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• Council social engineering test exposes flaws

  Kingston City Council in Victoria recently conducted a social engineering experiment to see how its staff would react to a stranger trying to gain access to the server room; the exercise revealed, and helped fix, serious flaws in staff awareness.

• Hackers steal easily guessed passwords

  Users remain the weakest link when it comes to IT security, according to a survey.

• Sneak Preview: Kevin Mitnick's Australian address

  Legendary hacker Kevin Mitnick talks about his travel hopes for Australia, his upcoming novel, and his first Australian security conference address to be delivered by teleconference this month.

• whitepages.com.au becomes granny-porn portal

  Telstra White Pages Online temporarily became the gateway to one of cyberspace's red light districts this morning.

• Should you fear IT ghost workers?

  Ghosts of millions of former workers populate the databases of corporations. The workers have moved on, but their ghosts linger, awaiting a hacker intent on using the ghost's identity to damage the company's network systems.

Features and Case Studies (23)

• Kevin Mitnick: Social engineering 101

  Kevin Mitnick has proven that the weakest link in any security system is the person holding the information.

• Should you fear IT ghost workers?

  Ghosts of millions of former workers populate the databases of corporations. The workers have moved on, but their ghosts linger, awaiting a hacker intent on using the ghost's identity to damage the company's network systems.

• Social engineering: Threat to IT?

  You've implemented a firewall and locked down your systems, but someone could still trick employees into revealing critical information. See how social engineering threatens IT.

• Key security issues: the human side

  Though technology is great, we have to make sure we have the human side of security covered if we want to get some sleep at night.

• The what, why and how of security

  Right now, no topic in IT is hotter than security. And with all the acronyms and buzzwords flying around,"from IDS to social engineering to PKI,"it's helpful to take a step back and examine some larger questions,such as the what and why of security.

Reviews (2)

• Portable storage: Smart and secure

  Trek's second generation storage devices are easier to install and come with security features. We take two different Thumbdrive storage devices for a quick thumb wrestle.

• Instant messaging for business: 3 packages tested

  The ease and convenience of instant messaging has made it popular with users. But is instant messaging a curse or a boon for the office environment?

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