have a strong firewall in place and to generally beef up network security, what is your next move?

• Network security tips for managers

  Security tips from an expert, including how to inventory your systems externally to become more informed and strategies for checking the work your network administrator performs.

• Smurf attacks - don't be a victim

  Smurf attacks can be devastating, both to the victim network and to the network(s) used to amplify the attack. How are these attacks launched and how can you protect your network.

Reviews (22)

• How effective is endpoint security?

  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.

• Reviews News: The home of small business software

  Plenty of business applications from small developers this week, and if you're a mobile communications company, or just geographically dispersed and do a lot of travel, we've got something you need, baby.

• Wireless crackdown

  The spread of convenient wireless LANs has delighted hackers, who find many WLANs vulnerable. Managing and securing a wireless network is therefore vital, but rarely done well. ZDNet Australia compares the offerings from AirDefense and AirMagnet.

• ZoneAlarm Internet Security 6.0

  ZoneAlarm Security Suite puts Norton and McAfee to shame with its easy-to-use triple-layer firewall, antivirus, antispam and now antispyware features.

• 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.

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